Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or presented either by artists, museums, or other venues communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural, and political experiences resulting in the cultivating of appreciation and understanding.
EQ: What is an art museum? How does the presenting and sharing of objects, artifacts, and artworks influence and shape ideas, beliefs, and experiences? How do objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or presented, cultivate appreciation and understanding?
EQ: What is an art museum? How does the presenting and sharing of objects, artifacts, and artworks influence and shape ideas, beliefs, and experiences? How do objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or presented, cultivate appreciation and understanding?
Skills Examples
- Recognize how the geographical, cultural, and historical perspectives represented in visual artworks influence personal aesthetic criteria.
- Encourage the selection of pieces of art with personal meaning.
- Attach original artwork onto construction paper or matte board to present it.
- Participate in the installation of original artwork for a display.
- Discuss the following roles: visitor, curator, docent, guard, and studio teacher.
- Demonstrate appropriate behavior in a museum, gallery, or other setting.
- Interview an artist, docent, or other professional that works with public displays.
Vocabulary
- Complementary colors
- Contrast
- Curator
- Elements of Art
- Texture
- Landscapes
- Portrait
- Positive/ negative space and shape
- Principles of design
- Repetition
- Variety
- Secondary colors
- Still life
- Technique
- Venue
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
