THE PYP VISUAL ARTS AT ISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Arts in a transdisciplinary programme
Arts in the PYP exemplify learning through inquiry because of the emphasis on, and the nature of, the creative process. Arts provide a unique vehicle to enhance the understanding of the transdisciplinary themes by providing both students and teachers with a range of mediums with which to access the units of inquiry.
EXAMPLES OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS.
Visual Arts Central idea Bank:
People use different materials and resources to express feelings, ideas and understanding.
Architecture often reflects culture.
Cultural traditions can be preserved in artwork, and can help people express their identities.
Celebrations and traditions are an important part of our cultural identity.
Colors are used and interpreted in a variety of ways around us.
The fine arts provide us with the opportunity to reflect on, extend, and enjoy creativity.
Noticing and analyzing patterns helps us interpret, explain and respond to our environment.
Visual representations facilitate our understanding of the world around us.
People can express themselves in many ways.
In life and in art, people use their bodies to express who they are and how they feel.
Personal histories allow us to reflect on who we are and where we’ve come from.
Culture may be expressed in a variety of ways.
The natural world inspires and challenges artistic development.
We are able to choose what we think and how we express ourselves.
Art can be used to communicate ideas and experiences creatively.
We have unique ways to express our point of view.
Art is an expression of human feelings and ideas and is open to interpretation.
Our cultural heritage allows us to celebrate who we are, and shapes our vision of the future.
Visual expression is an art form.
We choose and use different forms of digital media for specific purposes and specific audiences.
Through the Arts people express, explore and interpret ideas and feelings.
Art reflects the times in which it was created.
The language of visual arts allows people to explore ways of communicating personal ideas, thoughts and emotions.
People communicate through the arts to express their beliefs and feelings.
Traditional art help us make sense of our world and to understand aspects of culture.
Images and ideas from our imagination can be expressed in many ways.
Celebrations are important to people all around the world.
Through the arts people use different forms of expression to convey their uniqueness as human beings.
Personal experiences provide the sparks for artistic creation.
Beliefs, values, and ideas are represented and communicated through symbols.
Lives are changed through encounters with people of different beliefs and cultures.
Creative expression provides many ways to communicate ideas and emotions.
Artistic expression can be a reflection of the social consciousness of the time.
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Personal perspectives influence how people communicate through the arts.
Everyone belongs to an ethnic group, each having its own forms of expression.
Visual arts is a language through which people explore ways to communicate personal ideas, thoughts and emotions.
Images and ideas from our imagination can be expressed in many ways.
There is more than one way to tell a story.
Effective communication takes many forms.
Ideas and feelings are expressed and interpreted through the visual arts.
Expression of beliefs is all around us.
ART HISTORY GRADE 5.
Artworks for How We Express Ourselves unit of inquiry.
ART HISTORY CLASS
RESPONDING STRAND IN VISUAL ARTS.
ART VOCABULARY
Art
Glossary and Terms
Collage - Art made by cutting up materials such as colored paper, string, fabric, and newspaper and then gluing them together to make a picture.
Complementary Colors - These are colors that appear on the opposite sides of the color wheel. When placed side by side, these colors can intensify each other.
Fresco - A painting made on wet plaster of a wall or ceiling. As the plaster and paint dry the wall absorbs the paint.
Impasto - A type of oil painting when the paint is applied in very thick brush strokes.
Kiln - A type of hot oven used to bake clay into a hard permanent finish.
Landscape - A painting of nature and the land such as the ocean, mountains, trees, and sky.
Lithography - A method for making prints using a flat stone or a metal plate.
Medium - The materials used in creating a piece of artwork such as paint, marble, clay, or pastels.
Mural - A large painting generally painted on a wall or ceiling.
Palette - A board where colors of paint are mixed so they are the right color for the painting. Can also refer to range of colors an artist has used in an artwork.
Pastels - Coloring sticks that can be made from oil or chalk.
Patron - Someone who helps an artist to live while they work on their art.
Perspective - A way of painting or drawing that makes some objects appear closer than others.
Pigment - The part of the paint that gives it color.
Plein Air - This is French for "open air". This is the term often used for painting outdoors.
