Dec. 19-21

1. Twelve minutes: 12 question Vocabulary Quiz (60 pts.) Two vocabulary words will be illustrated.
2. Twenty minutes: Critique a work of art (80 pts.)
• Choose a minimum of 5 vocabulary terms from the vocabulary worksheet
• Describe, analyze and interpret your work. (25 pts. each section)
• Use 7 or more sentences
3. Thirty minutes: Drawing Quiz (120 pts.)
• Draw an ideal head
• Draw an ideal stick figure
• Shape to Form
4. Twelve minutes: Quick Critique (40 pts.)
• Evaluate the elements and principles of Shape to Form

• formal balance: a type of balance where most elements are balanced on either side of the y axis
• composition: the arrangement of elements of a work of art or design
• symmetry: a type of design balance where each side of a central axis is a mirror image
• silhouette: the dark contour of a shape
• monochrome: a painting/image color scheme that uses one color with its tint and shade
• complimentary: a painting / image color scheme that uses colors opposite on the color wheel
• color schemes: a combination of colors in a work of art
• elements of art: line, shape, value, form, space, color, texture
• credit line: work's title, artist, medium, date
• critique: description, analysis, interpretation, judgment
• mixed media: a work that uses two or more media in one work

• proportion: how elements of a work of art relate to each other, parts to the whole
• geometric shape: shapes with straight or perfectly curved sides
• organic shape: shapes based on natural objects
• Golden Mean: the figure’s proportions are 1 to 1.6 with the belly button as the ratios division
• Idealistic proportions: a figure’s proportions based on historical idealistic measurements
• Realistic proportions: a figure’s proportions based on what the eye records
• Motif: repeating elements in a work of art
• rhythm: random, regular, alternating, flowing, progressive
• pattern: alternating
• Cubism: an early 20 th century art movement created by Picasso that broke compositional objects into pieces so that the viewer could see multiple points-ofview.
• Futurism: an early 20 th century art movement created in Italy that used the techniques of Cubism to show movement in a single composition.
• Pablo Picasso: important 20 th century artist; father of Cubism
• Marcel Duchamp: important 20 th century artist; used Cubist/Futurist techniques to create the work “Nude Descending a Staircase”.

Pablo Picasso, Guernica
Oil on canvas, 1937
1.
Critique one of these works a) Choose 4 or more vocabulary terms from
Vocabulary Quiz list. Include Cubism OR
Futurism, symmetry AND rhythm. b) Use the process of description, analysis, and interpretation. c) Be specific d) Connect sentences together a) You may use starter sentences
Marcel Duchamp,
Nude Descending a Staircase
Oil on canvas, 1912

• Guernica, by Picasso uses the repeating shapes of_____________
• This work is Cubist which shows by______________
• The work by Duchamp is Futurist because______________
• It has repeating elements which create______________
• Interpretation: Credit line and subject
• Analysis: specific location of elements and principles of art
• Interpretation: What is the meaning of the work? How did the elements / principles and credit line SUPPORT the meaning of the work.

• Draw an ideal head
• Rubric
• Quality of line
• Correct proportions

• Draw an ideal stick figure
• Rubric
• Uses Golden Mean
• Has correct proportions

• Shape into Form
• Rubric
• Correct shading
• Correct ground shading creating space

• Write out a quick 3 - 5 sentence critique of your
Shape into Form
• Analyze line, shape, form, and symmetry