ArtEduTech

GRADE 8

OBJECTIVES

VISUAL ARTS
ESSENTIAL SKILLS

RESOURCES &
REFERENCES

OBJECTIVES

I. VALUING THE VISUAL ARTS

A. AESTHETICS (PERCEIVING AND APPRECIATING)

8A1	discuss the ageless and universal aspects of art : products of human history in all ages.
8A2	realize the motives and ideas that have inspired artistic expressions: craving for beauty, prestige, religious fervor, etc.
8A3	respond to the emotional power of artworks.
8A4	show appreciation for motifs, images, symbols, and/or themes distinguishing the works of particular cultures, traditions, schools, or artists.
8A5	discuss the relationship of various disciplines in art.
8A6	realize a personal responsibility for the quality of the environment.

II. EVALUATING THE VISUAL ARTS

B. ART CRITICISM (JUDGING)

8J1	discuss essential differences between Eastern and Western traditions in art.
8J2	identify various disciplines in art (architecture, design, painting, sculpture, etc.).
8J3	analyze and compare the function of art in various disciplines.
8J4	write an evaluation of a work of a major artist.
8J5	write a critique of personal work and a peer's work.

III. UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL ARTS

C. ART HERITAGE (KNOWING)

8K1	recognize and analyze compositions for monory, and analogous color schemes.
8K2	recognize prehistoric, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Eastern, Medieval, and African art.
8K3	identify ways that art is integrated into various cultural elements of a society (ceremonies, dress).
8K4	distinguish between fine art and folk art.
8K5	recognize that functional art addresses human needs through its structure and form.
8K6	become familiar with the work of local artists.

IV. PRODUCING THE VISUAL ARTS

D. ART PRODUCTION (MAKING)

Students will be able to:

8M1	use metaphor as an expressive device in drawing and painting.
8M2	use a written description of a drawing to achieve similar qualities in a personal work.
8M3	demonstrate skillfull use of the techniques of stipple, crosshatch, and line in drawing to produce variations in value and texture.
8M4	apply conventional techniques to achieve perspective (one and two-point, overlapping, position/size in composition, color and detail).
8M5	demonstrate color theory by selecting and using color appropriate to content and purpose.
8M6	demonstrate knowledge and ability in printmaking techniques.
8M7	demonstrate knowledge and ability in 3-D construction and finishing.
8M8	manipulate complex equipment correctly and safely.

VISUAL ARTS ESSENTIAL SKILLS

GRADE LEVEL: 8

ART HERITAGE

(Knowing)

Required Artists:

Joseph Pickett

Leonardo Da Vinci

Edgar Degas

Styles:

Egyptian

Greek

Roman

Medieval

Eastern Tradition

Western Tradition

African

VISUAL ARTS ESSENTIAL SKILLS

ART CRITICISM/AESTHETICS

(Judging) (Appreciating)

Discuss ageless and universal

aspects of art

Discuss essential differences be-

tween Eastern and Western

art

Discuss the disciplines in art

and their functions

Distinguish between fine art

and folk art

Discuss ways art is integrated

into various cultural el-

ments of society

Write an evaluation of a major

artist

Write a critique of a personal

work and a peer's work

ART PRODUCTION

(Making)

Thought Processes

Advanced Visua-

lization

Drawing:

Contour

Figure

Perspective

Painting:

Selecting col-

or appropriate

to content and

purpose

GRADE LEVEL: 8

VOCABULARY

Japanese

Eastern

Western

analogous

Greek

universal

prehistoric

functional

structure

motive

construction

finishing

fine art

folk art

contemporary

Egyptian

registers

Medieval

metaphor

illumination

manuscripts

tapestry

cathedral

arch

column

Roman

stipple

crosshatch

evaluation

critique

African

integrate

VISUAL ARTS ESSENTIAL SKILLS

WINDOW

FOCUS:

In the eighth grade stu-

dents are guided by the teacher

in becoming aware of various

religious beliefs.

In "Numbering at Bethlehem"

by Pieter Brueghel, the six-

teenth century artist puts the

biblical story in a contempo-

rary setting. A discussion of

this artistic interpretation

could heighten the students' a-

wareness of the variety of ex-

pressions of truth as it is per-

ceived and experienced by peo-

ples of diverse cultures and

times.

CORRELATION

Language Arts:

Utilize Haiku

poetry, Greek

drama, Medieval

psalm forms and

African oral

traditions for

comparison and

contrast.

Social Studies:

Compare archi-

tectural forms

from diverse

cultures and

times to under-

stand their

purpose and

function in so-

ciety.

Study ceremo-

nies and dress

depicted in

art.

Science:

Study the mate-

rials and tech-

niques used to

produce art in

various cul-

tures.

Investigate the

flora and fauna

depicted in art

from past cul-

tures.

Music:

Relate pieces

to time periods

and styles]

Compare music

styles to art

styles.

LEGEND: AW Art Works Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

AW/TR Art Works

I Art Image Art Image Publications, Inc.

S The Shorewood Collection Fine Art Reproductions

* AW - Grade 6

* I - Grade 6

Musical Listening Selections

Exploring Music Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

GRADE LEVEL: 8

CONCEPT

fine art

folk art

Western art

Eastern art

Medieval

Egyptian

African

motifs

theme in a school

theme in a culture

theme in tradition

RESOURCES AND REFERENCES

PICTURE/ARTIST

Mona Lisa/Leonardo

Paris through the Window/Chagall

Francisco Sassetta and His Son

Theodoro/Ghirlandaio

Mona Lisa/Leonardo

Portrait of a Woman/Picasso

Midsummer Night in Harlem, 1938/Hayden

Children's Games/Brueghel

Four Sisters/John Biggers

Yellow Hat/Norman Lewis

Haymakers/Stubbs

Coryell's Ferry, 1776/Joseph Pickett

Mona Lisa/ Leonardo

The Third Class Carriage/ Daumier

Primavera/Alessandro Botticelli

Mona Lisa/ Leonardo

The Gleaners/Jean Millet

Third Class Carriage/ Daumier

Moonlight on the Yodo River/Hokusai

Ceremonial Coverlet/Japanese (Unknown)

Horse-Washing Waterfall/Hokusai

Eagle-Headed Winged Genie Fertilizing

the Sacred Tree/Assyrian

Three Gardeners/Shen Chou

Autumn/Koryusai

Man and Child on Buffalo/Li Tang

Court of Theodora

King Seti I and the Goddess Hathor

Presentation of the Cup

Bakuba Dance Mask/Unknown

Eagle-Headed Winged Genie Fertilizing

the Sacred Tree/Assyrian

Echo of a Scream/David Siqueiros

Vega-Kontosh/Vasarely

(People in unposed views)

Frieze of Dancers/Degas

The Luncheon of the Boating Party/Renoir

The Cradle/Morisot

Le Moulin de la Galette/ Renoir

(Vibrant color)

Still Life/Cezanne

Hail Mary/Gauguin

Sunflowers/Van Gogh

(Panoramic landscapes)

Rocky Mountains/Currier & Ives

In the Mountains/Bierstadt

Buffalo Trail/Bierstadt

Tranquility/Gasser

(Commonplace objects))

Still Life with Peppermint Bottle/Cezanne

Raspberries and Goldfish/Janet Fish

(Religious context)

The Annunciation Panel A: The Angel

Gabriel/David

Self-Portrait Looking at the Last

Supper/Marisol

Madonna and Child/Giotto

The Alba Madonna/Raphael

The Cowper Madonna/Raphael

Hail Mary/ Paul Gauguin

The Numbering at Bethlehem/Brueghel

PUBLISHER

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