Standard 1: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Mission: The arts contribute to the achievement of social, economic and human growth by fostering creativity and providing opportunities for expression beyond the limits of language.

 

 

Standard 1.4 Critique

All students will develop, apply and reflect upon knowledge of the process of critique.

 

Big Idea: Through the critical process, students formulate judgments regarding artistic and aesthetic merits of artwork.

1.4 A. Knowledge

Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings

- When is art criticism vital and when is it beside the point?

.- The critical process of observing, describing, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating leads to informed judgments regarding the relative merits of artworks.

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Comments and Examples

By the end of Grade 6:

1.     Classify elements of unity or repetition in a work of art.

 
2.     Apply domain specific arts terminology to express statements of both fact and opinion regarding works of art.  
3.     Describe the technical proficiency of the artist’s work, orally and in writing.  

1.4 B. Skills

Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings

- When is art criticism vital and when is it beside the point?

.- The critical process of observing, describing, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating leads to informed judgments regarding the relative merits of artworks.

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Comments and Examples

By the end of Grade 6:  
1.    Critique performances and exhibitions based on the application of the elements of the art form.  
2.    Identify and differentiate among basic formal structures within artworks.  
3.    Consider the impact of traditions in the critique of works of art.  

 

 

 

 

Link to Standard 1.4 Grade 3-4

 

Link to Standard 1.4 Grade 7-8

 

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