Fine Arts 11B
Teacher(s)
Tyler Thomas
Description
Fine Arts 11B is a course on art history and theory, concentrating on painting and music. The course follows up on the previous course by comparing how artists used their art to tell the same stories in different ways, and then digs more deeply into art history as a series of different styles and ideas.
Type
online
Credit
2
Deposit
50
Delivery
Teacher-directed Self-paced
Summary
4 major assignments or tasks, 5 of them gradeable
There are a number of shorter activities for each unit. Students are required to submit responses for all activities and tasks to pass this course. Most of the activities may be responded to in one or two sentences or a short paragraph. The tasks will take more time to complete and the responses should be more substantive. Tasks will be assigned a specific grade. Activities are graded on percent completed
Assessment
Weighted evenly on completed gradeables
No tests
Support
SIDES teacher to provide face to face, telephone, e-mail or online support
Materials
CDs:
Discover Classical Music: An Introduction to Classical Music (2 CD set), NAXOS, 1993, HNH International ($25.00)
Happy as Pie, Fan Tan Alley, 1998, Boardwalk Records ($25.00)
Requirements
Basic Technical Requirements
More Info
Unit Four: Art to Express Moods and Feelings
Responding to art as an expression of personal beliefs and feelings reflecting historical and contemporary issues
Finding Words for Moods and Feelings
Moonlight and Music
Rhythm and Entertainment
Nationalistic Passion
Music Makes us Want to Move
Zen and Appreciation of the Arts
Modern Art Can be Used to Evoke EmotionsTask 4: Communicating Feelings
Unit Five: Art to Characterize and Age
Historical survey of the arts from prehistoric man through the major periods, and artistic movements to the present
Introduction
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Classic
Romantic
ModernTask 5: My Favourite Composer or Artist
Unit Six: Art to Understand Life's Meaning
Understanding art as an expression of the most significant aspects and values of life
Art to Understand Life's Meaning
Love
Love Songs as Popular Music History
Arts and Spirituality
Celebration
Sorrow
ClosingTask 6: Alone in Space
Final Task: Taste and Appreciation (if not completed previously in FA11A)
No tests in this course
