VSA Visual Art MYP Overview ,
Year 6 – 10,
2014-15.
Year
Group
6
Overview
Title
Key concepts
Related
Concepts
Statement of
inquiry
Inquiry
questions
Movement/
Artist
Art element
focus
Art form
Medium
7
Title
Key Concepts
Related
concepts
Statement of
Inquiry
Inquiry
questions
Unit 1
(5 weeks)
Lines in the
landscape
Communication
Style,
Representation
Personal and
cultural
expressions can
be communicated
through different
forms and artistic
styles.
What different
techniques have
used to record
their emotional
connection with
the landscape
Post
Impressionism –
Van Gogh
Brett Whitely
Line, tone,
shadow,
movement
Landscape
Pencil,
Charcoal and ink.
Rococo
Aesthetics
Representation,
style
The
representation of
the environment
influences
personal and
cultural
expression
How does nature
represent style?
How does
decoration
improve our
quality of life?
Unit 2
(5 weeks)
That’s about the
size, where you
put your eyes….
Perspective
Innovation
Composition
Scientific
innovation in
composition has
altered style and
perspective.
Critical Analysis
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Artwork
Labeling
Mood
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Artworks
Labeling
Content
Mood
How have artist
used perspective
to create the
illusion of threedimensional space
on a twodimensional
surface
Renaissance
Perspective, tone,
shadow, space
Cityscape
Scratch board
and dry point
Etching
Containers
Identity
Innovation,
Visual culture
Technological
innovation
influences
changes in
cultural identity
How have
technological
innovation
influenced
decorative style
and construction
techniques of
Movement/
Artist
Art element
focus
8
Rococo
Movement/
Artist
Shape, pattern,
texture,
repetition
Landscape
Lino print
Me Myself and I
Identity
Narrative, visual
cultures
Identities and
relationships are
formed and
communicated
through personal
narratives and
visual cultures.
How do artists
express their
personality
through self
portraits?
Do our behavious
influence our
personalities and
can we express
this when
creating Art?
Self Portraits
through history
Art element
focus
Colour,
shape,tone
Art form
Medium
Self -portraiture
Pastels/
Charcoal/Oil
pastels
Art form
Medium
Title
Key concept
Related
concepts
Statement of
Inquiry
Inquiry
questions
artifacts? Does
design influence
function or does
function effect
design?
Decorative
3D
Sculpture
Ceramics
Mash it up
Aesthetics
Innovation,
narrative
Aesthetics are
determined
through
innovative
expression of
personal
narrative.
What is Art?
Can abstract art
be considered
Art?
What motivates
artists to
challenge
traditional
artistic themes?
Cubism, Pablo
Picasso, Marcel
Dechamp, Jaun
Gris
Deconstruction,
abstraction,
juxtaposition,
surface
Abstract
Acrylic/ multimedia
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Artworks
Labeling
Content
Form
Context
Process
9
Overview
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Title
Colour my
world
Form
Expression and
innovation
Get Surreal
Cover this
Creativity
Expression,
Innovation
Identity
Visual Culture, Audience
Personal beliefs
Creative ideas are
Communicating popular
and values
influenced by
themes that appeal to
shape the way
innovative
audience’s personal and
we express
expression that
global view impacts directly
innovative
can manipulate
on the successful
thoughts and
the way we
commercialization of a
actions
project time and
commodity.
Key Concept
Related concept
Statement of
inquiry
space.
Inquiry question
Movement/Artist
Art Elements
Art forms
Medium
10
Title
Key Concept
Related concept
Statement of
inquiry
Is less more?
To what degree
What is ‘identity’?
Can semi-
does the
Does commercialization of
abstract
subconscious
popular themes'
artwork be
affect the way
personalities and narratives
considered a
artists approach
in a dramatic way assists in
meaningful
meaningful self-
determining popular
form of self-
expression?
culture?
expression?
How has
Are audiences being
Surrealism
manipulated by clever
deconstructed
advertising tactics that using
traditional
social and cultural icons to
approaches to
persuade?
Art making?
Surrealism
Graphic design, Comics
Matisse, paper
cut outs
Silkscreen,
Shape, form,
colour,
composition,
space, negative
and positive
space
Landscape
Silkscreen,
collage
In the eye of the
beholder
Communication
Expression,
interpretation
Personal and
cultural
expression is
communicated
Exaggeration,
juxtaposition,
distortion,
overlapping,
Figurative, proportions,
symmetry, composition,
typography, dramatic , light
Social issues
Sound, cinema,
Multi media
Life Events
Narrative
Computer graphics (Photo
shop), acrylic painting
Art for the people
Culture
Audience,
Interpretation
Individuals are
defined by their
personal
experience that
Communities
Visual culture, boundaries
Changing the boundaries and
effects of globalisation upon
communities can come about
by targeting and informing a
through
independent
interpretation
of meaning.
Inquiry question
What makes a
good
photograph?
How can we
capture the
drama that exist
in the moment?
Does a photo
tell the truth?
What is ethical
in the digital
manipulation
and
enhancement of
a photo?
Movement/Artist
Photo
journalism
Composition,
mono chromatic,
tone, light,
contrast,
balance
Narrative
Photography
Art Elements
Art forms
Medium
shapes the way in
which they
interpret their
cultural identity
and influence their
audience to make
change.
Art has the power
to entertain, as
well as to inform.
How can an
artwork broaden
our understanding
of the condition of
our world?
Is art a powerful
instigator of
change?
specific audience.
Romanticism
Land Art
Colour,
blending,
Narrative, tone,
Semi Abstract,
realism
Space, dimension,
repetition, geometric,
form, pattern, organic,
shape,
Changing community beliefs
can be bought about by the
exposure of artworks that
challenge preconceived ideas.
What methods can artists use
to convey messages to the
wider community?
Is Public Art an effective way
of challenging ingrained
cultural traditions for the
betterment of humanity?
Events
Instillation Art
Acrylic painting Found objects