Fine Arts 11A
Teacher(s)
Tyler Thomas
Prerequisite
Suggested prerequisite: Grade 10
Description
Fine Arts 11 is a course on art history and theory, concentrating on painting and music. In Fine Arts 11A, students begin by looking at the elements and design principles behind some of the great paintings and compositions of the past few hundred years, then learn how to use those principles to find meaning in a work of art.
Type
online
Credit
2
Deposit
50
Delivery
Teacher-directed Self-paced
Summary
There are four major assignmenst or tasks. There are a number of shorter activities for each unit. Students are required to submit responses for all activities and tasks to pass the 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
Grade is 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 ($25.00)
Happy as Pie; Fan Tan Alley ($25.00)
Requirements
Basic Technical Requirements
More Info
Unit One: What is Beauty?
An introduction to the study of aesthetics and art appreciation
Introduction
The Beautiful in Literature
Beauty as a Function of the Age
Beauty as a Aspect of Culture
Aesthetics: The Study of Beauty
Levels of AppreciationTask 1: A Definition of Beauty
Unit Two: What is Art?
Learning to critique art and define “art”, investigating the elements and principles of art and design, and understanding artistic development strategies
What are the Arts?
Aspects of Art
How we Talk about the Arts
Elements and Principles of Design
Artistic Development Strategies
Task 2: Understanding Artistic Development
Unit Three: Art to Tell a Story
Interpreting and critiquing art relating the message to its historical, social context
Cave Paintings
Petroglyphs
Early Civilization
Totem Poles, Murals, Sculpture
Opera, Program Music, Folk and Popular Music, BluesTask 3: Talking about the Arts
Final Task: Taste and Appreciation
no tests in this course
