Art: Revolutions

Description

In Year 10 Art: Revolutions, students delve into the study of modern art history, exploring various artistic movements from Impressionism to Pop Art and everything in between. Students broaden their horizons by experiencing visual arts from diverse cultures, time periods, and geographical locations. They reflect upon the evolution of both traditional and contemporary art styles. They gain a deeper understanding of how artists bring their ideas to life through different visual arts practices. Through their artistic endeavours, students refine their personal aesthetic by working as artists or engaging as an audience. They also learn to identify and explain how artists and audiences interpret artworks by exploring different perspectives

In addition to studying art movements, students actively engage in creating artworks inspired by the art movements they have explored. They are encouraged to experiment with a diverse range of mediums and styles, allowing them to explore their creativity and develop their artistic skills. In their own creative process, students critically reflect on the contributions of visual arts practitioners using conceptual explanations. They adapt ideas, visual images, and techniques from renowned artists, incorporating them into their own artwork to inform their unique aesthetic when presenting to an audience.

Learning Standards

Explore and Express Ideas

Explore the visual arts practices and styles as inspiration to develop a personal style, explore, express ideas, concepts and themes in art works. Explore how artists manipulate materials, techniques, technologies and processes to develop and express their intentions in art works

Visual Arts Practices

Select and manipulate materials, techniques, and technologies and processes in a range of art forms to express ideas, concepts and themes. Conceptualise, plan and design art works that express ideas, concepts and artistic intentions

Present and Perform

Create, present, analyse and evaluate displays of artwork considering how ideas can be conveyed to an audience

Respond and Interpret

Analyse and interpret artworks to explore the different forms of expression, intentions and viewpoints of artists and how they are viewed by audiences. Analyse, interpret and evaluate a range of visual artworks from different cultures, historical and contemporary contexts, including artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to explore differing viewpoints

Assessment

• Visual Journal

• Artwork based on art movement 1

• Artwork based on art movement 2

• Analysis and investigation of art movements

• End of Semester Examination

Pathways

• VCE Art Making & Exhibiting

Media Description

In year 10 Media, students enhance their understanding and application of various elements in their media productions, including structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints, and genre conventions. They also explore the use of media technologies, expanding their knowledge of elements such as time, space, sound, movement, and lighting. Furthermore, they analyse how audiences interpret and engage with media artworks and learn about media products from different cultures, historical periods, and locations. Students develop an understanding of the evolution of traditional and contemporary styles in media arts over time. They also examine the social, cultural, and global contexts that influence the production of media artworks and evaluate the ethical implications associated with media arts. Students learn to use media technologies responsibly, adhering to ethical practices and considering regulatory issues. Finally, they develop a nuanced understanding of their roles as both artists and audiences, as they interact with diverse media artworks.

Learning Standards

Explore and Express Ideas

Students experiment with ideas and stories that manipulate media elements, and genre conventions to construct new and alternative viewpoints in images, sounds and text. They manipulate media representations to identify and examine social and cultural values and beliefs.

Media Arts Practices

Students develop and refine media production skills to integrate and shape the technical and symbolic elements in images, sounds and text to represent a story, purpose, meaning and style. They plan, structure and design media artworks for a range of purposes that challenge the expectations of specific audiences by particular use of media elements, technologies and production processes.

Present and Perform

Students plan, produce and distribute media artworks for a range of community, institutional contexts and different audiences, and consider social, ethical and regulatory issues.

Respond and Interpret

Students analyse and evaluate how technical and symbolic elements are manipulated in media artworks to challenge representations framed by social beliefs and values in different community and institutional contexts. They analyse and evaluate a range of media artworks from contemporary and past times, to explore differing viewpoints and enrich their media arts making.

Assessment

• Film Analysis

• Production Design Plan

• Film Production

• Written examination

Pathways

• VCE Media