Minnesota Standards for Grades 9 Through 12 Standards.
Analysis and Interpretation
Standard:
The student will understand and apply artistic process to analyze,
interpret, and evaluate art works in at least one of the three arts areas
required to be offered by a school from the following: dance, media arts,
music, theater, and visual arts.
E. VISUAL ARTS. The student will:
1. understand how a synthesis of the following components of visual
arts is used to define a work in visual art:
a. elements, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space;
d. styles, such as abstract or impressionist;
e. structures, such as two dimensional or three dimensional; and
f. technical skills, such as selecting and using tools and techniques
of the medium;
2. understand the similarities and differences among the structures and
styles within visual arts;
6. analyze and interpret visual art through its historical, cultural,
or social context;
7. support personal reactions to visual art works using the components
of visual arts; and
Creation and Performance
Standard:
The student will understand and use artistic processes to create original or
perform existing works of art in at least one of the three arts areas
required to be offered by a school from the following: dance, media arts,
music, theater, and visual arts. As an elective, the student may understand
and use artistic processes to create original or perform existing works of
art in another art form or creative writing.
A. VISUAL ARTS. The student will:
1. understand the integration of the following components of visual
arts:
a. elements, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space;
b. principles, such as repetition, contrast, or balance;
c. vocabulary;
d. styles, such as abstract or impressionist;
e. structures, such as two dimensional or three dimensional; and
f. technical skills, such as selecting and using tools and techniques
of the medium;
2. understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that
influence creation of visual art;
3. use artistic processes to create and single, complex work or
multiple works in visual arts;
4. generate and clarify artistic intent for work in visual art;
5. make decisions based on artistic intent;
6. make choices based on analysis of audience and occasion for work in
visual art; and
