Specimen Papers and Mark Schemes for History of Art For fi rst AS Examination in 2009 For fi rst A2 Examination in 2010 Subject Code: 3830 Contents Specimen Papers 1 Assessment Unit AS 1 3 Assessment Unit AS 2 7 Assessment Unit A2 1 11 Assessment Unit A2 2 15 Mark Schemes 19 Assessment Unit AS 1 21 Assessment Unit AS 2 39 Assessment Unit A2 1 57 Assessment Unit A2 2 75 Subject Code 3830 QAN 500/2645/8 QAN 500/2644/6 A CCEA Publication © 2007 Further copies of this publication may be downloaded from www.ccea.org.uk Specimen Papers 1 2 ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education 2009 _______________________________________________________________ History of Art Assessment Unit AS 1 assessing Module 1: Art SPECIMEN PAPER _______________________________________________________________ TIME 1 hour 30 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer two questions. Answer one question from Part A and one question from Part B. Drawings and diagrams may be used where you think they could clarify your answer. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this unit is 120. All questions carry equal marks, i.e. 60 marks for each question. Quality of written communication will be assessed in all questions and you are required to: • answer all questions in continuous prose • ensure that text is legible and that spelling, punctuation and grammar are accurate so that meaning is clear • select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to purpose and to complex subject matter • organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary when appropriate. 3 Part A Selected art to 1870 Answer one question from your chosen section in this part. Section 1 – Greek sculpture 1 Compare and contrast two treatments of either drapery or animals by Greek sculptors, establishing their artistic contexts. [60] Section 2 – Early Renaissance Italian art 2 Critically appraise three works by one major Early Renaissance Italian artist, establishing the artistic context. [60] Section 3 – European art Renaissance to Rococo 3 Critically appraise two examples of Rococo painting from France and/or Britain, establishing the artistic context(s). [60] Section 4 – French Painting 1780-1870 4 Give a broad critical appraisal of painting in France 1780-1870, referring to relevant movements, artists and works. [60] Section 5 – British Painting 1780-1850 5 Give a broad critical appraisal of the treatment of landscape, as background and as a theme in itself, in British painting 1780-1850, establishing artistic contexts and referring to three or more painters and works. [60] 4 Part B Selected art to 1945 Answer one question from your chosen section in this part. Section 6 – Lens-based art 1850-1945 6 Compare and contrast what you see to be two very different treatments of movement in 1850-1945 lens-based art, establishing the artistic contexts. [60] Section 7 – Painting 1880-1945 7 Art historians differ on whether Expressionists’ technical primitivism, in the years 1880-1945, is a strength or a weakness. Discuss, establishing the artistic context(s) and referring to three or more painters and works. [60] Section 8 – Painting 1910-1945 8 Compare and contrast two examples of figurative (or “representational”) painting from the years 1910-1945, establishing the artistic contexts. [60] Section 9 – Sculpture 1870-1945 9 Critically appraise Dada sculpture, establishing the artistic context and referring to appropriate sculptors and three or more works. [60] Section 10 – Irish art 1900-1945 10 Give a broad critical appraisal of Academic and Modernist art in Ireland 1900-1945, establishing artistic contexts and referring to three or more appropriate artists and [60] works. 5 6 ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education 2009 ____________________________________________________________ History of Art Assessment Unit AS 2 Assessing Module 2: Architecture, Craft and Design SPECIMEN PAPER _______________________________________________________________ TIME 1 hour 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer two questions. Answer one question from Part A and one question from Part B. Drawings and diagrams may be used where you think they could clarify your answer. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this unit is 120. All questions carry equal marks, i.e. 60 marks for each question. Quality of written communication will be assessed in all questions and you are required to: • answer all questions in continuous prose • ensure that text is legible and that spelling, punctuation and grammar are accurate so that meaning is clear • select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to purpose and to complex subject matter • organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary when appropriate. 7 Part A Selected architecture Greek-1870 Answer one question from your chosen section in this part. Section 1 – Greek architecture 1 Give a broad account of the three Classical architectural orders, identifying one building as an example of each order’s use. Establish the artistic context and briefly discuss what you think the orders tell us about the Greeks. [60] Section 2 – Early Renaissance Italian architecture 2 Give a broad critical appraisal of early Renaissance Italian architecture, establishing the artistic context and referring to three or more appropriate architects and works. [60] Section 3 – European architecture Renaissance to Rococo 3 French and British architecture within the Renaissance to Baroque periods exhibits very different characteristics. Discuss, establishing the artistic contexts and referring to two appropriate architects and works. [60] Section 4 – Architecture 1835-1918 4 Critically analyse one major example of institutional, commercial or industrial architecture produced between 1835 and 1918, establishing its artistic context. [60] Section 5 – Architecture 1900-1945 5 Give a broad critical appraisal of architecture within the years 1900-1945, establishing artistic contexts and referring to three or more architects and works. [60] 8 Part B Selected craft and design 1850-1945 Answer one question from your chosen section in this part. Section 6 – Three-dimensional craft and design 1850-1918 6 Explain your understanding of the relationship between craft and design, with reference to three or more appropriate practitioners and three-dimensional works from the years 1850-1918. Establish the artistic context(s). [60] Section 7 – Three-dimensional craft and design 1918-1945 7 Discuss the influence of other cultures on European 1918-1945 three-dimensional craft and design, establishing artistic contexts and referring to three or more appropriate practitioners and works. [60] Section 8 – Textiles and fashion design 1850-1945 8 In relation to either textiles or fashion design in the years 1850-1945, compare and contrast the works of two designers which, taken together, illustrate the breadth of design approaches within that period. Establish the artistic context(s). [60] Section 9 – Graphic design 1850-1945 9 Give a broad critical appraisal of Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau graphic design, establishing artistic contexts and referring to three or more appropriate designers and works. [60] Section 10 – Automotive design to 1945 10 Who do you consider made the single greatest contribution to pre-1945 automotive design? Briefly establish artistic contexts and critically appraise two or more examples in support of your choice. [60] 9 10 ADVANCED General Certificate of Education 2010 History of Art Assessment Unit A2 1 Assessing Module 3: Art SPECIMEN PAPER TIME 2 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer two questions. Answer one question from Part A and one question from Part B. Drawings and diagrams may be used where you think they could clarify your answer. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this unit is 120. All questions carry equal marks, i.e. 60 marks for each question. Quality of written communication will be assessed in all questions and you are required to: • answer all questions in continuous prose; • ensure that text is legible and that spelling, punctuation and grammar are accurate so that meaning is clear; • select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to purpose and to complex subject matter; • organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary when appropriate. All questions require synoptic knowledge and understanding. 11 Part A Selected art Roman-1900 Answer one question from your chosen section in this part. Section 1 – Roman sculpture 1 Identify and discuss the peculiar difficulties in characterizing Roman sculpture, establishing the artistic context and illustrating your points by reference to three or more appropriate works. [60] Section 2 – High Renaissance and Mannerist Italian art 2 High Renaissance Italian art testifies to the growing influence, within that society, of scientific thinking. Discuss, establishing artistic contexts and referring to three or more appropriate artists and works. [60] Section 3 – European art Renaissance to Romanticism 3 Give a detailed critical appraisal of one major example of Spanish painting from the Renaissance to Romanticism period, establishing its artistic context. [60] Section 4 – French painting 1860-1900 4 Technological advances of various kinds impacted on French painting 1860-1900.