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2585 Define Māori Art Forms to Generate Māori Design NZQA registered unit standard 2585 version 9 Page 1 of 4 Title Define Māori art forms to generate Māori design Level 5 Credits 20 Purpose This unit standard is for people furthering their knowledge in whakairo. It supplements the Mana Whakairo and Whakaraupapa Whakairo unit standards. People credited with this unit standard are able to define style, composition and function in Māori art and design. Classification Whakairo > Toi Whakairo Available grade Achieved Entry information Critical health and Unit 2581, Explain design principles used to generate two- safety prerequisites dimensional Māori design; Unit 2583, Explain pattern conventions used to generate whakairo design; and Unit 2598, Manipulate material surfaces to create Whakairo; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills. Recommended skills Unit 2582, Explain design principles used to generate three- and knowledge dimensional whakairo design; Unit 2584, Define Māori art images to generate whakairo design; Unit 2587, Implement process decisions to generate Māori design; and Unit 2599, Generate relief form to create Whakairo. Explanatory notes 1 Tikanga and kawa related to the content of the Whakairo subfield refer to specific interpretations and understandings of whakapapa, te reo, symbolism, concepts and representation within a Whakairo context. They are distinctive from those within the broader context of Te Ao Māori. 2 Glossary Style, composition and function refer to conventions associated with traditional Māori art; Form – a configuration of details that together comprise a visual entity; Serpentine is also known as pakohe; Format encompasses style and manner of arrangement; Tukutuku is also known as Arapaki and/or Pukiore within different tribal areas; NZQA Māori Qualifications Services New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 SSB Code 194 NZQA registered unit standard 2585 version 9 Page 2 of 4 Aspective form is the application of aspective representation where a frontal and/or profile presentation of figurative images with no indication of pictorial depth results. As in the conceptual system of aspective representation there is an attempt to show images objectively and informatively. Thus, hands are represented to reveal the number of fingers even when grasping an implement; Perspectival form is the application of illusionistic and/or perspectival representation where the presentation of figurative images in pictorial depth results. Consequently images are presented obliquely and include elements of foreshortening. This illusionistic representation is based on a perceptual system that attempts to present images from a single view-point at the same time. Tene Waitere's image of Maui and Hinenuitepo from Rauru of 1898 is a salient example; Purpose – reason; Chronological – the sequence of construction. References; Adams, M. (2009). Rauru. University of Otago Press. Skinner, D. (2008). The Carver and the Artist: Māori Art in the Twentieth Century. Auckland University Press. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Identify style in Māori design. Evidence requirements 1.1 Form is classified chronologically according to pattern in whakairo. Range rectilinear, curvilinear. 1.2 Form is classified chronologically according to composition in whakairo. Range serpentine, square and combined serpentine and square. 1.3 Form is classified chronologically according to composition in Māori painting. Range rectilinear, curvilinear. 1.4 Form is classified chronologically according to composition in tukutuku. Range horizontal, vertical, oblique, chevron in tukutuku. 1.5 Form is classified chronologically according to technique in whakairo. Range shallow and deep; rounded and sharp. 1.6 Form is classified chronologically according to technique in Māori painting. Range monochromatic, polychromatic fields; flat, modulated. NZQA Māori Qualifications Services New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 SSB Code 194 NZQA registered unit standard 2585 version 9 Page 3 of 4 1.7 Form is classified chronologically according to technique in tukutuku. Range single, cross, multiple stitch. Outcome 2 Identify composition in Māori art. Evidence requirements 2.1 Form is classified chronologically according to format in sculptural form. Range moko, hei tiki, hei matau, matau, rei niho, pekapeka, korere, marakīhau, rei puta, mau kakī, heru, ngā momo, patu, wahaika, kotiate, taiaha, tewhatewha, tao, taumata atua, tekoteko, koruru, maihi, raparapa, amo, pare, whakawae, poupou, paepae, pou tūārongo, poutahu, epa, tāhuhu, pane, heke, heketipi, pāpaka, tatau, kuwaha, waharoa, tūwatawata, pou whakamaharatanga, wakahuia, papahou, kūmete, haumi, hue, tauihu, taurapa, rauawa, parata, hoe, tiheru, nguru, kōauau, pūtorino. 2.2 Form is classified chronologically according to format in Māori painting. Range maihi, amo, heke tipi, heke, tāhuhu, pane, pare, roro, poupou, kaho paetara, kaho; poutokomanawa, pou tūārongo, poutahu, epa, kei, hoe, tūwatawata, pou whakamaharatanga, pou kaukau. 2.3 Form is classified chronologically according to format in tukutuku. Range whare whakairo, whare kai, whare karakia. Outcome 3 Identify function in Māori art. Evidence requirements 3.1 Form is classified according to function in Māori art. Range structural, symbolic signification, utilitarian, aesthetic. Outcome 4 Identify representational systems in Māori design. Evidence requirements 4.1 Form is identified according to perspective form in Māori art. Range oblique, foreshortened. NZQA Māori Qualifications Services New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 SSB Code 194 NZQA registered unit standard 2585 version 9 Page 4 of 4 4.2 Form is identified according to aspective form in Māori art. Range frontal, profile, three quarter, simultaneous combined frontal and profile. Planned review date 31 December 2021 Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 5 December 1995 31 December 2019 Revision 2 6 April 1998 31 December 2019 Revision 3 19 April 2000 31 December 2019 Revision 4 18 September 2001 31 December 2019 Revision 5 11 March 2004 31 December 2019 Review 6 12 December 2008 31 December 2019 Revision 7 21 May 2010 31 December 2019 Rollover 8 21 February 2013 31 December 2019 Review 9 15 September 2016 N/A Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0082 This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do. Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment. Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Comments on this unit standard Please contact NZQA Māori Qualifications Services [email protected] if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard. NZQA Māori Qualifications Services New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 SSB Code 194 .
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