Cultures in conjunction
Summary of task
Students analysed conjunctions between art forms and artists across time and cultures. They explored the ways that Asian art influenced the West in the past, and the ways that Western art has influenced contemporary Asian art in the present.
They began by researching the form and representation that influenced the French Impressionist artists and identified influences from Japan. They later explored the influence of Japanese art on Australian artist Brett Whiteley.
The students then created a painting that has traditional and contemporary Asian symbolic references. They also synthesised elements of popular culture with traditional Asian composition and a personalised cinnabar seal.
Finally, students were asked to write a response to scrolls made by other students in the class.
Achievement standard
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Analyses connections between artists from different places and times and their influences on each other
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Identifies similarities in symbolism and evaluates the extent of influence from one country to another
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Identifies cultural hybridity in Asian and European art traditions
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Explores the form and representation that influenced French Impressionists
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Identifies cross-cultural links to Brett Whiteley’s art
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Evaluates the use of popular culture and humour to express viewpoints
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Identifies the influence of Asian practices with some detail -
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Uses the printing process to personalise their artwork -
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Carves an image into a block to make a stamp
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Analyses the visual convention of multiple vanishing points in the woodblock print -
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Describes the content of Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print -
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Analyses the visual convention of multiple vanishing points in the painting -
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Identifies the artist Katsushika Hokusai and his woodblock print -
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Identifies the artist Claude Monet and his oil painting -
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Describes the use of colour in the painting -
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Analyses the composition of the painting -
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Analyses the use of colour in the woodblock print -
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Describes the content of Claude Monet’s painting -
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Analyses the intentions of both artists by making comparisons between their artworks -
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Evaluates the influence of the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai on French artist Claude Monet -
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Expresses a personal response to the artworks, giving reasons
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Identifies the artist Brett Whiteley and his etching -
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Analyses the visual conventions of perspective and a circular line to draw the viewer’s attention to the bridge -
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Sketches and compares content and composition of 'Lavender Bay Wharf' to Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print
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Uses line to create movement and frame the character -
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Completes a scroll painting that has traditional and contemporary Asian symbolic references -
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Combines lino printing, watercolour and ink painting techniques to complete an artwork -
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Creates and uses a cinnabar stamp to personalise the artwork with a pictogram -
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Uses a range of suggested textures to create interest and contrast -
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Explores the Asian spatial representation appropriate to scroll painting -
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Composes an artwork that synthesises elements of contemporary and traditional Japanese composition
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Confirms the influence of contemporary and traditional Japanese arts in their choices -
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Details the use of line, and the refinement of techniques in the art-making process -
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Analyses meaning and interpretation of the artwork
