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The Arts: Visual Art

  Curriculum Standard 4

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade eight students will be able to:

• Compare the characteristics of works of art representing various cultures, historical periods, and artists.

• Describe and place a variety of art objects by style and artist, and by historical and cultural contexts.
• Describe how a given work of art can be interpreted differently in various cultures and time.
• Analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art.

• Differentiate among a variety of historical and cultural contexts in terms of characteristics and purposes of works of art.
• Analyze relationships among works of art in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture, using their observations to inform their own art making.
  
  

• Understand various critical models of interpreting works from several historical periods and cultures.
• Analyze common characteristics of visual arts evident across time and among cultural/ethnic groups to formulate analyses, evaluations, and interpretations of meaning.

  Curriculum Standard 5

Analyze, interpret and evaluate their own and others' artwork.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade eight students will be able to:

• Compare multiple purposes for creating works of art.
• Analyze the meanings of contemporary and historic artworks.
• Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others' work by using specific criteria.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade twelve students will be able to:

• Research and analyze historic meaning and purpose in various works of art.
• Defend personal interpretations to better understand specific works of art.
• Reflect critically on various interpretations to better understand specific works of art.
• Analyze and interpret art works identifying relationships among form, context and purposes.