STANDARD 1.4: Visual and Performing Arts

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 8:
1. Explain the process of critique using the progression of description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
2. Compare artistic content among contrasting art works in the same domain.
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 8:
1. Evaluate the judgment of others based on the process of critique.
2. Compare and contrast the technical proficiency of artists.

Link to Standard 1.4 Grade 5-6

Link to Standard 1.4 High School

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