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Essential Questions
EU: Artists, curators, and others consider a variety of factors and methods including evolving technologies when preparing and refining artwork for display and or when deciding if and how to preserve and protect it.
EQ: What methods and processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation? How does refining artwork affect its meaning to the viewer? What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?
EQ: What methods and processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation? How does refining artwork affect its meaning to the viewer? What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?
Skills Examples
- Compare the way artwork was viewed before the camera was invented with the technology and images that are available today.
- Communicate the processes used to preserve and present visual artworks.
- Research and share how artwork can be restored, transported, and installed safely for display in museums.
- Select and prepare different types of artwork for display in different venues, taking into account the context and physical characteristics of each exhibit space.
- Discuss why one does not touch a famous piece of art in a museum exhibit, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris, France.
- Look at examples of museums, galleries, and public sculptures and murals in the surrounding community and compare and contrast how people interact with art in different spaces/ places.
Vocabulary
- Constructed environment
- Cultural traditions
- Digital format
- Engagement
- Tertiary color
- Preservation
- Proportion
- Principles of design
- Unity
- Shade
- Style
- Tints & shades
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
