CK Visual Arts: Grade 2
Focus:
Grade 2 CKVA contains five units. In Unit 1, Elements of Art, students will learn about lines in artwork, including implied or imaginary lines. Students will explore the ways in which lines can organize compositions and focus or direct the viewer’s gaze.
In Unit 2 Sculpture, students learn to observe shape, mass, and line in sculptures, including Myron of Athens’s, The Discus Thrower;Flying Horse, One Leg Resting on a Swallow (from Wu-Wei, China); and Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker. Students will also be able to have hands-on exploration in creating sculptures.
In Landscapes, students will discuss dreamy landscapes, texture in landscapes, and how landscapes tell a story.
In Unit 4, Abstract Art, students will learn about the difference between realism and abstract art and the different degrees of abstraction.
In the unit Architecture, students will physically experience the exterior and interior of a building, the elements of form, color, texture, and line, how architecture is constructed, and the differences between private and public architectural works.
Number of Lessons: 27
Instruction Time: 45 minutes each. Each lesson may be divided into smaller segments.
Additional Search Terms:
implied movement • mass • cityscape • landscape • oxbow • abstract • nonobjective • realistic • representational • arch • column • dome line of symmetry • stupa
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