Middle School Art Syllabus

MIDDLE SCHOOL ART SYLLABUS

7th GRADE: Each quarter of the semester includes 1-2 tests followed by a project after each test. Each project incorporates concepts from the corresponding test.

Grades are determined by:  Tests/Projects 40%  Daily Work/Quizzes 40%  Exams 20%

Focus: Art History in Europe  Pre-Historic and Egyptian art, Greek and Roman art, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Introduction: Students create nametags.

Pre-Historic and Egyptian Art: Lecture for test  Understanding significance of art history  Understanding time lines and time references o BC, AD, Years ago  Cave Paintings o Realistic, Bright Colors  Egyptian Civilization o Timeframe o 6 characteristics of Egyptian art . Lacks perspective, Important people larger, Eyes and shoulders face viewer, Heads in profile, Body posed unnaturally  Significance of Pharaoh and their religion  Mummification, Canopic jars, Sarcophagus  Pyramids  Hieroglyphics

Pre-Historic and Egyptian Art Test

Hieroglyphics Assignment: Students write an autobiographical paragraph and translate into Egyptian hieroglyphics. This may be counted as daily work or a project. Allow time as needed.

Sarcophagus Project: Students create a sarcophagus as described in the rubric. Allow time as needed. This part of the project will be unfired and unpainted at this point, and may also be counted as a mid-term exam.

Greek/ Roman Art: Lecture for Test . Greece as Birthplace of Western Civilization . Greek Architecture o Greek (square,) Arch and it’s significance o Columns . Doric, Ionic, Corinthian . Greek sculpture as Idealistic o Use of bright colors in sculpture and architecture . End of ancient Greek civilization/Beginning of Roman . Roman (rounded,) Arch and it’s significance . Roman sculpture as Realistic . Romans as problem solvers and innovators o Roads, Aqueducts, Fired brick, Concrete, Sewage and Drainage system . Roman collapse

Greek/Roman Art Test

Greek Architecture Project: Students create a model of a Greek building as described in the rubric from their own measured drawings. Allow time as needed: Front and side views, construction of building from cardboard, painting and decoration.

Complete fired sarcophagi: Students will decorate and paint their sarcophagi. This component of the project may count as a final exam depending upon time.

Timeline:

Grading Period 1  Weeks 1 and 2: Name tags/ Notes on Pre-Historic and Egyptian Art/ Review for test  Week 3: Test/ Test corrections and retest  Week 4: Hieroglyphics autobiography assignment  Week 5: Art Critique/ Explain “Sarcophagus” project rubric/ Begin sketches  Week 6: Work on Sarcophagus drawings (approved sketch and final drawing)  Week 7-9: Work on clay sarcophagus (pre-fired project grade)

Grading Period 2  Week 1: Project Critique (if time allows)  Week 2: Notes on Greek and Roman Art/ Review for test  Week 3: Test/ Test corrections and retest  Week 4: Measuring practice worksheets  Week 5: Explain Greek Building project rubric/ Front view drawing  Week 6: Side view drawing/ Begin 3-D Building construction  Weeks 7-9: Work on and complete Greek Building  Week 9: Paint and complete fired Sarcophagus