Portrait - A drawing or painting of a person or people.
Primary colors - Red, yellow, and blue. All of the other colors can be made from these three.
Relief - A type of sculpture that looks like it is raised from the background.
Sculpture - A three dimensional piece of art often carved, chiseled, or cast from stone, marble, wood, or bronze.
Self-portrait - A painting or drawing that the artist makes of themselves.
Series - A number of artworks that are meant to go together. They are often of the same subject.
Still life - A painting or drawing of inanimate objects often placed in an arrangement. Examples include flowers in a vase, fruit in a bowl, and bottles of wine.
Symmetry - The balance of one side to another. In perfect symmetry, one half is an exact mirror of the other.
Texture - The look and feel of the canvas in painting. This can vary on how the paint is applied. Other materials may be added to change the texture.
Watercolor - A water soluble paint that thins as it is mixed with water.
Movements
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
Pointillism
Post-Impressionism
Symbolism
Cubism
Expressionism
Surrealism
Abstract
Pop Art
Ancient Art
Ancient Chinese Art
Ancient Egyptian Art
Ancient Greek Art
Ancient Roman Art
Native American Art
Artists
Salvador Dali
Leonardo da Vinci
Edgar Degas
Wassily Kandinsky
Eduoard Manet
Henri Matisse
Claude Monet
Michelangelo
Pablo Picasso
Raphael
Rembrandt
Georges Seurat
J.M.W. Turner
Vincent van Gogh
Andy Warhol
Glossary and Terms
Collage - Art made by cutting up materials such as colored paper, string, fabric, and newspaper and then gluing them together to make a picture.
Complementary Colors - These are colors that appear on the opposite sides of the color wheel. When placed side by side, these colors can intensify each other.
Fresco - A painting made on wet plaster of a wall or ceiling. As the plaster and paint dry the wall absorbs the paint.
Impasto - A type of oil painting when the paint is applied in very thick brush strokes.
Kiln - A type of hot oven used to bake clay into a hard permanent finish.
Landscape - A painting of nature and the land such as the ocean, mountains, trees, and sky.
Lithography - A method for making prints using a flat stone or a metal plate.
Medium - The materials used in creating a piece of artwork such as paint, marble, clay, or pastels.
Mural - A large painting generally painted on a wall or ceiling.
Palette - A board where colors of paint are mixed so they are the right color for the painting. Can also refer to range of colors an artist has used in an artwork.
Pastels - Coloring sticks that can be made from oil or chalk.
Patron - Someone who helps an artist to live while they work on their art.
Perspective - A way of painting or drawing that makes some objects appear closer than others.
Pigment - The part of the paint that gives it color.
Plein Air - This is French for "open air". This is the term often used for painting outdoors.
Portrait - A drawing or painting of a person or people.
Primary colors - Red, yellow, and blue. All of the other colors can be made from these three.
Relief - A type of sculpture that looks like it is raised from the background.
Sculpture - A three dimensional piece of art often carved, chiseled, or cast from stone, marble, wood, or bronze.
Self-portrait - A painting or drawing that the artist makes of themselves.
Series - A number of artworks that are meant to go together. They are often of the same subject.
Still life - A painting or drawing of inanimate objects often placed in an arrangement. Examples include flowers in a vase, fruit in a bowl, and bottles of wine.
Symmetry - The balance of one side to another. In perfect symmetry, one half is an exact mirror of the other.
Texture - The look and feel of the canvas in painting. This can vary on how the paint is applied. Other materials may be added to change the texture.
Watercolor - A water soluble paint that thins as it is mixed with water.
Movements
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
Pointillism
Post-Impressionism
Symbolism
Cubism
Expressionism
Surrealism
Abstract
Pop Art
Ancient Art
Ancient Chinese Art
Ancient Egyptian Art
Ancient Greek Art
Ancient Roman Art
Native American Art
Artists
Salvador Dali
Leonardo da Vinci
Edgar Degas
Wassily Kandinsky
Eduoard Manet
Henri Matisse
Claude Monet
Michelangelo
Pablo Picasso
Raphael
Rembrandt
Georges Seurat
J.M.W. Turner
Vincent van Gogh
Andy Warhol