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?
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
- Research and present the ways that characteristic attributes of visual arts (choices, steps, processes, and perseverance) can be connected to other academic subjects.
- Show how the creative process applies to all subjects, careers, and technical education, through increasing imagination and innovation.
- Produce and analyze an arts presentation that integrates other content areas.
- Analyze how the visual arts influence creative, critical thinkers and problem solvers.
- Explain how art impacts and reflects choices in society, such as choices involving environmental issues, family, school, community, businesses and consumers, advertisers, and cultural issues.
- Compare specific attributes of artworks from different cultures, places, or times; then, evaluate how the artworks (or particular attributes) have shaped or influenced specific people, cultures, historical periods, or events.
- Apply an understanding of the concepts, elements, and vocabulary of visual arts and the principles of design when analyzing and interpreting artworks.
- Demonstrate a responding process by forming significant criteria (with particular attention to applying and justifying aesthetic criteria) when evaluating and interpreting visual artworks.
Vocabulary
- Artistic processes
- Traditional Media
- Contemporary Media
- Craftsmanship
- Experimentation
- Aesthetics
- Perception
- Scale
- Proportion
- Develop artistic ideas and work
- Build upon prior knowledge
- Explore creative art-making goals
- Communicate ideas
- Artists create works of art that implement the art elements and principles of design - regardless if the artwork is traditional or contemporary.
- Artists employ technical skills and craftsmanship when creating works of art.
- Artists act responsibly when handling of tools and materials, following safety guidelines and are conscious of the environment which they work.
- Artists reflect and revise upon their artwork throughout the creative process.
- Develop excellence through practice and constructive critique.
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
