Art Appreciation

Recommended Prerequisite: None

Grade Level: 7

SDE Course Code: 0753

MNPS Course Code: ART0753Y

Course Description

This course will help the student to understand art from a historical and aesthetic perspective. Two and three dimensional art works will be explored. This course is only offered at Wharton Arts Magnet at this time.

Course of Study

Understanding media, techniques, and processes

Students describe how different materials, techniques and processes cause different responses.
Students describe different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.

Using knowledge of structures and functions

Students know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas.
Students describe how different expressive features and organizational principles cause different responses.

Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas

Students explore and understand prospective content for works of art.
Students will identify symbols and ideas artists use to communicate meaning.

Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures
Students identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places.
Students demonstrate how history, culture and the visual arts can influence each other in studying works of art.
Students compare and contrast contemporary art works.
Students will explore analysis of contemporary artwork.

Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of the work of others

Students understand that there are various purposes for creating works of visual art.
Students describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks.
Students understand there are different responses to specific artworks.
Communicates art concepts through the domains of writing: descriptive, persuasive, analytical/expository, practical and creative.

Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Students understand similarities and differences between characteristics of the visual arts and other arts disciplines.
Students identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum.
Students use technology to research visual art.

Standards

MNPS Visual Art Standards

http://www.mnps.org

Tennessee Standards for Visual Art

www.state.tn.us/education/ci/standards

Textbooks

No MNPS required textbook

Recommended and/or Required Resources