Year 7 - Art and design
Animals depicted in art
The importance of nature in art
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils will explore art, artefacts, and architecture from around the world. Through hands-on activities, they will experiment with different techniques and materials to create artworks. Pupils will gain a wider context of how art shapes and reflects our global history overtime.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to design and create an animal relief which represents human characteristics.
Key Notes
- Animals can convey cultural and religious beliefs, and reflect the values of the time.
- Animals can evoke empathy and resonate with viewers' emotions.
- Animals are often used as symbols and can be a reference to aspects human charateristics.
- Artists can use heightened versions of animal colours and patterns to create meaning in their work.
Vocabulary To Learn
- charateristic: the qualities or features that make a person who they are. They can describe a person's personality or behaviour.
- symbolise: when an object, or image represents a bigger idea or feeling, it can help us understand deeper meanings in art
- relief: a sculptural technique where the designs are raised above a flat background
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Animals are universially known for specific charatristics across all cultures.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Animals can convey cultural and religious beliefs, and reflect the values of the time. Animals can evoke empathy and resonate with viewers' emotions.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'charateristic'
the qualities or features that make a person who they are. They can describe a person's personality or behaviour.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Animals are universially known for specific charatristics across all cultures. Correction: Often how animals are linked to charateristics in the West is very different that other cultures across the world.
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