Summary on art critics: contextual studies

The role of an art critic, is to interpret, respond and to make critical judgements on others art work, and they tend to focus more on modern and contemporary art. This helps other viewers to perceive and judge the art work, as they are able to understand it more. Art critics also tend to study work in cultures that are more distant in time, as this gives them something a little more different to work with.

Art critics can be anyone. A newspaper reporter assigned to the art beat, an artist writing about another artist, or even a scholar writing for professional journals or text. Some examples of Art critics are; Matthew Collings, Jonathon Jones and Alistair Sooke.  
The earliest use of art criticism was by the English painter, Jonathon Richardson in 1719. One of the greatest Critics in the 19^th century was John Ruskin. The history of art criticism is likely, critiques of art originated with origins of art itself.
There are 2 different types of Criticism, Journalist and Scholarly art criticism.
Journalist Criticism is written for the general public, which includes reviews of art exhibitions in galleries and museums.
Scholarly art Criticism is written for a more specialized art audience, and appears in art journals.