6th Grade Intermediate American Art II Online

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Unit 1: The Artist's Eye

• Identify roles of an artist.
• Recognize the influence art exhibits have on artists and the general public.
• Identify that artworks with similar characteristics have been grouped into periods or styles.
• Identify color groups as primary, secondary, intermediate, warm, cool, monochromatic, analogous, and complementary.
• Describe the effect color has in an artwork.
• Explain how artists use art elements and design principles in their compositions.

Unit 2: Modern American Painting: From Impressionism to Pop Art

• Identify the use of the elements of art and principles of design in artworks.
• Identify characteristics of or facts about the art of Mary Cassatt, John Sloan, Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Josef Albers, Mark Rothko, and Roy Lichtenstein.
• Identify characteristics of the art movements called Impressionism, Ashcan school, American scene painting, color field, and pop art.
• Identify how new technology influenced an artist or illustrator's vision.

Unit 3: New Ideas in Sculpture

• Identify the use of elements of art and principles of design in sculptures.
• Identify characteristics of or facts about the sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Frederic Remington, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Deborah Butterfield, and Maya Lin.
• Identify events in the life of Maya Lin and characteristics of her art.
• Identify a reason artists make monuments or memorials.

Unit 4: The Camera and the Brush

• Identify how Eadweard Muybridge's motion photography influenced painters.
• Identify characteristics of or facts about the art of Eadweard Muybridge, Thomas Moran, Edward Weston, Georgia O'Keeffe, Lewis Hine, and Charles Sheeler.
• Identify events in the life of Thomas Moran and characteristics of his art.

Unit 5: The Architect at Work

• Explain the meaning of the phrase, "Form follows function."
• Identify characteristics of or facts about the architecture of Daniel Burnham; William Van Alen; Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon; Frank O. Gehry; Frank Lloyd Wright; and I.M. Pei.

Unit 6: Colorful Traditions

• Identify characteristics of or facts about folk art from the Americas, including Cuna Indian molas, Zapotec woodcarvings, South American arpilleras, Hawaiian kapaapana, and South and Central American weavings.
• Recognize that people decorate functional objects.
• Recognize that people create artworks based on cultural traditions.