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Curriculum❯AP Studio Art

AP Studio Art

Grade Levels: 12 |

Course Description

AP Studio Art is a yearlong course that is broken down into three main sections: Breadth, Concentration and Quality.  Through the production of art in these three categories students will develop an understanding of personal style, voice and vision in their work as well as build a portfolio which will prepare them for college admissions, competitions and completing the Collegeboard AP Studio Art exam for potential college credit. This course is designed for art students that are planning on attending art college and/or are interested in academic rigor through a studio art course.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Arts and Humanities (2002)

  • Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts

    • GRADE 12

      • Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities. Elements -Dance: • energy/force • space • time -Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre -Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design -Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value Principles -Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique -Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture -Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice -Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony(9.1.12.A)
      • Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. -Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise -Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise -Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct -Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media(9.1.12.B)
      • Integrate and apply advanced vocabulary to the arts forms.(9.1.12.C)
      • Demonstrate specific styles in combination through the production or performance of a unique work of art (e.g., a dance composition that combines jazz dance and African dance).(9.1.12.D)
      • Delineate a unifying theme through the production of a work of art that reflects skills in media processes and techniques.(9.1.12.E)
      • Analyze works of arts influenced by experiences or historical and cultural events through production, performance or exhibition.(9.1.12.F)
      • Analyze the effect of rehearsal and practice sessions.(9.1.12.G)
      • Incorporate the effective and safe use of materials, equipment and tools into the production of works in the arts at work and performance spaces. -Evaluate the use and applications of materials. -Evaluate issues of cleanliness related to the arts. -Evaluate the use and applications of mechanical/electrical equipment. -Evaluate differences among selected physical space/environment. -Evaluate the use and applications of safe props/stage equipment. -Evaluate the use and apply safe methods for storing materials in the arts.(9.1.12.H)
      • Distinguish among a variety of regional arts events and resources and analyze methods of selection and admission.(9.1.12.I)
      • Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others. -Analyze traditional technologies (e.g., acid printing, etching methods, musical instruments, costume materials, eight track recording, super 8 movies). -Analyze contemporary technologies (e.g., virtual reality design, instrument enhancements, photographic tools, broadcast equipment, film cameras, preservation tools, web graphics, computer generated marching band designs).(9.1.12.J)
      • Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies in furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.(9.1.12.K)

  • Historical and Cultural Contexts

    • GRADE 12

      • Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts.(9.2.12.A)
      • Relate works in the arts to varying styles and genre and to the periods in which they were created (e.g., Bronze Age, Ming Dynasty, Renaissance, Classical, Modern, Post-Modern, Contemporary, Futuristic, others).(9.2.12.C)
      • Analyze a work of art from its historical and cultural perspective.(9.2.12.D)
      • Know and apply appropriate vocabulary used between social studies and the arts and humanities.(9.2.12.F)
      • Identify, explain and analyze historical and cultural differences as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., PLAYS BY Shakespeare, works by Michelangelo, ethnic dance and music).(9.2.12.J)

  • Critical Response

    • GRADE 12

      • Explain and apply the critical examination processes of works in the arts and humanities. -Compare and contrast -Analyze -Interpret -Form and test hypotheses -Evaluate/form judgments(9.3.12.A)
      • Determine and apply criteria to a person’s work and works of others in the arts (e.g., use visual scanning techniques to critique the student’s own use of sculptural space in comparison to Julio Gonzales’ use of space in Woman Combing Her Hair).(9.3.12.B)
      • Apply systems of classification for interpreting works in the arts and forming a critical response.(9.3.12.C)
      • Analyze the processes of criticism used to compare the meanings of a work in the arts in both its own and present time.(9.3.12.F)
      • Analyze works in the arts by referencing the judgments advanced by arts critics as well as one’s own analysis and critique.(9.3.12.G)

  • Aesthetic Response

    • GRADE 12

      • Evaluate an individual’s philosophical statement on a work in the arts and its relationship to one’s own life based on knowledge and experience.(9.4.12.A)
      • Compare and contrast the attributes of various audiences’ environments as they influence individual aesthetic response (e.g., viewing traditional Irish dance at county fair versus the performance of River Dance in a concert hall).(9.4.12.C)
      • Analyze and interpret a philosophical position identified in works in the arts and humanities.(9.4.12.D)

Units

Unit #1 - Breadth Section

Unit #2 - Concentration Section

Unit #3 - Quality Section

Unit #4 - Critiques, Discussions, Portfolios

Unit #5 - Sketchbook