| A History of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture |
AHIS 10 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression
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Art, Artists and Society |
ARTG 20 |
- Students will develop a working knowledge of basic visual arts vocabulary that coordinates with ARTG 20.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
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Basic Digital and Film Photography |
PHOT 10 (VOC) |
- Students completing Photography Courses will know the core skills of f/stop control. What the f/stops are, i.e. 1.4,2,2.8,4,5.6,8,11,16,22, 33 and what they do, i.e. control motion and depth of field
- Students completing Photography Courses will know the core skills of shutter control. What the shutter speeds are, i.e. 1000,500,250,125,60,30,15,8,4, 2, 1 and what they do, i.e. control exposure and motion.
- Determine correct exposure values to produce photographic images.
- Relate aperture settings to resulting depth of field characteristics.
- Identify and describe the parts of a camera (i.e. lens, f/stop, shutter, etc.) and their functions.
- Demonstrate appropriate shutter settings for motion and freeze action.
- Select appropriate output media (i.e. digital or silver gelatin) for photographic prints.
- Identify compositional elements (i.e. line, texture, shape, patterns, perspective) of a photographic image.
- Select and present photographs in a presentation format appropriate to the subject (e.g. dry mounting , digital media, projection.)
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Basic Studio Arts |
ARTB 14 |
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
- ARTB14 students will be able to produce an edition of three block prints.
- Students will be able to correctly Identify and define value, hue, and intensity.
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Ceramics: Beginning I |
ARTS 30A |
- Students will understand the relationship between the objects they are making and the materials used in ceramics class with those used in daily living: this goal will be measured with a survey at the end of the year.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
- Students will develop a working knowledge of basic ceramics vocabulary that coordinates with ARTS 30A curriculum.
- Students will appropriately apply ceramic knowledge to writing about a ceramic artist.
- Students will be able to throw and trim four cups that are a minimum of 4" tall and apply handles.
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Continuing Elementary Latin - Honors |
LATN 2H |
- Students will be able to translate a simple English sentence into a grammatically correct Latin sentence.
- Students will be able to translate a compound English sentence into a grammatically correct English sentence.
- Students will be able to identify and parse nouns and adjectives of the third and fourth declensions.
- Students will be able to identify and correctly translate Latin clauses containing "indirect statement" into idiomatic English.
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Culture and Art of Pompeii |
AHIS 15 |
- Students will be able to analyze the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, social, economic, etc.) in art and cultures.
- Students completing a course in Area C: Arts will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
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Design: Three Dimensional |
ARTS 22 |
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
- Students will accurately identify safety rules for required stationary power tools.
- Students will safely and successfully use a variety of required stationary power tools: Band saw, sanders, lathe.
- Design and produce projects using a variety of materials.
- Use a variety of hand tools and equipment to manipulate media.
- Apply molding principles by creating multi-piece molds and cold cast reproductions of three-dimensional objects.
- Recognize, define, and apply three-dimensional design terminology in evaluative oral and written discussions, analysis and critiques.
- Define problems, organize information, analyze results, generate creative ideas, and synthesize complex visual, structural and practical considerations to create original solutions to three-dimensional design problems.
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate interrelationships between formal elements, principles of design, materials, technique, function, and cost.
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Design: Two Dimensional |
ARTD 20 |
- Recognize, define and appropriately apply 2-D terminology to evaluate works of art in oral or written discussions, analysis or critiques.
- Two-dimensional design students will be able to list all of the elements and principles of design by the 8th week of the semester.
- Two-Dimensional Design students will be able to list all of the elements and principles of design by the eighth week of the semester.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
- Students will be able to identify the three basic types of balance/symmetries.
- Students will accurately identify three different spatial devices
- Identify, evaluate, discuss, and use the formal elements and principles of design and forms of compositional structure.
- Perceive and interpret the 3-D world through contour line drawings.
- Use the formal elements, principles of design, and principles of gestalt to create well-designed studio projects in achromatic value and color.
- Use value to describe form and express light logic.
- Perceive and demonstrate the relationship of color to value by mixing, analyzing, and appraising monochromatic tints and shades relative to the achromatic value scale.
- Perceive and demonstrate the relationship of color complements by mixing, analyzing and appraising complementary tones (chromatic grays).
- Perceive and demonstrate the relationship of hues to the conceptual pigment color wheel by mixing, analyzing, appraising, and identifying color correct swatches for
- Use historic and current forms of abstraction in the visual arts.
- Recognize, analyze and interpret the expressive and creative qualities of art media in a work of art as it affects elementary compositional decisions.
- Make use of critical thinking (reading, writing, listening, speaking, observing and assessing) skills elemental to the problem solving of design and the visual arts.
- Differentiate preferential, factual, and judicious thinking elemental to solving problems in design and visual arts.
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Drawing: Beginning |
ARTD 15A |
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
- Students will develop an understanding of basic drawing terminology that coordinates with the ARTSD 15A curriculum.
- Students will be able to create illusions of three-dimensional forms using the rules of light logic.
- Students will be able to identify zones of light as explained by light logic using appropriate vocabulary.
- Students will demonstrate their understanding of fundamental illusions of three dimensional forms on a two dimensional plane by locating the eye level and vanishing points in examples of perspective boxes.
- Create original drawings, which demonstrate the capacity to perceive, comprehend, and interpret the three-dimensional visual world using dry media in a variety of techniques, which include stipple, line, and hatching.
- Utilize original and creative thinking in projects and writings.
