Free HSC Year 11 Visual Arts Flashcard Review
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What three things does ‘practice’ refer to in Visual Arts?
The agency of artists, critics and historians and their work; the structures, positions and sequences that shape choices; and people's perceptions, directions and ways of working.
What is artmaking practice?
A network of procedures, such as researching, testing, editing and reflecting, used to make art in the artroom.
Why are conceptions of practice described as fluid?
The field keeps changing through innovation, technologies and new agents, and older conventions can also re-emerge.
Give an example of a convention of practice.
Making a maquette (a small model) before a larger sculpture, pulling proofs to check a print, or printing an edition of identical impressions.
Distinguish subject matter from form.
Subject matter is what the work is about; form is the physical and visual means used to represent it.
What is conceptual strength?
How well an artwork represents an artistic intention and holds an interpretive position.
What does developing coherence involve (P5)?
Making choices that work together so layers of meaning reinforce rather than contradict each other.
Name three parts of critical judgement in artmaking.
Knowing when an action suits a context; practising toward mastery; experimenting and researching to decide how to proceed.
How many expressive forms must Year 11 students make artworks in?
At least two.
List the twelve expressive forms.
Documented forms, collection of works, drawing, painting, photomedia, printmaking, textiles and fibre, graphic design, designed objects, sculpture, ceramics, time-based forms.
What is the process diary for?
Formulating intentions, recording research, experiments, mistakes, alternatives, technical interests and risk-taking, reflections and teacher–student exchange.
State two safe working practices.
Any two of: work in a well-ventilated area when using solvents, fixatives or sprays; cut away from the body with the block held by a bench hook or other support; clean up clay dust with wet methods, not dry sweeping; store chemicals correctly.
How does ACAH relate to artmaking?
It complements and extends artmaking by evaluating and explaining the significance of artists, artworks, audience responses and representations of the world.
How does judgement differ in art criticism and art history?
Criticism argues a case about the qualities of a work, issue or event; history uses judgement to shape how a case is assembled over time.
What is a value position?
The beliefs about what matters in art that shape how a writer selects and interprets information.
Name four forms of critical and historical writing.
Reviews, catalogue essays, monographs, survey histories (also lectures and online commentary).
What does ‘at a time and over time’ mean?
Comparing how a work was understood when first made and shown with how later audiences have interpreted it.
List five kinds of work ACAH can study beyond painting.
Architecture, design, time-based works, interactive media, ephemeral and relational forms, synthetic realities and emerging technologies.
What is an ‘instance’ in an account?
A selected example (artist, artwork, interpretation of the world, audience response or value system) used as evidence.
What is the Year 11 ACAH focus?
Conceptual framework agencies, the notion of practice and how frames offer different interpretations; case studies may be introduced after broad understanding.