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Anatomy of an Exhibition: Art Nouveau, 1890-1914 star star star star
Get a behind the scenes look at the planning and development of an exhibit at this site from the National Gallery of Art and learn about the Art Nouveau style.
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The Arts: Visual Art

  Curriculum Standard 4
Analyze the visual arts in relation to history and culture.

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

  • Know that the visual arts have both a history and a specific relationship to various cultures.
  • Identify specific works of art in particular cultures, times, and places.
  • Describe how history, culture, and visual arts influence each other.

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

  • Identify various purposes for creating works of art.
  • Describe how people’s experiences influence the development of specific art works.
  • Understand that people may respond in different and equally valid ways to specific art works.
  • Describe their personal responses to specific works of art using visual art terminology.

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.
  • Describe their own responses to, and interpretation of, specific works of art.

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.

 

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