AE17.VA.4.7

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.4.7
Analyze how past, present, and emerging technologies have impacted the preservation and presentation of artwork.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when analyzing, selecting, and curating objects, artifacts, and artworks for preservation and presentation.
EQ: How are artworks cared for and by whom? What criteria, methods, and processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation? Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation?

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 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

COS Examples

Example: Before cameras, the only way to view artwork was in person. Now there are books, postcards, posters and Google images.