Pieta Extra Credit

E-Learning Assignments

Minnesota 9-12 Visual Art Standards

  • 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the arts area.
  • 1A. Analyze how the elements of visual art including color, line, shape, value, form, texture and space; and principles such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are combined to communicate meaning in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1b. Evaluate how the principles of visual art such as repetition, pattern, emphasis, contrast and balance are used in the creation of, presentation of, or response to visual artworks.

  • 1c. Analyze how the characteristics of Western and non-Western styles, movements, and genres in art contribute to the creation of, presentation of, or response to artworks.

  • 1d. Apply understanding of the health and safety issues related to creating in art.

  • 2. Demonstrate knowledge and use of the technical skills of the art form, integrating technology when applicable.
  • 2a. Integrate the characteristics of the tools, materials and techniques of a selected media in original artworks to support artistic purposes.

  • 3. Demonstrate understanding of the personal, social, cultural and historical contexts that influence the arts areas.
  • 3a. Analyze how visual artworks influence and are influenced by personal, social, cultural or historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 3b. Synthesize and express an individual view of the meaning and functions of visual art.
  • 4. Create or make in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 4a. Create a single, complex artwork or multiple artworks to express ideas.

  • 4b. Revise artworks based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 4c. Justify an artistic statement, including how audience and occasion influence creative choices.
  • 5. Perform or present in a variety of contexts in the arts area using the artistic foundations.
  • 5a. Present, exhibit, publish or demonstrate collections of artworks for different audiences and occasions.

  • 5b.Revise presentation based on artistic intent and using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

  • 5c. Justify artistic intent, including how audience and occasion influence presentation choices.
  • 6. Respond to or critique a variety of creations or performances using the artistic foundations.
  • 6a. Analyze, interpret and evaluate works of visual art by applying self-selected criteria within the traditions of the art form.

  • 6b. Justify choices of self-selected criteria based on knowledge of how criteria affects criticism.
    • *All standards listed above are from the 2012 Minnesota Art Standards document.

  • Pieta Extra Credit: We have a unique opportunity as a Catholic school to study art in a way public schools cannot. This Friday we remember our Lord Jesus' Passion and Death on the cross. Michelangelo's Pieta sculpture is the perfect image of an event that happened on the first Good Friday when Jesus' mother Mary received his lifeless body before it was placed in the tomb.

    • Research the Pieta on your own and respond to the following questions for 5 points of Extra credit. And then, on Good Friday, remember the image as you meditate on our Lord's passion and Death.

  • 1. What does the word "Pieta" mean and what language is it?
  • 2. How old was Michelangelo when he carved it?
  • 3. What year was it broken by a crazy man with a hammer?
  • 4. Where did Michelangelo sign the artwork?
  • 5. