Academic Standards
District of Columbia’s Scope & Sequence for high school proficiency:
HSP.3.2 Identify examples of historic and contemporary masterpieces associated with global regions, across a range of styles, periods, symbols, iconography, subject matter, materials, and techniques.
HSP.3.3 Discuss the similarities and differences between several comparable works of art from the same cultural domain across long durations of time.
HSP.3.5 Identify and describe trends in the visual arts and discuss how the issues of time, place, and cultural influence are reflected in selected works of art.
HSP.4.2 Assess examples works of art by historical or contemporary artists, using a set of criteria and assess his/her own art using the same criteria, expressing what was successful or less successful, giving reasons based on the visual characteristics.
HSP.4.1 Employ the conventions of art criticism in writing and speaking about works of art: description, visual analysis historical analysis, interpretation, and judgments.
HSP.4.3 Articulate how personal beliefs, cultural traditions, and current social, economic, and political contexts influence the interpretation of the meaning or message in a work of art.
HSP.4.5 Use published sources, either traditional or electronic to research a body of work or an artist, and present findings in written or oral form. View artists original work in museum/gallery.
HSP.4.7 Analyze the work of self and classmates stating facts about the elements and principles of design and effectiveness of communicated meaning in a class critique.
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