- Utilize quick study drawing skills through visual notes and personal studies as a basis for planning larger extended works of art.
- Utilize quick study techniques to develop extended drawings.
- Utilize the principles of composition in objective and subjective analysis of historical and contemporary works of visual art.
- Synthesize the formal art elements and principles with the observed world in varying compositional formats.
- Discuss, analyze, and evaluate personal works of art and that of contemporary and historical artists by using appropriate art-specific terminology for content, technique, and style in both written and oral critiques.
- Students will successfully demonstrate the application of measuring/sighting from observation to solve creating the illusion of a three dimensional still life on two dimensional surface
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Drawing: Life |
ARTD 17A |
- Students will be able to quickly assess and communicate two-dimensionally the action of the figure through gesture drawing.
- Students will be able to quickly assess and communicate two-dimensionally
the shape of the figure.
- Students will be able to quickly assess and communicate two-dimensionally the proportions of the figure through gesture drawing.
- Students will be able to use line to create the illusion of three-dimensional form through use of cross contour and construction.
- Students will be able to quickly assess and communicate accurate proportion of the figure.
- Create drawings of the human body using drawing principles and techniques.
- Develop and use original and creative thinking in drawing the human body.
- Work from a general visual shorthand to more specific studies that result in finished art.
- Create the illusion of three-dimensional form using various media and techniques based on formal art principles.
- Evaluate and discuss historical and contemporary art/artists through written and oral critiques using appropriate art-specific terminology.
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History of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art - Honors |
AHIS 11H |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
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History of Asian Art |
AHIS 9 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
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History of Medieval Art and Architecture |
AHIS 8 |
- Students will be able to analyze the role of visual art and culture in art and cultures.
- Students completing a course in Area C: Arts will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
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History of Modern Art |
AHIS 6 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Identify works of art, their artistic style and their socio-political and cultural context.
- Know the various aesthetic criteria by which Modern and Post-Modern art has been evaluated and discuss them in their cultural context.
- Apply the proper artistic vocabulary in order to describe and analyze works of art.
- Analyze the influence of photography on the emergence of Modern art.
- Analyze the two basic movements in Modern art (abstraction and expressionism) and demonstrate an ability to apply this knowledge to various artists/artwork and cultural trends from the Early Modern period through WWII.
- Analyze works of art in terms of knowledge acquired through class lecture and discussion, readings and comparison with other works of art.
- Summarize and evaluate the strength of various hypotheses presented in scholarly writings on Western art.
- Synthesize ideas and knowledge into a written format, striving for clarity of expression,
- Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of some of the various approaches used in the study and interpretation of Modern and Post-Modern art.
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History of Modern Art - Honors |
AHIS 6H |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
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History of Precolumbian Art |
AHIS 12 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression
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History of Precolumbian Art - Honors |
AHIS 12H |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression
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History of Western Art: Prehistoric Through Gothic |
AHIS 4 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
- Describe the role of magic and ritual in prehistoric art.
- Identify works of art, their artistic style and their cultural contexts.
- Recognize iconographic themes and discuss them in their cultural contexts.
- Recognize benefits and drawbacks of various approaches used in the study and interpretation of Western art.
- Use proper artistic vocabulary to describe and analyze works of art.
- Analyze religious iconography in the arts of the Middle Ages and relate it to written sources from the period.
- Analyze the art and architecture of the Ancient, Classical or Medieval periods in terms of knowledge acquired through class lecture and discussion, readings and comparison with other works of art.
- Synthesize ideas and knowledge about Ancient, Classical, or Medieval art and architecture into a written format, striving for clarity of expression, organization and relevance of arguments.
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History of Western Art: Prehistoric Through Gothic - Honors |
AHIS 4H |
- Students will be able to identify formal elements ande differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
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History of Western Art: Renaissance Through Modern |
AHIS 5 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression
- Identify the connection between the cultural movements of the Renaissance and the emergence of a naturalistic, idealized and humanized artistic style.
- Identify works of art, their artistic style and their cultural context in the periods addressed.
- Recognize benefits and drawbacks of various approaches used in the study and interpretation of Western art.
- Recognize iconographic themes and discuss them in their cultural contexts.
- Utilize proper artistic vocabulary to describe and analyze works of art.
- Analyze and synthesize the basic goals of Modern art and explain how it differs in content and style from artistic styles that preceded it.
- Analyze art in terms of knowledge acquired through class lecture and discussion, readings and comparison with other works of art.
- Summarize and evaluate the strength of various hypotheses presented in scholarly writings on Western art.
- Synthesize ideas and knowledge into a written format, striving for clarity of expression, organization and relevance of arguments.
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History of Western Art: Renaissance Through Modern - Honors |
AHIS 5H |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression
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History of Women and Gender in Art |
AHIS 3 |
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
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History of Women and Gender in Art - Honors |
AHIS 3H |
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
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History on African, Oceanic, and Native American Art |
AHIS 11 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
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Rome: The Ancient City |
AHIS 14 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
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Sculpture: Beginning |
ARTS 40A |
- Students will accurately identify safety rules for required stationary power tools.
- Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression.
- Students will develop a working knowledge of basic sculpture vocabulary that coordinates with ARTS 40A curriculum.
- Students will use the assigned techniques to create sculptural works.
- Students will be able to replicate and enlarge a form by modeling it in clay.
- Students will safely and successfully use a variety of required stationary power tools: Band saw, sanders, lathe.
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World Art and Visual Culture |
AHIS 13 |
- Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.
- Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
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