AE17.VA.1.12

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 1 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.1.12
Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the visual qualities.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism.
EQ: What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism? How can the viewer "read" a work of art as text? How does knowing and using visual arts vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art?

Skills Examples

Identify the basic elements of art in a work of art through group discussion.
Discuss how people create works of art to communicate ideas and serve different purposes.
Investigate how a select work of art was created.
Identify elements of art and principles of design in their own artwork and in those of others using art vocabulary.
Connect the stories in works of art to the cultures they represent.
Compare Leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa with Johannes Vermeer's The Girl with the Pearl Earring to identify different uses of the elements of art and principles of design.
Compare images that represent the same subject matter.
Connect visual stories with literary stories.
Share their art-making processes with peers
Classify/ group art work by portraits, landscapes and still life.