3- Art

What Can You Learn About World Cultures by Comparing and Contrasting Art Forms?

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Questions to consider when researching:

• How has the art of one culture influenced the art of another culture?

• What is/was considered art?

• What influence does art have in one culture?

• What are some similarities you noticed in the art form between the three cultures?

• What are some differences you noticed in the art form between the cultures?

• How has the art of the past influenced the art of today?

• How did a media of art develop through the growth of a culture?

• What types of art media are/were available to each culture?

• How are/were artists ranked in the hierarchy of a culture?

• How does/did this hierarchy affect the influence of art on the culture?

• What artists made great impacts on art that correlated with the beliefs of a particular culture?

• What information about the cultures did you learn from looking at the art?

Project Procedures

1. Decide on three cultures you are interested in studying.

2. What art media can connect these cultures?

3. |Visual Arts|

   1. Two-dimensional (painting, calligraphy, textiles or murals)

      • -Three-dimensional (architecture, masks, crafts, pottery)

      • - Performing Arts

      • - Music (vocal or instrumental)

      • - Dance

      • - Theater

   2. Research the development of this art media over time.

   3. Research influential artists of each culture

   4. How has this art media influenced the cultures in the past and present?

   5. Make a data retrieval chart related to the influential art of each culture

   6. What conclusions can be drawn about culture through the study of art?

   7. Make a table or list of what can be learned about each culture through study of its art

   8. How do these conclusions compare to the art of another culture?

   9. Make a Venn Diagram comparing the art of these cultures

   10. Select a program using technology to share the comparisons of each culture and the information gathered from studying each art form

Art Forms Retrieval Chart

Graphic organizers help us organize our thinking. Select this link to access a Google Doc version of the chart below. Go to File> Make A Copy to make your own copy of the Doc. Save it to your GATP Google Drive folder.