AE17.VA.AC.11

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

AE17.VA.AC.11
Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
EQ: What is an image? Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images influence our views of the world?

Skills Examples

Investigate and discuss how visual appearances (aesthetics) influence one's opinion and perceptions of the natural world and manmade constructions.
Explain how the arts reflect life choices one has made, as well as how those choices have been influenced by culture, society, and environment.
Analyze the images in an artwork created for a specific purpose, and determine how effective the imagery was at altering the social perceptions or ideas and behavior of the audience.
Evaluate how effectively visual artworks created for a particular purpose and audience communicate the ideas and inspire intended responses.
Articulate and justify the rationale that one uses when making artistic choices to create artworks that communicate to a specific audience.
Identify and gather evidence/information by researching the context of an artwork to discover its significance.
Apply contextual information when interpreting an artwork to extend one's understanding beyond what can be deduced just by looking.
Demonstrate a responding process, with particular attention to perceiving and critiquing the aesthetic criteria and other factors that shape the way that others respond to and evaluate visual artworks.

Vocabulary

Portraiture
Figures
Landscapes
Cityscapes
Everyday Life
Social Issues
Personal History
Conceptual/ Text-based Art
Image Appropriation
Conceptual Art
Reflection
Innovative thing are essential life skills.
Understanding contexts, histories and traditions that lead artists to break established traditions.
Experimentation of various art forms to express visual communication.
Responsible and ethical use of resources is essential when creating works of art.
People interact and perceive various art works in many different ways.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.