Visual Art History: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Media, Techniques, and Processes - The student will understand media, techniques, and processes.

Structures and Functions - Students will use knowledge of both structures and functions.

Evaluation - Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand the visual arts in relationship to history and cultures.

Reflection and Assessment - Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of works of art.

Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Demonstrate an understanding of the unique properties and potential of materials and media used in art and/or architecture.

Research types of media, techniques, and processes used in select works and/or by select artists or architects.

Demonstrate an understanding of elements and principles of art.

Investigate how the design, technique, and material of a chosen work influences its function, structure, shape, or appearance.

Evaluate the function of artwork as to utilitarian or intrinsic purpose.

Analyze and interpret symbols and their origins.

Research the choices of subject, themes, and/or symbols used by artists/architects.

Identify the repetitive use of subject, themes, and/or symbols by a culture, time period, or individual artist/architect.

Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which history and culture influence the production of art and architecture.

Research, analyze, and explain how visual art/architecture reflects and influences societies and cultures.

Research and critique visual artworks and their meanings by using an art criticism model (i.e., description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment and/or imitationalism, formalism or emotionalism).

Reflect analytically on various interpretations for understanding and evaluating works of visual art and architecture.

Examine the materials, processes, technology, and terminology used in architecture, visual, and performing arts.

Examine ideas, issues, and themes in the arts and other subject areas.