Visual Art & Design

PHS Learning Expectations:

1. Access and critically analyze information to answer questions and explore ideas

2. Solve problems through prioritizing and planning for results

3. Write proficiently for a variety of purposes

4. Communicate effectively in a variety of formats

5. Interpret and design visual messages for specific purposes

6. Engage in work with integrity, both independently and collaboratively

7. Demonstrate knowledge and skills through the use of technology

College Board Standards

Big Idea 1: Artists manipulate materials and ideas to create an aesthetic object, act, or event.

Essential Question: What is art and how is it made?

Learning Objective1.1: Students differentiate the components of form, function, content, and/or context of a work of art.

Learning Objective1.2: Students explain how artistic decisions about art making shape a work of art.

Learning Objective1.3: Students describe how context influences artistic decisions about creating a work of art.

Learning Objective 1.4: Students analyze form, function, content, and/or context to infer or explain the possible intentions for creating a work of art.

Big Idea 2: Art making is shaped by tradition and change.

Essential Question: Why and how does art change? Learning Objective 2.1: Students describe features of tradition and/or change in a single work of art or in a group of related works.

Learning Objective 2.2: Students explain how and why specific traditions and/or changes are demonstrated in a single work or group of related works.

Learning Objective 2.3: Students analyze the influence of a single work of art or group of related works on other artistic production.

Big Idea 3: Interpretations of art are variable.

Essential Question: How do we describe our thinking about art?

Learning Objective 3.1: Students identify a work of art.

Learning Objective 3.2: Students analyze how formal qualities and/or content of a work of art elicit(s) a response.

Learning Objective 3.3: Students analyze how contextual variables lead to different interpretations of a work of art.

Learning Objective 3.4: Students justify attribution of an unknown work of art.

Learning Objective 3.5: Students analyze relationships between works of art based on their similarities and differences.

National Core Arts Standards

Visual Arts: Creating, Presenting, Responding, Connecting

Creating

#VA: Cr1.1 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.

#VA: Cr1.2 Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

#VA: Cr2.1 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

#VA: Cr2.2 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.

#VA: Cr2.3 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Collaboratively develop a proposal for an installation, artwork, or space design that transforms the perception and experience of a particular place.

#VA: Cr3.1 Refine and complete artistic work. Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.

Presenting

#VA: Pr.4.1 Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.

#VA: Pr5.1 Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation: Analyze and evaluate the reasons and ways an exhibition is presented.

#VA: Pr6.1 Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.

Responding

#VA: Re7.1 Perceive and analyze artistic work: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.

#VA: Re7.2 Perceive and analyze artistic work: Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.

#VA: Re8.1 Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work: Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.

#VA: Re9.1 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work: Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

Connecting

#VA: Cn10.1 Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

#VA: Cn11.1 Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding

http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/