Big Idea 1:
Artists manipulate materials and ideas to create an aesthetic object, act, or event.
Students differentiate the components of form, function, content, and/or context of a work of art.
Students explain how artistic decisions about art making shape a work of art. Students describe how context influences artistic decisions about creating a work of art.
Students analyze form, function, content, and/or context to infer or explain the possible intentions for creating specific works of art.
"Fallingwater", Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935, Mill Run, PA
Fallingwater uses steel reinforced ferro concrete to cantilever the terraces over the waterfall. Wright is known for using local materials and incorporating nature into all of his works.