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Fine Arts
Visual Arts - Art History and Criticism
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Goals and Descriptions

Priority Level:

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Artistic Skills and Knowledge | Connections | Critical Analysis and Aesthetics | Historical and Cultural Context
 


Artistic Skills and Knowledge

ллл VA.ArtHist.1 Media and Techniques
The learner will be able to experiment with tools and materials ( e.g.. watercolor, charcoal, egg tempera), When appropriate, to enhance understanding of related historical concepts and analysis of medium and techniques.
  
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ллл VA.ArtHist.2 Writing About Art
The learner will be able to use descriptors, simile and metaphor to discuss unique and emotional content in art, and compares with similar examples from literature.
  
л VA.ArtHist.3 Role of Art in Society
The learner will be able to examine and discuss the role of art and artifacts as a visual record of human kind's cultural, political, scientific and religious history.
  

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VA.ArtHist.4 Art Education in Life
The learner will be able to recognizes the application of higher order thinking skills (e.g., include tolerance of ambiguity, nuanced judgment, complex thinking, and finding structure in apparent disorder) in the creation and study of art and discusses their transfer to practical and workforce situations. .
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.5 Art and Avocation
The learner will be able to discusses art as an avocation with its opportunities for lifelong learning and expression, such as visiting museums, making art, reading or writing about art and artists, buying art, and volunteering in the arts.
  
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Critical Analysis and Aesthetics

ллл VA.ArtHist.6 Subject, Form and Content
The learner will be able to describes how subject matter and content interact with the elements of art and principles of design to produce a particular expressive quality.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.7 Media and Technique
The learner will be able to identifies the medium(s) and technique(s) used in selected artworks and discusses their influence on expressive qualities.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.8 Functions of Art
The learner will be able to classifies various artworks according to style and function, and justifies choices based on evidence in the artworks.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.9 Perceptions
The learner will be able to compares general perceptions used in everyday living and aesthetic perception.
  

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VA.ArtHist.10 Ideas about Art
The learner will be able to discusses aesthetic issues such as: Why do humans create?, How is 20th century art like or unlike art making of earlier eras?, What makes an object art?, Can good art have disturbing content?, Must art be beautiful?, What needs does art fill in our society? In other societies.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.11 Expressive Qualities
The learner will be able to discusses emotional responses to and possible interpretations of an artwork, citing specific qualities in the work that elicit the response.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.12 Self-Evaluation
The learner will be able to evaluates, based on predetermined criteria, own performance and progress on developing skills and knowledge.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.13 Art Styles
The learner will be able to compares and contrasts artworks from the same and different styles based on analysis of evidence in the artworks.
  
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Historical and Cultural Context

ллл VA.ArtHist.14 Themes in Art
The learner will be able to recognizes and discusses universal themes of art.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.15 Critique
The learner will be able to critiques artwork using the processes of description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment based on evidence observed in the artwork.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.16 Influences on Art
The learner will be able to evaluates the influences of historical, political, economic, social, cultural, religious, and technological factors on the development of selected art from prehistoric to contemporary times and in a variety of societies.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.17 Connections through Art History
The learner will be able to identifies and discusses related strands throughout the history of art, such as female sculpture or architectural support systems.
  
ллл VA.ArtHist.18 Art from Ancient and Classical Period
The learner will be able to classifies chronologically and discusses selected artworks from the ancient art period (Ancient Near East, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman), looking at these elements: Stylistic qualities and influences on their development, Significance in history, Influences on later art and political, economic, social, and cultural influences.
  

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VA.ArtHist.19 Art from Medieval Period
The learner will be able to classifies and discusses selected artworks from the Medieval period, (e.g., Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Migratory, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic): - Stylistic qualities and influence on their development - Significance in history - Influences on later art - Political, economic, social and cultural influences.
  

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VA.ArtHist.20 Art from the Renaissance
The learner will be able to classifies and discusses selected artworks from the Renaissance and Baroque Periods (e.g., Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, Northern Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque and Rococo): - Stylistic qualities and influences on their development - Significance in history - Influences on later art - Political, economic, social and cultural influences.
  

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VA.ArtHist.21 Art from the Modern Period
The learner will be able to classifies and discusses selected artworks from the Modern Period (Romanticism, Realism, Expressionism, Pop Art, and Photo realism), looking at these elements: Stylistic qualities and influences on their development, Significance in history, Influences on later art, Political, economic, social, and cultural influences.
  

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VA.ArtHist.22 Non-Western Art
The learner will be able to classifies and discusses examples of non-Western art (Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Oceanic, African, Pre-Columbian, Native American, and Hispanic), looking at these elements: Stylistic qualities and influence on their development, Significance in history, Influences on later art, Political, economic, social, and cultural influences, Function and philosophy of art in the society.
  
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