Curriculum Area: Art    

Grade: 9-12

Area of Study: Sculpture

Date Submitted: Spring 2007

Summary of Course

Sculpture covers

Course Objectives:

• Demonstrate knowledge of elements and principle involved with three dimensional design .

• Demonstrate knowledge and identify types of sculpture(in the round, relief, bas-relief)
• Demonstrate skill in creating a sculpture from an idea in the sketchbooks to the various mediums.

• Demonstrate knowledge/ identify works of Michelangelo, Henry Moore, Northwest Coast Indians, Allan Houser, Frederic Remington,Egyptian, Greek, Asian,George Segal, Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder.

• Demonstrate knowledge of the anatomy of the human head and that of an animal by manipulating clay into a likeness of such subject matter.

• Demonstrate various methods and skills of creating a sculptural form by using, manipulation, subtractive, addition, lost wax.

• Demonstrate knowledge of sculpture and basic architecture and how they can work together.

• Demonstrate knowledge and participate in critiques of artist works and student critiques.

Sculpture/ 3-D Design 18 weeks

Week 1 – 2 Time Commitment

2 weeks

• basic design, elements and principles. Sketchbooks and ideas development.
• types of sculpture (in the round, relief, bas-relief,assemblage and various mediums discussed.
• Artist/ Architecture (I.M. Pei, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan) and examples, basic styles and construction methods are viewed.

Week 3 – 5 Time Commitment

2 weeks

Relief, bas-relief design in clay tile for a mural design. Mold making for editions of tiles and technical info on types of materials used for materials. Paper casting from plaster mold.

Week 6 – 9 Time Commitment

3 weeks

Sculpture - clay manipulation. Construct a clay sculpture from a wire and paper armature. Artist; Robert Arneson (Asian, Egyptian, African, Spanish) Clay head, work on proportions of human and/or an animal. Hollow out, dry, fire, make base, paint on patina and display. Construct; Clay Mask of many cultures project. Study of masks and different cultures that used them.

Week 10 – 13 Time Commitment

3 Weeks

Subtractive method of sculpture.Allan Houser, Michelangelo, Greek, Roman, Northwest Coast Indians (Totem Pole), Work in plaster, soapstone, wood. Ideas are from sketches developed earlier. Discussion of tools, balance,patterns, movement, repetition, techniques, artist examples. Sculpture polished and base made for display.

Week 14 – 18 Time Commitment

4 weeks

Lost wax method explored in form of jewelry casting and small bronze casting. Construction of clay image or direct wax and mold to reproduce image. Kinetic/ mobile sculpture (Alexander Calder) Balance, movement.

Additional Materials:

• Scholastic Art “Louise Nevelson, Working with found objects” Vol. 25, No. 5, March 1995.

• Art & Man “Calder’s World , The Art of Mobiles” Vol. 8, No. 1.

• Scholastic Art “American Tribal Art” Vol. 26, No. 2, Nov. 1995.

• Scholastic Art “Greek & Roman Art, Working with the figure” Vol. 25, No. 2, Nov. 1994.

• Art & Man “ George Segal, Working with Form” Vol. 13, No. 6, April/May 1983.

• Scholastic Art” Chinese Art, Working with Sculpture” Vol. 23, No. 4, February 1993.
• Scholastic Art “Sculpting in Clay, Robert Arneson” Vol. 27, No. 4, Feb. 1997.
• Scholastic Art “ New Trends in Sculpture, Working with Volume” Vol. 26, No. 6, April/May 1996.

• Art & Man “ Frederic Remington” Feb. 1985

• Video “Sculpture in the Classroom” Arlene Siegel

• Video “The Mystery of Henry Moore”

• Video “Sculpture and the Creative Process”

• Book “Encyclopedia of Art” The Greystone Press

• CD-ROM “Frank Lloyd Wright”

National Visual Art Standards

Content Standard 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.

Content Standard 2: Using Knowledge of structures and functions.

Content Standard 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Content Standard : 4 Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assesing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

Content Standard: 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Strands

Elements Principles

Elements and Principles Basic design and construction, subtractive, manipulation methods

Mediums/ Artists

Pewter, clay,plaster, stone/Art History - artists: ( Greek, Roman, Asian ect.) Artist; Michelangelo, David Smith, Paul Soldner, Robert Arneson

Art History

Art History - artists: ( Greek, Roman, Asian ect.) Artist; Michelangelo, David Smith, Paul Soldner, Robert Arneson

Reading / Writing (Readings from Scholastic Arts, Students write essays over artists and process of different mediums).

Science

( Students learn about firing methods and clay, glazes, pewter casting, melting temps of metals and their components

Math

Students measure variuos amounts of clay and shrinkage of clay., proportions of glaze and clay compositions.