AE17.VA.AD.15

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

AE17.VA.AD.15
Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art-making approaches to create and defend personal philosophies of art based on a connection to aesthetic theories and visual culture.

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

Create an artwork that combines influences of a particular artist, style, culture, or time with personal experience; for instance, create a collage in the manner of Romare Bearden that references gentrification of urban areas.
Create an original painting that speaks to a significant personal memory and contains features, qualities, or attributes that were derived from a historical art movement.
Describe, from different perspectives, the extent to which Jim Fitzpatrick's portraiture of Che Guevara or Shepard Fairey's Hope changed how society viewed the historical figures depicted.
Analyze how an artistic movement influenced greater society, such as how the pop art movement of the 1960's changed the way that many Americans viewed marketing and popular imagery.
Work independently to use arts symbols in a variety of genres, styles, and media in order to create artworks that synthesize original ideas and feelings.
Integrate and adapt attributes of a particular society of culture, or of one's own experiences, to create original works and designs.
Evaluate how specific artists, artworks, or designs have shaped culture, society, or history, and justify one's evaluation and conclusions.
Evaluate the role of the artist and the impact of visual arts in relation to the economy, politics, and the environment.

Vocabulary

Artist Statement
Abstraction
Animation
Distortion
Elaboration
Fragmentation
Juxtaposition
Magnification
Metamorphosis
Multiplication
Reversals
Simplification
Viewpoint
Form, intent, and content complement each other
Intent drives the selection of media and technique
Mix and blend materials
Expand on new ideas of communicating visually.
Making informed choices to communicate effectively.
Artists pursue new and innovative ways to create multiple themed artworks with technical skill and mastery while maintaining and caring for materials.
Reflect, re-engage, revise and refining works of art.

Anchor Standards

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