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.
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