SunShine State Standards
Skills and Techniques
Standard 1: The student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes.
- uses two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes to solve specific visual arts problems with refinement and control.
- uses refinement and control in handling tools and materials in a safe and responsible manner.
- understands what makes various organizational elements and principles of design effective and ineffective in the communication of ideas.
- creates two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art that reflect competency and craftsmanship.
Creation and Communication
Standard 1: The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.
- knows how different subjects, themes, and symbols (through context, value, and aesthetics) convey intended meanings or ideas in works of art.
- knows how the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes can be used to enhance communication of experiences and ideas.
- understands and distinguishes multiple purposes for creating works of art.
- knows and uses the interrelated elements of art and the principles of design to improve the communication of ideas.
Cultural and Historical Connections
Standard 1: The student understands the visual arts in relation to history and culture.
- understands and uses information from historical and cultural themes, trends, styles, periods of art, and artists.
- understands the role of the artist and the function of art in different periods of time and in different cultures.
Aesthetic and Critical Analysis
Standard 1: The student assesses, evaluates, and responds to the characteristics of works of art.
- understands how a work of art can be judged by more than one standard.
- uses research and contextual information to identify responses to works of art.
- understands how an artist's intent plays a crucial role in the aesthetic value of an object.
Applications to Life
Standard 1: The student makes connections between the visual arts, other disciplines, and the real world.
- understands how knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained from the visual arts can enhance and deepen understanding of life.
- understands the skills artists use in various careers and how they can be developed in art school or college or through internships.
- understands the various roles of museums, cultural centers, and exhibition spaces.
National Standards
Content Standard 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Achievement Standard
- Students select media, techniques, and processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices.
- Students intentionally take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and ideas.
Content Standard 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Achievement Standard
- Students generalize about the effects of visual structures and functions and reflect upon these effects in their own work.
- Students employ organizational structures and analyze what makes them effective or not effective in the communication of ideas.
- Students select and use the qualities of structures and functions of art to improve communication of their ideas.
Content Standard 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
Achievement Standard
- Students integrate visual, spatial, and temporal concepts with content to communicate intended meaning in their artworks.
- Students use subjects, themes, and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values, and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artworks.
Content Standard 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Achievement Standard
- Students know and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures.
- Students describe and place a variety of art objects in historical and cultural contexts.
- Students analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place (such as climate, resources, ideas, and technology) influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art.
Content Standard 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
Achievement Standard
- Students compare multiple purposes for creating works of art.
- Students analyze contemporary and historic meanings in specific artworks through cultural and aesthetic inquiry.
- Students describe and compare a variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from various eras and cultures.
Content Standard 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Achievement Standard
- Students compare the characteristics of works in two or more art forms that share similar subject matter, historical periods, or cultural context.
- Students describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual arts.
