Unit 2
Understand, develop and resolve
In Unit 2 we will:
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continue to research how artworks are made by investigating how artists use aesthetic qualities to represent ideas in artworks.
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broaden our investigation to understand how artworks are displayed to audiences, and how ideas are represented to communicate meaning.
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respond to a set theme and progressively develop our own ideas.
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learn how to develop their ideas using materials, techniques and processes, and art elements and art principles.
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consolidate these ideas to plan and make finished artworks, reflecting on our knowledge and understanding of the aesthetic qualities of artworks.
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document the planning and development of at least one finished artwork in their Visual Arts journal.
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investigate how artists use art elements and art principles to develop aesthetic qualities and style in an artwork.
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begin to discover and understand how each of the art elements and art principles can be combined to convey different emotions and expression in our own and others’ artworks.
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explore how art elements and art principles create visual language in artworks.
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begin to understand how exhibitions are planned and designed and how spaces are organised for exhibitions.
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investigate the roles associated with the planning of exhibitions and how artworks are selected and displayed in specific spaces.
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This offers us the opportunity to engage with exhibitions, whether they are in galleries, museums, other exhibition spaces or site-specific spaces.
The unit consists of three Areas of Study:
Read:
For unit 2, we will be progressively reading through Ch 5.
Sometimes as a class and other times as homework or in small groups.
Source: Sample pages from Cambridge https://issuu.com/cambridge3/docs/9781009229555_web_440fe10f695c1c?fr=sMTI4YjM1MjkxNzA
Louise Bourgeois, Maman, 1999
Bronze, marble, and stainless steel
(895 x 980 x 1160 cm)
(Source: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/10856)