AE17.VA.N.15

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.N.15
Explore how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

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

Maintain a well-organized daily journal throughout an art project. Include initial inspirations and ideas with documentation of sources, deliberates choices, and intentional deviations.
Create a documentary film about the creative process and its relation to a specific art project from inception to completion.
After researching Japanese folk art, describe how the pottery of Shoji Hamada becomes far more relevant for viewers who have an understanding of Mingei movement.
Describe the significance of Marcel Duchamp's art work Fountain, given the historical context of the Dada movement.
Review copyright laws and appropriation.
Document one's creative process with particular attention to identifying the purpose of a proposed visual arts composition and exploring and gathering information from diverse sources when planning and developing the artwork.
Evaluate and explain how one makes deliberate choices when creating an artwork.
Interpret a variety of works of art that reflect the influence of particular styles, artists, cultures, places, or times, and describe how knowledge of each work's context affects one's response.
Examine how one's aesthetic criteria and responses to visuals arts are influenced by geography, culture, and history.
Discuss how the geographical, cultural, and historical perspectives represented in visual artworks influence personal aesthetic criteria.

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