Tempera Still Life
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze van Eyck’s The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini using the elements of art and the principles of design. They identify the light source and the way light and shadow show form, learn about the use of symbolism in the early Renaissance, and identify techniques that show realism and the illusion of space. They describe the use of symmetry, balance, and emphasis and describe how the symbolism in it reflects the values of 15th-century Flemish society. They mix paints to create muted colors and tones and draw and paint candlesticks using shading to show form.

Decorative Letter Design
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze the Chi Rho page of the Book of Kells using the elements of art and the principles of design. They learn about medieval manuscript illumination and about serif, sans serif, interlace, and arabesque scripts. They identify and describe the use of scale (proportion) and describe how medieval cultural values are reflected in this artwork. They observe the attention given to detail and decoration, draw patterns and designs in an initial, and design and color decorative letters with arabesques, repeated patters, and miniature designs.

Fresco of a Cityscape
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze Lorenzetti's fresco Allegory of Good Government in the City using the elements of art and the principles of desing. They learn about fresco techniques and the architecture of Renaissance Italy, describe the way Lorenzetti shows the illusion of depth, and describe how cultural values are reflected in this painting. They mix paints to create muted colors and tones, use mixed media to show architecutral design, and draw medieval landscapes showing perspective with the illusion of depth. They paint and etch frescoes of a cityscape, showing architectural detail.

Perspective Study
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze Uccello's Battle of Romano using the elements of art and the principles of design. They find examples of foreshortening, the vanishing point, and the orthogonal lines that show the illusioon of space, identify and describe the use of scale (proportion), and describe how cultural values are reflected in this painting and how it reflects early Renaissance society. They use perspective to show the illusion of depth, mix paints to show color relationships, and draw and paint 3-D shapes and transform them into foreshortened objects.

Figure Study
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze Botticelli's Primavera using the elements of art and the principles of design. They interpret reality and fantasy in this painting and how it relfects 15th-century Italian society, learn about Boticelli's use of line and color to add movement and balance to the composition, and discuss how gestures and poses tell a story. They analyze the visual form of each figure and the implied content of the group of figures, discuss the artistic value of the work of art, and sketch figures in poses that demonstrate action or emotion. They arrange cut figures in action poses, arrange a series of figures interacting, and make rubbings to communicate relationships.

Islamic Design
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze the design of the Taj Mahal and a mihrab from a mosque using the elements of art and the principles of design. They describe the geometric nature of Islamic art, identify the realistic and fantasy qualities in Islamic design, and describe how cultural values are reflected in Islamic art. They analyze the visual form and content in the Taj Mahal and design and cut symmetrical patterns to create Islamic designs.

Animal Sculpture
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze a Yoruba ivory bracelet carved with animals using the elements of art and the principles of design. They identify and describe patterns and stylized features and the use of sclae (proportion) in this carving, interpret the reality and fantasy in it, and identify the use of line, repetition, and unity. They describe how cultural values are reflected in this work and how it reflects African society, analyze the stylized figures and the symbolic content of the bracelet, and design and sculpt 3-D animals in clay using pattern and texture.

Chalk Pastel Portrait in Profile
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Portrait of Isabella d'Este using the elements of art and the principles of design. They learn about da Vinci's techniques of sfumato and chiaroscuro for shading, describe the illusion of space and shading techniques that show form, and discuss Leonardo's technique for showing expression. They describe how this painting reflects early Renaissance society, compare how profile and frontal views in a portrait affect the impression and interpretation of a portrait, and blend colors and add shading to create realistic portraits and show the illusion of depth. They draw profile portraits in chalk pastel using shading andshowing facial features in proportion.

Composition using Vanishing Point Perspective
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze Raphael's School of Athens using the elements of art and the principles of design. They interpret reality and fantasy in the painting, describe ow it reflects Renaissance society, and describe the way the artist shows the illusion of space through the techniques of perspective, including the vanishing point, orthogonal lines, the use of scale (proportion), and the arrangement of space. They pose as one of the philosophers, draw and photograph posed figures, draw arches and use orthogonal lines to show distance, and use mixed media to show an architectural space with figures.

Drawing of a Hand
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam using the elements of art and the principles of design. They identify how an image is made realistic through the use of details, highlights, and shadows, learn about Renaissance art and fresco painting, identify the light source and its effect on the hands, and draw life-size copies of their own hands, adding details and shading.

Print Composition
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave using the elements of art and the principles of design. They identify and describe the use of scale (proportion) in this painting and use perspective to show the illusion of depth. They describe how cultural values are reflected in this painting and learn about the wood-block prints of Hokusai and why he used dramatic foreground and background images in The Great Wave. They describe the way the artist shows the illusion of space, etch into print foam, and print in two colors to design their own large and small object designs.

Place Setting Design
Seventh Grade Artist

Students analyze Wassily Kandinsky's Untitled, no. 629 using the elements of art. They mix paints to show color relationships, desribe how the principles of design contrbiute to the expressive qualities of their own works of art, and interpret reality and fantasy in the painting. They discuss the artistic value of the work of art, draw and paint a seres of artworks that express a personal statement, and demonstrate skill in applying watercolor in a non-objective artwork.