ARTS230 Week2 Analyzing, Interpreting, and Assessing Visual Art Assignment Options
Understanding How the Visual Arts Communicate Meaning
ARTS230 Week2: Select and complete one of the following assignment options:
Option A
Select one of the works of art that are featured in Ch. 7.
Provide a response of approximately 150 words for each of the following:
- Describe the artwork in terms of the six elements of visual design: line, space, light and color, texture, pattern, and time and motion. Focus on the elements that are most relevant to your selected work of art.
- Analyze the work in terms of the five principles of visual design: balance, emphasis and focal point, scale and proportion, repetition and rhythm, and unity and variety. Focus on the principles that are most relevant to your selected work of art.
- Evaluate the quality of the artwork based on the elements and principles of visual design. Analyze and interpret what the artist intended to communicate through this artwork, including the significance of the title, if any.
- Assess the cultural and historical value of this artwork. Does it qualify as great art in your opinion? Justify your answer.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Option B
Create a lesson plan for the grade level of your choice that focuses on analyzing and evaluating art work based on the elements and principles of design.
Determine the length of time of your plan, and the learning outcomes and assessments you will use to measure student learning. You may use any relevant state or national standards as your guide.
Include the following in your lesson plan:
- A description of an artwork of your own selection using the six elements of visual design: line, space, light and color, texture, pattern, and time and motion. Focus on the elements that are most relevant to your selected work of art.
- An analysis of the work in terms of the five principles of visual design: balance, emphasis and focal point, scale and proportion, repetition and rhythm, and unity and variety. Focus on the principles that are most relevant to your selected work of art.
- An evaluation of the quality of the artwork based on the elements and principles of visual design. Analyze and interpret what the artist intended to communicate through this artwork, including the significance of the title, if any.
- An assessment of the cultural and historical value of this artwork. Does it qualify as great art in your opinion? Justify your answer.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
ARTS230 Week2
Option C
Create a guide that introduces a general audience to the topic of analyzing and evaluating art work based on the elements and principles of design. You have the option of creating the guide in Microsoft® Word, and if you are able, converting it to a PDF document. Alternatively, if you have access to other Adobe tools you may use them to complete this assignment.
Include the following in your guide:
- Six to eight images that support your discussion on the elements and principles of design.
- A description of a selection of art works using the six elements of visual design: line, space, light and color, texture, pattern, and time and motion. Focus on the elements that are most relevant to your selected works of art.
- An analysis of the works in terms of the five principles of visual design: balance, emphasis and focal point, scale and proportion, repetition and rhythm, and unity and variety. Focus on the principles that are most relevant to your selected works of art.
- An evaluation of the quality of the artworks based on the elements and principles of visual design. Analyze and interpret what the artists intended to communicate through these artworks, including the significance of the title, if any.
- An assessment of the cultural and historical value of these artworks. Do they qualify as great art in your opinion? Justify your answer.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
This assignment contains a Microsoft Word presentation.
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