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Abstract Expressionism
An American art movement of the 1940s-1950s combining abstract form with expressive, gestural mark-making and monumental
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Abstract Expressionist Painters: Pollock, Rothko, Newman
Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman represent Abstract Expressionism's major approaches: gestural abstracti
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Abstraction
Abstraction is a twentieth-century artistic approach eliminating recognizable subject matter to explore pure form, colou
Component 4: Modernism
Academic Tradition
Academic tradition encompasses the formal training, aesthetic principles, and professional standards established and mai
Visual Analysis
Appendix 3: Taxonomy of Command Words: Command Word: Explain
A command word requiring students to give reasons or set of reasons, providing justification for analysis and interpreta
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Appendix 3: Taxonomy of Command Words: Command Word: Explain
A command word requiring detailed analysis and investigation of images, allowing for systematic breakdown and considerat
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Appendix 3: Taxonomy of Command Words: Command Word: Explain
A command word requiring critical judgement assessing the significance, effectiveness, quality, or validity of something
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Appendix 3: Taxonomy of Command Words: Command Word: Explain
Command words requiring examination of multiple perspectives on issues or problems, employing critical judgement to deve
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Architectural order
Architectural orders are classical systems establishing proportional relationships between architectural elements, parti
Themes
Architecture
Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and structures. Architecture encompasses str
Themes
Assemblage
Assemblage is a sculptural technique where the artist combines found objects, discarded materials, and disparate element
Sculpture
Assessment Information, Exam technique: Exam Technique: Section A - Visual Analysis
Examination technique for Section A of Paper 1, requiring students to comment on unfamiliar artworks (a painting, sculpt
Assessment
Assessment Information, Exam technique: Exam Technique: Section A - Visual Analysis
Examination technique for Section B of Paper 1, requiring essays exploring one of three thematic questions (Nature, Iden
Assessment
Assessment Information, Exam technique: Exam Technique: Section A - Visual Analysis
Examination technique for Paper 2, requiring essays answering questions on specific periods studied: Renaissance Italy,
Assessment
Assessment Information: Synoptic Assessment
Assessment requiring students to synthesise knowledge from different parts of the course, demonstrating ability to make
Assessment
Assessment Information: Synoptic Assessment
Effective examination responses integrate all three assessment objectives seamlessly: contextual knowledge informs analy
Assessment
Assessment Objectives, Critical Frameworks: Formalism
A critical methodology that privileges formal visual elements (colour, line, shape, composition, texture) as the primary
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Assessment Objectives, Critical Frameworks: Formalism
A methodology for interpreting symbols, iconographic systems, and subject matter within artworks to understand cultural,
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Assessment Objectives, Critical Frameworks: Formalism
A critical methodology treating art as embedded in social, economic, and political contexts rather than as autonomous ae
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Assessment Objectives, Critical Frameworks: Formalism
A critical methodology interrogating gender representation, artistic canons, and how artworks construct or challenge gen
Assessment
Assessment Objectives: AO1: Knowledge and Understanding of Contexts
Assessment Objective 1 (30% of qualification) requires students to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the contex
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Assessment Objectives: AO1: Knowledge and Understanding of Contexts
Assessment Objective 2 (36% of qualification) requires students to analyse and interpret artists' work, demonstrating un
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Assessment Objectives: AO1: Knowledge and Understanding of Contexts
Assessment Objective 3 (34% of qualification) requires students to make critical judgements about art through substantia
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Atmospheric Perspective
Atmospheric (or aerial) perspective is a technique for suggesting spatial depth where distant objects appear progressive
Visual Analysis