WesternSpringsCollege

MidYearExams2014
Level3ArtHistory
AchievementStandard3.1
91482Demonstrateunderstandingofstyleinartworks.

ACHIEVEMENTCRITERIA

Achievement AchievementwithMerit AchievementwithExcellence

Demonstrateunderstandingof
styleinartworks.
Demonstrateindepth
understandingofstyleinart
works.
Demonstrateperceptive
understandingofstyleinart
works.

EXPLANATORYNOTES

Demonstrateunderstandinginvolvesanalysingartworkstoexplainstylisticcharacteristicsand
identifysimilaritiesand/ordifferencesinstylebetweenartworks,usingsupportingevidence
fromartworks.
Demonstrateindepthunderstandinginvolvesanalysingartworkstojustifyreasonsfor
similaritiesand/ordifferencesinstylebetweenartworks,usingsupportingevidencefromart
works.
Demonstrateperceptiveunderstandinginvolvesaninsightfulexplanationofthereasonsfor
similaritiesand/ordifferencesinstyle,usingsupportingevidencefromartworksand/ortheir
context(s).
Artworksmayinclude:paintings,drawings,sculptures,installations,prints,collages,
architecture,handcraftedobjects,film,animation,photographs,digitalimages,whakairo,
kwhaiwhai,tukutuku,andtapacloth.
Stylereferstothecharacteristicsofanartworkthat,whencombined,distinguishthestyleofan
artist,artmovement,periodorplace.Thesecharacteristicsmayincludewaysofusingline,
colour,tone,light,form,composition,space,scale,shape,mass,texture,ornament,andmedia.

INSTRUCTIONS
YouareadvisedtospendonehouransweringONEquestionfromthisbooklet.
ChooseONEofthetwoquestionsinthisbookletandanswerBOTHpartsofyourchosenquestion.

QUESTIONONE(answerbothparts)
SelectTWOartworksfromtheplateswhichfollow.
(a)DiscusstheuseofformandcolourinEACHofyourselectedartworks.
(b)Explainthereasonsforthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetwoartworkswithreferenceto
newideasaboutartinthisperiod.

OR

QUESTIONTWO(answerbothparts)
SelectANYTWOartworks,atleastONEofwhichmustbefromtheplateswhichfollow.
(a)DiscusstheuseofformandspaceinEACHofyourselectedartworks.
(b)Explainthereasonsforthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetwoartworkswithreferenceto
differentapproachestoformandspaceinart.

Plate1:PabloPicasso,Guernica,1937,oiloncanvas,350x780cm

Plate2:HannahHch,DaDandy,1919,collage,30x9cm

Plate3:UmbertoBoccioni,UniqueFormsofContinuityinSpace,1913,bronze,111x88cm

Plate4:KtheKollwitz,MotherwithDeadChild,1903,etching,39x48cm

Plate5:SalvadorDal,ThePersistenceofMemory,1931,oiloncanvas,24x33cm