STUDIO ART 15

Key Concepts:

Key Vocabulary:

Historical context

Social context

To interpret a work is to explain the meaning of it.

Interpretation requires a viewer to synthesize information from description and analysis along with knowledge relevant to the work. Thus, interpretation is based on both what is seen and not seen in the work.

Topic:

Interpretation: There Is More to It Than Meets the Eye.

Art history is the study of art, especially with regard ti the ways it has existed through time. It provides information about periods of history, periods of art, the social contexts of art, and the evolution of styles.

Art history can provide some of the knowledge needed to interpret works from both Western and non-Western cultures.

Examples:

Students will interpret artworks by explaining their meaning or content.

Students will understand that interpretation of an artwork often involves more than just the visible aspects of the work.

Students will interpret an art work in the basis of description and analysis, their own experience, and background knowledge of the work and artist.

Students will refer to art history when possible to complete interpretation of artworks.

Enduring Understanding (s): _Interpretation is the most creative and rewarding part of criticism.

Essential Question (s): What is interpretation?

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