China 高一 Fine Art

1. Compulsory: Art appreciation

How art is made and appreciated · Chinese art: landscape, bird-and-flower and figure painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture and gardens, crafts, folk art, modern art · World art: prehistoric to 20th century; Asia, Africa, Latin America

• Art History: From Cave Walls to Today – People have made art for at least 40,000 years. Prehistoric art shows animals and hands on cave walls. Ancient civilisations made art for rulers, gods and the afterlife. Classical traditions arose in Greece and Rome, India, China, Africa and the Americas. The Renaissance brought perspective and realism; modern art (from about 1860) broke those rules; contemporary art uses any material. To appreciate any artwork, describe it, analyse its elements, interpret its meaning in its context, and judge why it works.

2. Selective 1: Painting

Point, line, plane; colour; form; space; composition; creation

• Elements of Art and Principles of Design – The elements of art are the building blocks an artist uses: line, shape, form, colour, value, texture and space (many teachers also add the point). The principles of design are the rules for arranging those blocks: balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm and pattern, proportion and scale, and unity with variety. Knowing both helps you make art on purpose and talk about any artwork clearly.

3. Selective 2: Chinese painting and calligraphy

Chinese painting; calligraphy; seal carving

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