Fairfield High School for Girls
Tradition. Vision. Learning.
Art
Introduction
Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings.
The course will introduce students to a wide range of media and techniques. In Studying Art at GCSE level, students will be expected to:
- Use and respond to the work of other artists and cultures
- Think up their own ideas
- Estimate the value and quality of their work set against the work of others
- Present their thoughts in a visual way
- Develop more complex work from simple starting points
- Organise their work in an intelligible way so that it is consistent and easy to follow no matter how complex the idea
- Recognise and deal with design problems
- Examine in detail preliminary plans and sketches in preparation for further work
- Use materials skilfully
- Explore materials extensively in order to understand what can or cannot be achieved
Topics Covered
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Fine Art
- drawing
- painting
- sculpture
- land art
- installation
- printmaking
- film
- video or mixed media
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Three-Dimensional Design
- ceramics
- sculpture
- theatre
- television
- film and/or exhibition design
- jewellery
- interior / product / environmental design
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Graphic Design
- computer-aided design
- illustration
- advertising
- packaging
- digital imaging
- film
- video or animation
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Photography
- portraiture
- documentary
- photo-journalism
- environmental photography
- experimental imagery
- working from objects
- still-life
- natural world