1. Key Concept: Identity Grade 9 Unit1: ‘Looks like’ versus ‘Is Like”
Related Concepts: Genre, Representation
Key Concept:
Identity
Global Context: Identities and Relationships
Grade 9 Unit1: ‘Looks like’ versus ‘Is Like”
Statement of Inquiry - Portraiture provides opportunities for expressing a wide range of ideas and feelings about the model, be it a self portrait or a portrait of another member of our community.
KUDs
Know –contextual background to the work of Spencer and another artist of their choice and how this impacted the work they made. Students will learn techniques and approaches to applying paint.
Understand – the process of review/refinement and how artworks are often ‘layered’ in meaning.
Do – produce a painted portrait and portfolio of supporting development work organised on a website.
Inquiry Questions:
Factual what technical skills enable accurate depiction of likeness?
Conceptual to what extent does the identity of the model for a portrait impact the artwork?
Debatable is the perception of ‘likeness’ objective or subjective?