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STANDARD 1.1 (AESTHETICS) ALL STUDENTS WILL USE AESTHETIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE CREATION OF AND IN RESPONSE TO DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND VISUAL ART.
Descriptive Statement: The arts strengthen our appreciation of the world, as well as our ability to be creative and inventive decision-makers. The acquisition of knowledge and skills that contribute to aesthetic awareness of dance, music, theater, and visual art enhances these abilities. Through experience in the arts, students develop the capacity to perceive and respond imaginatively to works of art. These experiences result in knowledge of forms of artistic expression and in the ability to draw personal meaning from works of art. Key skills necessary to an understanding of aesthetics include the abilities to identify arts elements within a work to articulate informed emotional responses to works of art, to engage in cultural reflection, and to communicate through the use of metaphor and critical evaluation. Aesthetics involves the following key understandings: appreciation and interpretation; stimulating imagination; the value and significance of the arts; art as object; the creation of art; developing a process of valuing; and acquaintance with aesthetic philosophies. Cumulative Progress Indicators
By the end of Grade 2, students will:
A. Knowledge 1. Observe the four art forms of dance, music, theater and visual art. 2. Explain that dance, music, theater and visual art can generate personal feelings. 3. Interpret basic elements of style in dance, music, theater and visual art as the foundation for a creative project.
B. Skills 1. Communicate observational and emotional responses to works of art from a variety of social and historical contexts. 2. Provide an initial response when exposed to an unknown artwork. 3. Use imagination to create a story based on an arts experience in each of the art forms.
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:
A. Knowledge 1. Compose simple works of art in response to stylized characteristics observed in the dance, music, theater, and visual art of various cultures and time periods. 2. Communicate ideas reflecting on the nature and meaning of art and beauty. 3. Recognize works of art and art elements designed to imitate systems in nature.
B. Skills 2. Compare and contrast works of art that communicate significant cultural meanings. 3. Apply qualitative terms when responding to works of art. 4. Create an arts experience that communicates a significant emotion or feeling.
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:
A. Knowledge 1. Examine works of art that communicate significant cultural beliefs or set of values. 2. Use domain specific vocabulary relating to symbolism, genre, and performance technique in all arts areas. 3. Analyze how art is often defined by its originality.
B. Skills 1. Differentiate between the unique and common properties in all of the arts. 2. Distinguish among artistic styles, trends, and movements in various art forms. 3. Express how art is inspired by an individual’s imagination. 4. Describe changes in meaning over time in the perception of a known work of art.
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:
A. Knowledge 3. Determine how historical responses affect the evolution of various artistic styles, trends and movements in art forms from classicism to post-modernism.
B. Skills 1. Compose specific and metaphoric cultural messages in works of art, using contemporary methodologies. 2. Formulate a personal philosophy or individual statement on the meaning(s) of art. |
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