AE17.VA.7.15

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 7 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.7.15

Analyze how response to art is influenced by understanding the cultures, times, and places in which it was created.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.
EQ: How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life?

Skills Examples

  • Recreate a historical moment in art history.
  • Create posters for a community issue or event.
  • Compare the styles and/or themes of artworks from various artists, cultures, and times.
  • Determine how cultural differences influence the content/themes of various murals of the past and present.
  • Examine the work of Andy Warhol and create a work of art in his style of a contemporary icon.
  • Investigate the significance and symbolism of cultural icons.
  • Create an original work of art or group artwork which utilizes culture symbols, icons, or logos to represent an individual or social group.
  • Work alone or collaboratively to demonstrate the creative process and create artworks that represent an artistic event or experience in a community.
  • Analyze the aesthetic, stylistic, thematic, and/or technical content of an artwork and identify the influences that it is reflects and the purpose for its creation.
  • Explain how one's interpretation or response to a work of art was affected by one's understanding and background knowledge.

Vocabulary

  • Artistic processes
  • Various approaches to art making
  • Artist statement
  • Copyright Laws
  • Fair Use Responsibility
  • Plagiarize
  • Reflecting
  • Revising
  • Audience and Purpose
  • Critique
  • Visual Organization
  • Context
  • Technology
  • Mount

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

COS Examples

Example: Analyze the art of Andy Warhol by exploring the influence of mass media and advertising on 20th-century America.

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