ALEX | Alabama Learning Exchange

Line, Color, Space, Light, and Shape: What Do They Do? What Do They Evoke?

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Line, Color, Space, Light, and Shape: What Do They Do? What Do They Evoke?

URL:

https://philamuseum.org/doc_downloads/education/lessonPlans/Digging-Deep%20Elements%20of%20Art.pdf

Content Source:

Other
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

Students will analyze a piece of artwork. They will identify the elements of art - line, color, shape, light, and space.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 4
Visual Arts

13) Apply one criterion from elements or principles of design to evaluate more than one work of art/design.

Example: Discuss how students' outcomes are different even though they used the same criteria.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Responding

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Process Components: Perceive, Analyze, Interpret

Essential Questions:

EU: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
EQ: How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Constructed environment
Cultural traditions
Digital format
Engagement
Tertiary color
Preservation
Proportion
Principles of design

Unity

Shade
Style
Tints & shades

Skill Examples:

Compare Gyotaku Japanese fish printing and printing with a rubber stamp.
Make conclusions about the artist's feelings and perspective.
Analyze the meaning of Edvard Munch's The Scream.
Interpret Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware River and its relevance to the Revolutionary War.
Discuss and form an opinion about the social and personal value of a piece of art.
Apply one element or principle of design to discuss how students' outcomes are different even though they used the same criteria for a work of art/ design.
Formulate criteria for discussing and assessing works of art.
Use art vocabulary when discussing and judging artworks.
Engage in group critiques of one's work and the work of others for the purpose of personal reflection and on-going improvement.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 5
Visual Arts

12) Interpret art by analyzing visual qualities and structure, contextual information, subject matter, visual elements, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Responding

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Process Components: Perceive, Analyze, Interpret

Essential Questions:

EU: People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism.
EQ: What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism? How can the viewer "read" a work of art as text? How does knowing and using visual arts vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art?

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Cultural context
Formal & conceptual vocabulary
Genre
Linear perspective
Preserve
Principles of design

Movement
Emphasis

Relief
Vanishing point

Skill Examples:

Compare and contrast artworks in terms of content, stylistic characteristics, and techniques.
Collaboratively observe, analyze, and interpret a body of artworks about places, focusing on content, style, and technique.
Identify and analyze the terracotta Army and its relationship to Chinese Culture.
Describe the relationship between works of art from different cultures being respectful and mindful of cultural sensitive themes.
Discuss differences in art of familiar and unfamiliar cultures.
Discuss the reasons and value of documenting and preserving works of art and objects for a culture.
Recognize what was learned and the challenges that remain when assessing a work of art.
Use criteria to assess works of art individually and collaboratively.
Use contextual cues to discuss notions of beauty and aesthetic value.
Compare and contrast different media and techniques.

Tags:

analyze, color, elements of art, light, line, shape, space

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://philamuseum.org/webpolicies?page=2
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Accessibility

Comments

This resource provided by:

Author:

Tiffani Stricklin

ALEX Classroom Resource

Line, Color, Space, Light, and Shape: What Do They Do? What Do They Evoke?