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Cobb County School District
Fine Arts
Visual Arts - Printmaking
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Goals and Descriptions

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


Artistic Skills and Knowledge

ллл VA.Print.1 Printmaking Approaches
The learner will be able to use a wide variety of media and techniques to create prints that imitate the real world (Realism), are concerned with design and composition (Structuralism/Formalism), express a feeling or emotion (Emotionalism/ Expressionism), explore new technology for printmaking, such as computers, scanners and copy machines.
  

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VA.Print.2 Functions of Art
The learner will be able to develop ideas, plan, and produce editions of prints that serve specific functions (e.g., expressive, social, and functional).
  
ллл VA.Print.3 Producing Objective, Abstract
The learner will be able to produce prints from a variety of objective, abstract, and nonobjective subjects and content.
  
л VA.Print.4 Higher-Order Thinking Skill
The learner will be able to apply higher-order thinking skills (e.g., tolerance of ambiguity, nuanced judgment, complex thinking, finding structure in apparent disorder) in the creation of multiple solutions to printmaking problems and discusses their transfer to practical and work force situations.
  
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л VA.Print.5 Art and Technology
The learner will be able to recognize the role of computer technology in art production and careers (e.g., the many roles for artists in emerging technology fields, the computer as an artist's tool much like a brush or pencil, the importance of visual imagery in emerging technology, the increasing demand for individuals who can combine art skills, computer skills, and complex thinking skills critically needed in the work force).
  
ллл VA.Print.6 Art and Social Studies
The learner will be able to relate art with social studies by reviewing history connected to and reflected in prints from different periods of history.
  
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Critical Analysis and Aesthetics

ллл VA.Print.7 Printing Techniques
The learner will be able to describe and distinguish among printmaking processes, such as lithography, relief, intaglio, serigraphy, and monoprint.
  

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VA.Print.8 Expressive Qualities
The learner will be able to analyze how medium, technique, and style interrelate to produce particular expressive content in prints.
  
ллл VA.Print.9 Composition
The learner will be able to compare and contrast the way printmakers have used the elements of art and principles of design to communicate specific expressive content or ideas.
  

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VA.Print.10 Objective, Abstract, and Non-Objective
The learner will be able to recognize and describe the content of objective, abstract, and nonobjective prints.
  
ллл VA.Print.11 Self-evaluation
The learner will be able to evaluate, based on predetermined criteria, own performance and progress on skills and written and visual products.
  

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VA.Print.12 Evaluating Art
The learner will be able to develop and apply appropriate criteria for making aesthetic judgments about a wide range of prints.
  

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VA.Print.13 Artistic Voice
The learner will be able to begin to develop and describe artistic voice (own style, approach to printmaking, personal messages to communicate).
  

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VA.Print.14 Justify Personal Responses
The learner will be able to justify personal responses to objective, abstract, and nonobjective prints citing those specific qualities within the print that elicit the response.
  
л VA.Print.15 Art and Technology
The learner will be able to discuss aesthetics issues related to technology such as: Can the computer be used to produce "fine art" prints? What is the relationship between traditional printmaking and digital art? What ethics apply to copyright issues, computer art, and the Internet.
  

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VA.Print.16 Aesthetic Responses
The learner will be able to develop a degree of expertise in learning to make informed aesthetic responses by relating own prints to those of major 19th- and 20th- century printmakers.
  
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Historical and Cultural Context

ллл VA.Print.17 Art Historical Periods/Cultures
The learner will be able to identify and discuss historical periods and world cultures in which selected prints were produced.
  
ллл VA.Print.18 Art of Contemporary Versus
The learner will be able to compare prints of contemporary and past societies to ascertain the similarities and differences in processes, tools, styles, and content and function.
  
ллл VA.Print.19 Major Printmakers
The learner will be able to identify, compare, and contrast significant printmakers from different historical periods and world cultures, such as Hokusai, Rembrandt, and Kollwitz.
  

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VA.Print.20 Researching Art
The learner will be able to research, analyze, and write about diverse examples of printmaking using Internet museums, exhibits, reviews and critiques, periodicals, texts, local museums, and galleries.
  
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