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Unit 3 - Professional art practices and styles

Discussion points

1. Historical and Cultural context.
2. Communication of Ideas and meanings and messages in artworks.
3. Aesthetic qualities and distinctive style.
4. Interpretation of subject matter.
5. Influences.
6. Use of Materials, techniques and processes.
 
 
Short and extended responses
 
In Section A of the exam you will be expected to write about artwork/s that you have not studied throughout the year in relation to the discussion points listed above.
 
In Section C of the exam you will be expected to write about artists and artworks that you have studied throughout the year in relation to the discussion point listed above.
 
 
Use the 15 minutes reading time wisely and read all the empirical data listed underneath the unseen images in the insert that will be stapled inside the exam.
 
 
 
 

                                                       61 x 35cm

Deborah Klein (Australia), Pirate Jenny at Luna Park, linocut on paper, 1987

The empirical data refers to the information that you are given underneath the image.
 
The artist's name
The title of the artwork
The medium
The date it was made
The dimensions of the artwork
 
This information will give several visual clues

 

 

Cultural Context

Deborah Klein (Australia)
Pirate Jenny at Luna Park

Communication of ideas

 & meanings

linocut on paper

Materials, techniques & processes

Historical & Cultural contexts

1987
Writing a short answer response

 

1. Select an appropriate image that relates to the question.
2. Highlight key points of the question.
3. Do not write out all of the empirical data in your response.
4. Answer the question immediately in the first sentence    using the artist's full name and then use the artist's  surname throughout your response.
5. Use appropriate art terminology required throughout your answer.
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