Art Appreciation

1

• The Impulse for Art
• What Do Artists Do?
• Creating and Creativity
• Looking and Responding

• Recognize why artists make art
• Explain how artists create their works
• Describe the creative process and its objectives
• Discuss how viewers respond to art

2

• Artist and Audience
• Art and Beauty
• Art and Appearances
• Representational and Abstract Art
• Nonrepresentational Art
• Style
• Art and Meaning
• Form and Content
• Materials and Techniques
• Iconography
• Context
• Art and Purpose

• Explain relationships between artists and their audience
• Discuss the relationship between art and beauty
• Categorize art by its appearance
• Examine art for its meaning
• Summarize some purposes for art

3

• The Sacred Realm
• Politics and the Social Order
• Stories and Histories
• Picturing the Here and Now
• Reflecting on the Human Experience
• Invention and Fantasy
• The Natural World
• Art about Art and Its Institutions

• Compare representations of the sacred realm
• Identify how works of art reflect politics and the social order
• Explain the story or history represented in works of art
• Describe how artists represent everyday life
• Discuss how art is used to reflect on the human experience
• Recognize invention and fantasy in art
• Characterize the representation of the natural world in art
• Restate how artists respond to art and its institutions

4

• Line
• Contour and Outline
• Direction and Movement
• Implied Lines
• Shape and Mass
• Implied Shapes
• Light
• Implied Light: Modeling Mass in Two Dimensions
• Color
• Color Theory
• Color Properties
• Light and Pigment
• Color Harmonies
• Optical Effects of Color
• Expressive Possibilities of Color
• Texture and Pattern
• Actual Texture
• Visual Texture
• Pattern
• Space
• Three-Dimensional Space
• Implied Space: Suggesting Depth in Two Dimensions
• Linear Perspective
• Foreshortening
• Atmospheric Perspective
• Time and Motion

• Identify types of line
• Explain how artists create shape and mass
• Describe how real and implied light function in art
• Characterize the use of color and the theories relating to it
• Distinguish actual and visual texture as used in art
• Discuss the strategies for creating space in two-dimensional art
• Relate how time and motion appear in art

5

• Unity and Variety
• Balance
• Symmetrical Balance
• Asymmetrical Balance
• Emphasis and Subordination
• Scale and Proporiton
• Rhythm
• Elements and Principles

• Describe how artists create unity and variety
• Identify types of balance found in art
• Explain how artists emphasize and subordinate parts of a work
• Relate how scale and proportion function in art
• Characterize the use of rhythm in art
• Analyze formal elements and principles of design

6

• Materials for Drawing
• Dry Media
• Graphite
• Metalpoint
• Charcol
• Crayon, Pastel, and Chalk
• Liquid Media
• Pen and Ink
• Brush and Ink
• Drawing and Beyond: Paper as a Medium

• Identify the various materials used for drawing
• Discuss the ways in which artists employ paper as a medium

7

• Encaustic
• Fresco
• Tempera
• Oil
• Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, and Similar Media
• Acrylic
• Painting without Paint
• Mosaic and Tapestry

• Describe the ancient technique of painting in encaustic
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of the wall-painting technique of fresco
• Compare works created with tempera dating from the Renaissance and the 20th century
• Discuss the unique characteristics of oil paints
• Distinguish between pastel, watercolor, gouache, and other similar media
• Explain the benefits introduced with the invention of modern acrylic paints
• Note how artists have exploited paint and painting beyond traditional practices
• Summarize the new territory of post-Internet art
• Outline the technical and creative possibilities of working with mosaic and tapestry

8

• Relief
• Woodcut
• Wood Engraving
• Linocut
• Intaglio
• Engraving
• Drypoint
• Mezzotint
• Etching
• Aquatint
• Photogravure
• Lithography
• Caricatures and Cartoons
• Screenprinting
• Monotype
• Digital
• Printing on the World

• Describe relief printmaking processes and their characteristics
• Distinguish intaglio printmaking processes and their advantages
• Characterize the use of lithography
• Identify characteristics of screen printing
• Explain the unique qualities of monotype
• Relate digital prints to other printmaking processes
• Discuss recent approaches to printmaking

9

• Photography
• The Still Camera and its Beginnings
• Bearing Witness and Documenting
• Censorship
• Photography and Art
• Film
• Origins of Motion Pictures
• Exploring the Possibilities
• Film and Art
• Video
• The Internet

• Describe photographic process and styles
• Explain the history and art of film
• Discuss how artists have used video
• Recognize how the internet is used in art

