Students’ Prerequisite Skills for course:

This lesson is the first in a year long Studio Art 1 course. We are setting the stage for studying the arts through the time line of art history. Thus giving the students a background of knowledge they will need for this year and to be successful in the courses that follow.

Studio Art I

Grades 9th, 10th,

11th & 12th

Units

Unit Title Featured Artist Medium Explored

1. Introduction: Art & You Munch Introduction to supplies

2. Prehistoric Art: Line & Shape Kandinsky Graphic pencils

3. Ancient Egypt: Value & Form Escher Colored pencils

4. African Art: Texture & Space Picasso Cut Paper

5. India and the Middle East: Pattern Bagta Watercolor Pencils

6. China: Color, Variety & Balance Wang Hui Terracotta Clay

7. Japan and the Pacific Islands: Emphasis Hokusai Block Printing

8. Art of the Americas: Proportion Rivera Pastels

9. Greek and Roman Art: Composition Agasius Colored Pencils

10. Byzantine, Medieval and Gothic: Rhythm Klimt Markers/Mosaics

11. Renaissance: Perspective Raphael Mixed Media

12. Baroque and Rococo: Unity & Movement Fragonard Watercolor Paints

13. 19th Century Art: Acrylic painting Gericault Acrylic Paints

14. Post Impressionism and Surrealism Kahlo Acrylic Paints

15. Contemporary and Abstract Art Warhol Mixed Media Artists Page

Scope and Sequence