AE17.VA.AC.15

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

AE17.VA.AC.15
Compare uses of art in a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts and make connections to uses of art in contemporary and local contexts.

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

When given a list of historical or social subjects, use the artistic process to research multiple facts and perspectives; then create an original work of art that synthesizes one's newly informed belief system.
After researching various elements of Japanese history and culture, create an original Sumi Painting that includes elements discovered through investigation.
Debate the short- and long-term effects of visual pollution, such as billboards on scenic roadsides, landfills, and highway signs.
Examine the public art selection process: Determine how a specific artwork in one's community was selected, and analyze its impact on the environment.
Analyze how an individual's choice of clothing reflects the popular culture of the time as well as other social and environmental influences.
Demonstrate the creative process, with particular attention to investigating and experimenting with new ideas, skills, foundations, and techniques of visual arts in order to create visual artworks.
Create an arts presentation that explores and/or integrates multiple disciplines.
Examine and compare the purposes of artworks in a variety of settings, such as in the family/ home, in the classroom, at school, at events in the community, at other public events, and in advertisement.
Explore how setting, purpose, and overall context influence viewers' perceptions of visual images, including whether the images constitute visual pollution.
Investigate and discuss how visual artworks in different societal, cultural, and historical contexts have influenced people's opinions and perception of other people and places.

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