AE17.VA.5.13

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.5.13
Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
EQ: How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?

Skills Examples

Compare and contrast artworks in terms of content, stylistic characteristics, and techniques.
Collaboratively observe, analyze, and interpret a body of artworks about places, focusing on content, style, and technique.
Identify and analyze the terracotta Army and its relationship to Chinese Culture.
Describe the relationship between works of art from different cultures being respectful and mindful of cultural sensitive themes.
Discuss differences in art of familiar and unfamiliar cultures.
Discuss the reasons and value of documenting and preserving works of art and objects for a culture.
Recognize what was learned and the challenges that remain when assessing a work of art.
Use criteria to assess works of art individually and collaboratively.
Use contextual cues to discuss notions of beauty and aesthetic value.
Compare and contrast different media and techniques.

Vocabulary

Cultural context
Formal & conceptual vocabulary
Genre
Linear perspective
Preserve
Principles of design

Movement
Emphasis

Relief
Vanishing point

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Aligned Learning Resources

Alabama's Pine Barren

Picturing America Lesson: The Artist's Vision: Abstraction and the American West