10

• Signs and Symbols
• Typography and Layout
• Word and Image
• Motion and Interactivity
• Graphic Design and Art

• Describe the use of signs and symbols in design
• Explain the roles of typography and layout
• Discuss how graphic design uses words and images
• Identify motion and interactivity in graphic design
• Relate graphic design art

11

• Methods and Materials of Sculpture
• Modeling
• Casting
• Carving
• Assembling
• The Human Figure in Sculpture
• Working with Time and Place
• Public Art Controversies

• Identify methods and materials used to make sculpture
• Describe how the human figure has been represented in sculpture
• Discuss how time and place are incorporated into sculpture and installation art

12

• Clay
• Glass
• Metal
• Wood
• Fiber
• Ivory, Jade, and Lacquer
• Art, Craft, Design

• Explain how clay is transformed into functional objects
• Describe how art is made with glass
• Discuss techniques for making objects in metal
• Relate wood to its artistic functions
• Summarize techniques and use of fiber arts
• Describe art made of ivory, jade, and lacquer
• Distinguish the roles and definitions of art, craft, and design

13

• Structural Systems in Architecture
• Load-Bearing Construction
• Post-and-Lintel
• Round Arch and Vault
• Pointed Arch and Vault
• Dome
• Corbeling
• Cast-Iron Construction
• Balloon-Frame Constrution
• Steel-Frame Construction
• Suspension and Cable-Stayed Structres
• Reinforced Concrete
• Geodesic Domes
• New Technology, New Materials, Current Concerns
• Digital Design and Fabrication
• Fabric Architecture
• Architecture and Community
• Green Architecture

• Explain structural systems used in architecture
• Discuss how new architectural technology and materials respond to current concerns
• Construct a formal analysis of a piece

14

• The Oldest Art
• Mesopotamia
• Egypt
• The Aegean
• Greece
• Rome

• Recognize the forms and themes of prehistoric art
• Describe the art and architecture of Mesopotamia
• Identify the appearance, subjects, and purpose of Egyptian art
• Explain Aegean painting, sculpture and architecture
• Discuss the art of the Classical world

• The Rise of Christianity
• Byzantium
• Middle Ages
• Toward the Renaissance

• Describe the art made to support the rise of Christianity
• Explain the art and architecture of Byzantium
• Discuss the objects and buildings made in Europe during the Middle Ages
• Identify the characteristics of art that anticipated the Renaissance

16

• The Early and High Renaissance in Italy
• The Renaissance in the North
• Late Renaissance in Italy

• Relate the appearance and content of Italian Early and High Renaissance art to the historical context
• Describe the characteristics of Renaissance art in Northern Europe
• Identify qualities of Late Renaissance art in Italy

17

• Baroque Era
• 18th Century
• Revolution

• Recognize the characteristics of the Baroque era
• Explain the art and architecture of the 18th century
• Describe art that was inspired by revolutions in the 18th century

18

• Arts of Islam
• Book Arts
• Arts of Daily Life
• Arts of Africa

• Explain the appearance and purpose of Islamic arts
• Describe the function and meaning of African arts

19

• Arts of India
• Indus Valley Civilization
• Buddhism and Its Art
• Hinduism and Its Art
• Jain Art
• Mughal Art and Influence
• Into the Modern Era
• Arts of China
• Arts of Japan

• Explain the styles, themes, and history of Indian arts
• Describe the appearance and subjects of Chinese arts
• Discuss the history of the arts in Japan

20

• Pacific Cultures
• Body Art
• Mesoamerica
• South and Central America
• North America
• Into the Modern Era

• Explain the art of Pacific cultures
• Describe the art and architecture of the diverse cultures of the Americas

21

• Neoclassicalism and Romanticism
• Realism
• Manet and Impressionism
• Post-Impressionism
• Avant-Garde
• Dada and Surrealism
• Building New Societies

• Identify Neoclassical and Romantic style and subjects
• Describe the movement known as Realism
• Discuss the forms and themes of Impressionism
• Explain Post-Impressionist art
• Classify the art of early avant-garde movements
• Characterize art produced during and after World War I
• Summarize the key art movements dedicated to building more optimistic societies in the postwar period

22

• The New York School
• Assemblage and Happenings
• Art of the Sixties and Seventies
• Postmodernism

• Describe the art of the New York School
• Summarize the goals and characteristics of assemblage and happenings
• Explain the development of art in the 1960s and 1970s
• Discuss the art of the 1980s and 1990s

23

• Sales and Value

• Identify issues addressed by contemporary artists around the world

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Review

• Review

• Review and Final Examination