Visual Arts Class Unit Plan
BCLHS Fine Arts Department - Visual Arts
- Chambers
COURSE TITLE: Visual Arts
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Year
GRADE LEVEL: 11- 12
PREREQUISITES: A desire to develop artistic skills
SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIALS: Art History, Marilyn Stokstad, Harrey N. Abrams, Inc., 1995.
Art Talk
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is a first year art course in the fundamental of art. This course emphasizes the necessary skills to provide the student with a perceptual base leading to understanding artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural context(s); aesthetic valuing and connections, relations, applications of the Visual arts. Learning the tools, techniques, materials, technology and application of what is learned in other art forms, subject areas and careers. The art elements and principals of design serve as a foundation for each unit covered. Selected historical or cultural contexts will be applied with attention to analysis, interpretation, and judgment of student work as well as appreciation of art works from other cultures and times.
This Visual Arts courses will meet the BCLHS graduation requirements as well as the requirement for admission as the CSU system.
UNIT SEQUENCE
Unit I - Introduction to Art
- The variety of art: Artistic Perception
- State framework/Scoring Rubics
- The variety of art.
- When is it Art?
- Philosophy of Arts
- Artwork as a class of objects
- The aesthetic of objects
- Intentions in art
- The Art world
Unit II - What to Look for: Creative Expression
- Description
- Knowing what to look for
- Vocabulary
- The Visual elements of art
- Line
- Descriptive line
- Implied line
- Expressive use line
- Shape and form
- Value
- Light and dark
- Value
- Color
- Hue
- Value tints & shades
- Color harmonies
- Monochromatic
- Analogous
- Complementary
- Triadic color
- Expressive color
- Space
- Space in our environment
- Space in three-dimensional art
- Space in the picture plane
- Representing space in two-dimensional art
- Three-dimensional space in abstract painting
- Texture and movement
- Texture
- Movement
- How is it organized?
- Analyzing what you see
- Composition
- Design
- Unity
- Variety
- Dominance
- Rhythm and movement
- Balance
Unit III - Introduction to Media - Creative Expression
- Two-dimensional media
- Drawing
- Painting
- Mosaic
- Printmaking
- Photography and film
- Video art
- Mixed media
- Three-dimensional media
- Sculpture
- Environmental art
- Ceramics
- Clay Properties and working with clay
- Hand building
- Pottery Wheel
- Glazes and Firing
Unit IV - Careers in Art: Connections, Relations, Applications
- Architecture
- Interior and display design
- Graphic design
- Industrial design
- Fashion design
- Film and television
- Art education
- Fine art
- Crafts
- Photography
Unit V - What is it Saying? Cultural, Historical Contexts
- Interpretation: There is more to it than meets the eye
- Interpretation and meaning
- Art history
- Non-Western Art I
- Non-Western Art II
- Islands of Time I
- Island of Time II
Unit VI In the Final Analysis - Aesthetic Valuing
- Criticism and Critics
- Professional Criticism
- Non professional criticism
- A Critical Method
- Using the first three stages of the Critical Analysis Model Evaluation
METHODS OF EVALUATION
- Classroom participation and artistic attitude
- Written and verbal test
- Critique by instructor and peers
- Portfolio
- Participation in public display
- Written reflection
- Evaluation of Art Work(s) by teacher
- Studio and Visual arts assessment Rubric