Curriculum Flow The curriculum is progressive in three stages: K - 2nd: Introduction to Art - Exploring the Building Blocks of Art (Description) 3rd - 5th: Art in Context - Influences in Art (Analysis) 6th - 8th: Meanings in Art - Roles of Art throughout Time (Interpretation) 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day School
Curriculum Topics K BUILDING BLOCKS (INTRODUCTION TO ART 1) Art Everywhere, Kinds of Art, Line, Shape, Color, O Keeffe, Light Source, Texture, Subject Matter, Style, Van Gogh 1st WORKING TOGETHER (INTRODUCTION TO ART 2) Matisse Shapes, Color and Mood, Repetition and Pattern, Jacob Lawrence, Emphasis, Landscapes-Seascapes & Cityscapes, Still Life, Murals 2nd TELLING STORIES (INTRODUCTION TO ART 3) Storytelling/Carmen Lomas Garza, Realism/Abstraction, Picasso s Stories and Styles, Proportion, Balance, 2-D & 3-D Space, Review of Elements & Principles, Museum 3rd ART DETECTIVES Looking for Clues, Clues from Early Art, Clues from the Human Form, Stories as Clues, Buildings as Clues, Symbols as Clues, Clues in History, Clues from Emotions/Expression 4th ART AS A CHAIN REACTION Responding to Nature, Responding to Location, Responding to the American Frontier, Responding to Other Cultures, Responding to New Art Technology, Responding to the Industrial Revolution, Responding to Events, Responding to Houston 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day School
Curriculum Topics Continued 5th PERSONAL STORIES AMERICAN ART Benjamin West, Copley and Stuart, Self Taught Artists: Grandma Moses and Edward Hicks, Winslow Homer, American Regionalism: Grant Wood, Andrew Wyeth, Jacob Lawrence and the Harlem Renaissance, Alexander Calder 6th WHY MAKE ART? Origins of Art, Origins of Early Civilizations, Mesoamerica & South America, Islamic and Chinese Art, Mythology, Religion/Madonna & Child, Greek & Roman Art, Medieval Art 7th REBELS AND REVOLUTIONS: 17TH 19TH CENTURIES Baroque and Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and Realism, Manet and Birth of the Avantgarde, Monet and Impressionism, Degas~Renoir~Seurat and Cassatt, Toulouse Lautrec, Rodin 8th ISMS AND SCHISMS: ART IN THE 20TH CENTURY Van Gogh/Gauguin, Cezanne, Expressionism and Abstractionism, Cubism, Futurism and The Age of the Machine, Dada and Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art/ Minimalism, Conceptual Art (Field Trip) Note: Individual lessons subject to change as curriculum is updated. 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day School
Grade K Line O Keeffe Building Blocks Shape Texture Color 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day TM School Van Gogh
Color and Mood Grade 1 Working Together Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes Repetition & Pattern Still Life Emphasis 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day TM School Murals
Grade Carmen Lomas Garza 2 Balance Telling Stories Picasso s Stories & Styles Picasso s Stories & Styles Proportion 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day TM School 2-D and 3-D Space
Curriculum in PowerPoint All lessons in 3 rd thru 8 th grade come complete with PowerPoint slide shows Compare and contrast artworks Thought provoking questions Whole lesson fits on a CD Image is much clearer than slides 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day School
Grade 3 Looking for Clues Buildings as Clues Art Detectives Early Art Clues Stories as Clues Clues in History TMSchool 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day Clues in Emotion
Can you find all the symbols in this painting? Signature on the wall Witness to the marriage Oranges - Innocence Shoes Removed to honor the wedding occasion Pregnant Belly Ability to have children Joining of hands - Marriage Dog Fidelity and love The Marriage of 2007 Arnolfini, St. Francis Episcopal Jan Day School Van Eyck, 1434
Grade 4 Responding to Nature Responding to Cultures Art as a Chain Reaction Responding to Events Responding to Technology Responding to the American Frontier 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day TM School Responding to Industrial Revolution
Grade 5 Copley & Stuart American Regionalism Artists Stories Grandma Moses & Edward Hicks Andrew Wyeth Winslow Homer 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day TM School Alexander Calder
Grade Origins of Art 6 Why Make Art? Mythology in Art Early Civilizations Religious Art Islamic & Chinese Art 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day TM School Greek and Roman Art
Compare and Contrast How do you think these objects are similar? How are they different? How do you think each object characterizes the lifestyle of the culture from which it comes? 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day School
Compare and Contrast How do you think these objects are similar? How are they different? Aztec Gold Ear Spool How do you think each object characterizes the lifestyle of the culture from which it comes? Inca Gold Bead Necklace Maya Relief Carving Olmec Large Stone Carved Head 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day School
Origins of Art Renaissance Art Grade 7 Rebels & Revolutions Baroque and Neoclassicism Manet & Monet Leonardo and Michelangelo Romanticism & Realism 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day TM School Edvard Munch
Compare and Contrast: Cézanne and Picasso How are these two works similar? How are they different? How do you think Picasso was influenced by Cézanne? Still Life with Flower Holder (1905), Cézanne 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day School Still Life with Skull (1945), Picasso
Grade Cezanne 8 Cubism Isms & Schisms Post Impressionism Futurism Expressionism & Abstractism TMSchool 2007 St. Francis Episcopal Day Dada and Surrealism