DISCOVERING ART HISTORY

ART EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

BURLINGTON CITY HIGH SCHOOL

SUBMITTED BY: NANCY MEASEY-KURTS AUGUST 2002

COURSE STATEMENT

The Discovering Art History Course is an introduction to western art-the art of Europe and America with an emphasis on the connection to non-western art-the art of other cultures. Through this course, students will better understand how the visual arts record ideas and cross cultural influences. And, illuminate science, history and social customs of a particular time and place. This course will allow students to explore their own individual tastes and style and its relationship to the complex cross-cultural movements that span art history. Course work will offer students a foundation on which to build their own individual style and works of art. An understanding of the many influences of various cultures will provide students with the knowledge to choose materials, techniques and subject matter at a more advanced level. The prerequisite for this course is Art Fundamentals as well as two semester courses. Students will be encouraged to complete this course prior to taking the A.P. Studio Art course in their senior year.

COURSE PROFICIENCIES- ATTITUDES -

Ø Students will be able to explain how there is no single definitive of art.

Ø Students will understand that art uses visual images to communicate.

Ø Students will be able to appreciate how learning about art is an enriching experience.

Ø Students will understand how subject matter, media, design and craftsmanship interrelate.

Ø Students will understand that art communicates ideas visually.

Ø Students will discuss how each era and culture uses the components of art and design in individual ways.

Ø Students will discern certain evolutionary developments that have occurred over time.

CORSE PROFICIENCIES - SKILLS -

Ø To understand how to identify good art.

Ø To learn about art objects and why they are important.

Ø To learn about artistic style.

Ø To comprehend how style comes about through line, motion, form, texture, color and the use of space.

Ø To better understand art and architecture around us.

Ø To see how new thoughts about art, new movements among artists and changes in style can influence how we look at the world.

Ø To discover a unique personal style of self expression to utilize in the advanced art program.

Ø To begin building on an area of concentration to incorporate in the A.P. Studio curriculum.

STANDARDS

CROSS CONTENT WORKPLACE READINESS

CORE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARD

Ø All students will reflect analytically on various interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating works of visual art.

Ø All students will compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts with those of other arts disciplines as they are used in creation and types of analysis.

Ø All students will correlate responses to works of visual art with various techniques for communicating meanings, ideas, attitudes, views and intentions.

Ø All students will evaluate the effectiveness of artworks in terms of organizational structures and functions.

Ø All students will demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art.

Ø All students will describe the function and explore the meaning of specific art objects within varied cultures, times and places.

COURSE CONTENT

I. The World and Work of the Artist

Ø Learning About Art

Ø Evaluating Works of Art

Ø Why Do People Create Art

Ø The Discovery and Preservation of Art

Ø The Visual Communication Process

Ø Subject Matter: What is it Saying?

Ø Media : Tools and Materials

Ø Design : The Structure of Art

II. Two Trends and Influence in the World

Ø Looking for a Common Denominator of Art

Ø Commonalities

Ø Emotion vs. Intellect

Ø Style

Ø Non-Western Art and Cultural Influences

Ø A Multitudes of perspectives

Ø India

Ø China

Ø Japan

Ø Southeast Asia

Ø Oceania and Highland Asia

Ø The World of Islam

Ø Africa

Ø Pre-Columbian

Ø Native North America

Ø Beginnings of the Western Art

Ø Earliest Beginnings

Ø The Ancient Near East

Ø Egypt

Ø Greek and Roman Art

Ø Aegean Art

Ø Greek Art

Ø Roman Art

Ø Religious Conviction

Ø Early Christian Art

Ø Byzantine Art: A Shift to the East

Ø Islamic Faith and Art

Ø Early Medieval Art

Ø Romanesque Art

Ø Romanesque Art

Ø Gothic Art

Ø The Italian Renaissance

Ø 1,) Early Renaissance

Ø 2) High Renaissance

Ø Mannerism

Ø Renaissance in the North

Ø The Low Countries

Ø Germany

Ø England, France and Spain

Ø Baroque and Rococo

Ø The Baroque in Italy and Germany

Ø The Baroque in France

Ø The Baroque in Flanders and Holland

Ø The Baroque in Spain

Ø The Early Eighteenth Century

Ø Three Opposing Views

Ø Neoclassicism

Ø Romanticism

Ø Realism

Ø Photography

Ø Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Ø Impressionism

Ø Post-Impressionism

Ø Turn-of –the- Century Expressions

Ø A Half Century of “Isms”

Ø Expressionism

Ø Abstract Art

Ø Sculpture

Ø Fantasy Art and Surrealism

Ø Photography

Ø American Art

Ø The Early Years

Ø Influence of Abstraction

Ø The American Scene

Ø Social Realism

Ø Twentieth Century Architecture

Ø Modernism in Architecture

Ø Post-Modernism

Ø Art from the Fifties to the Present

Ø Abstract Expressionism

Ø Pop Art and Op Art

Ø Color Field Painting

Ø New Realism

Ø Sculpture

Ø New Directions

EVALUATION TECHNIQUES

The student’s success on this course will depend on the student’s level of commitment and creativity. They will be evaluated periodically on their comprehension of all material covered as well as their projects pertaining to each area of history. In addition, student progress and curriculum comprehension will be evaluated using the following:

Ø Quizzes and Tests

Ø Homework Assignments

Ø Projects

Ø Participation

Ø Attendance/Lateness

Ø Co-operation

Ø Core Curriculum Content Standards

Ø Final Exam

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Basic Text-

Ø Brommer, Gerald F., Ronan, Helen - Discovering Art History

Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications, Inc., 1997

Electronic Media Sources-

Ø CD- Rom Disks

v American Visions

v A Passion for Art; Corbis

v Great Paintings; Renaissance to Impressionism

Ø Videos

v Abstract Expressionism, Crystal Productions

v American Art from the National Gallery of Art.

v Masterpieces of British Art.