Art and Design (EDX)

A2 Course Outline

What is Art and Design?
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
Georgia O'Keeffe

Art and Design at A2 requires more analytical thought than the AS. Topics are examined in greater depth and the final exams are longer than the AS.

Students will organise, select and communicate ideas, solutions and responses presenting these in a range of visual forms.

The personal study enables students to research any theme of their own choice, developing a form of outcome which is suited to their interests and ability and encouraging the development of a working visual/written vocabulary and specialist terminology.

What Skills Will Students Develop When Studying Art and Design?

Students will learn to analyse and evaluate critically art and design practices demonstrating an understanding of purposes, meanings and contexts.

To use art and design practice to develop ideas through sustained investigations and exploration, selecting and using materials, processes and resources, identifying and interpreting relationships and analysing methods and outcomes.

Students will gain first-hand experience and critical awareness of works of art and design, research into, and collect relevant data.

Students will develop intellectual, imaginative, creative and intuitive powers.

Students will develop their essay writing skills during the course and will have to assimilate information and present it in a clear and concise way.

Art and Design (EDX) A2 Specification
Unit Three Internally set and marked, externally moderated. 30% of GCE Exam	Coursework - practical work and outcome This unit incorporates two linked elements, each with separate final outcomes: Practical work and Personal study. The investigation and development for both the Practical work and Personal study will be shown throughsupporting studies.
Unit Four Externally set, internally marked, externally moderated. 12 hours 20% of GCE Exam	Externally Set Assignment Submissions must include: preparatory work, including sketchbook(s) and/or a range of preparatory studies making up the supporting studies unaided work produced under examination conditions in a period of 12 hours.

Structure of the Course

This course will be taught for 6 lessons per week. Homework will be set weekly and deadlines must be adhered to. Reading of textbooks and first-hand experience of works of art and design is essential.

Recommended Reading

The Complete Guide to Drawing Techniques and Materials, Colin Hayes Phaidon Press 1993
The 20th Century Art Book, Susannah Lawson. Phaidon Press 1999
Visual arts in the Twentieth Century Lawrence King publishing 1996

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