13AH1

13 Art History 1

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Jaleisa Adams.

Studying art history is a valuable means of understanding art and culture.  Art History is concerned with the analysis and interpretation of art works within their cultural and historical contexts.

This course will develop your literacy, critical thinking and analytical skills. You will become articulate and communicate views and opinions based on visual evidence. These transferable skills will be applied while examining artworks from the history of Western and contemporary New Zealand Art.

The objective of the art history course is to enable students to:

  • Use and understand terminology appropriate to the subject.
  • Recognise technical and stylistic conventions and the formal and expressive qualities of an artwork.
  • Distinguish between individual, regional and period styles.
  • Understand the ways in which symbols and signs are used to create meaning in art.
  • Understand the function of art within its social context and of the relationships between art, artists and society.
  • Understand the ways in which values are attached to art.

Topics: 15th Century Early Renaissance & 20th Century Modernism to Post Modernism

We’ll travel back in time to the world of the 15th century after the devastating effects of the Plague and study the emergence of Renaissance Humanism. We’ll leap forward 500 years to explore the second half of the 20th century where artists move beyond traditional painting to comment on the everyday, popular culture, and consumerism. We’ll examine major artistic styles of Naturalism and Classicism as well as Modernism, Abstraction, Feminism, Neo-Dada and Pop Art.

Students will go on a trip for this course to experience art in person and apply skills learned.

Students taking visual art subjects as well as considering Scholarship Art and/or Art History are recommended to take this course.

Skills learnt in Art History can lead to work in a wide range of roles including  architectects, lawyers, marketing coordinators, administrators, customers service advisers, website content developers, sales advisers, recruitment consultants, educators, project coordinators, curatorial work, art gallery roles, conservation, research and more.




Course Overview

Term 2

Prerequisites

At least 14 credits in Level 2 Art History (12AH1)

OR at least 14 credits in Level 2 English (12EN1/12ENE)
OR at least 14 credits in Level 2 Media Studies (12MD1)

OR at least 14 credits in Level 2 History (12HI1),
OR at least 14 credits in Level 2 Classical Studies (12CS1)

Note: 4 of these credits must be from external achievement standards

OR HoD approval.



Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

*13AH1* - Supplementary costs: Approx $45

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91483 v2
NZQA Info
Art History 3.2 - Examine how meanings are communicated through art works
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91484 v2
NZQA Info
Art History 3.3 - Examine the relationship(s) between art and context
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91485 v2
NZQA Info
Art History 3.4 - Examine the impact of media and processes on art works
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 3, Week: 4

A.S. 91487 v1
NZQA Info
Art History 3.6 - Examine the different values placed on art works
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 3

A.S. 91488 v2
NZQA Info
Art History 3.7 - Examine the relationship(s) between a theory and art works
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 10

A.S. 93301 v20
NZQA Info
SCHL - Art History
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 0
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 20
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.