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Talented Visual Art
Arts Education Content Standards

Visual Arts

Statement of Belief:

…To develop and facilitate arts intelligence and cultural literacy in all 
students...

Philosophy of Visual Arts
…To promote the understanding of history, culture, and community... It 
reinforces and enriches basic skills, encourages divergent thinking through 
sensory experiences…

Syllabus


Subject     Art I(1)     Art II(2)     Art III(3)     Art IV(4)      

Area     THE ELEMENTS OF ART		                    

Line. Value, shape, form, space, color, and texture / ART 1, 2, 3, 4	
	             

1. LINE / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- Implied tines / ART 2, 3, 4
- Kinds of lines: zigzag, vertical, horizontal, diagonal / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- Contour line / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- Gesture line / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- Calligraphy (connection with oriental writing) / ART 2, 4

2. VALUE / ART I, 2, 3, 4		
-Crosshatching/Hatching / ART 1, 2, 3, 4 
-Blending / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
-Stippling / ART 2				
-Chiaroscuro / ART 3, 4				
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3. SHAPE / ART 1, 2, 3, 4			
	                        
-Silhouette / ART1, 3	 
-Geometric shapes / ART 1, 3	
-Free-form shapes/Organic / ART 1, 2, 3, 4

4. FORM / ART 1, 2, 3, 4	
- Depth/ 2D, 3D / ART 1, 2, 3, 4				
- Three-dimension.  / ART 2, 3			

5. SPACE / ART 1, 2, 3, 4		
Space in relationship to Shape and Form / ART 3, 4

- Positive Space/Negative space / ART 1, 2, 3, 4	
- Illusion of Depth / ART 3, 4		

a. Overlapping / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
b.  Size / ART 2, 3 
c.  Placement ART 2, 3	
d.  Detail / ART 2, 3, 4
e.  Converging lines / ART 3, 4	



1 point perspective / ART 1
2 points perspective / ART 2	

f. color- light comes forward, dark recede / ART 3, 4	

6. COLOR / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- Color spectrum / ART 3, 4	
- Color Wheel / ART 1, 2, 3, 4	
- Hue / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- How to make paint / ART 1	
	  	
- Vehicle/Medium / ART 1	
- Intensity / ART 2, 3	
- Primary colors / ART 1
- Secondary colors / ART 1, 2
- Tertiary colors / ART 1, 2
- Complementary colors / ART 3, 4
- Split Complementary / ART 3, 4
- Tint, tone, and shade / ART 2, 3, 4
- Monochromatic / ART 1
- Analogous colors / ART 3, 4
- Warm and cool colors / ART 1, 2, 3, 4

HOW ARTISTS USE COLORS / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- Optical color / ART 3, 4
- Arbitrary colors / ART 3, 4
- Movement / ART 3, 4
- Tonality / ART 3, 4

7. TEXTURE / ART 1, 2, 3, 4
- Visual Texture / ART 2, 3
- Invented texture / ART 4
- Rough and smooth texture / ART 1
- Matte and shiny textures / ART 3
- How artists use texture ex: / ART 1, 2, 3

Albrigrt, Van Gogh, Picasso, Calder, Ernst, deKooning


SUBJECT ART 3, 4   / FIRST SEMESTER

 Area     THE PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN 

Rhythm, Balance, Proportion. Variety, Emphasis, and Unity.

1.RHYTHM
  Repetition
A. Motif
B. Pattern

How Artist use Rhythm
Giacom Balla, Marcel Duchamp, Umberto Boccioni.

2. Balance
A. Symmetry
B. Radial Balance/Design
1. Size and Contour
2. Color
3. Value 
C. Asymmetrical Balance
	
3.	PROPORTION
- The Golden Mean
- Scale
- Distortion			
- Exaggeration 
                                                                    
HOW ARTIST USE PROPORTION
Albrecht Durer, Rubens, El Greco, Greek Sculpture
Le Corbusier, Claes Oldeburg, Munch, Chagall etc

SUBJECT ART 3, 4   / SECOND SEMESTER 

4.	VARIETY
- Contrast
- Different lines 

5. EMPHASIS
     Focal Point

How to emphasize an area:
a. Contrast
b. Isolation
c. Location

6. Unity / ART 4

Harmony
Repetition 

How Artist use, Variety, Emphasis, and Unity
Roy Linchtenstein , Juan Gris, Frank Lloyd Wright,
Kasimir Malevich, Winslow Homer, Louise Nevelson


Subject ART 1, 2, 3, 4  / FIRST And SECOND SEMESTER
 Area    AESTHETIC / ART CRITICISM
- Description
- Analysis
- Interpretation 
- Judgment

PORTFOLIO / ART 4 / FIRST SEMESTER

ART HISTORY

Stone Ages, Primitive, Egypt, Greek, / ART 1 / FIRST SEMESTER

Roman, Art objects and the object of Art / ART1 / SECOND SEMESTER

Folk Art, / ART 2 / FIRST SEMESTER
Asia, South American, / ART 2 / SECOND SEMESTER

Baroque, Impressionism,  / ART 3 / FIRST SEMESTER

Louisiana Artist, Expressionism, Cubism / ART 3 / SECOND SEMESTER

Surrealism, Abstract/Non Objective, / ART 3, 4 / SECOND SEMESTER

Environmental Art, Installation, Community Art/Murals, / ART 4 / SECOND 
SEMESTER 

Conceptual Art, / ART 2, 3, 4 / SKETCHBOOK / FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER

Pop Art, Photo-realism, Photography / ART 4 / SECOND SEMESTER


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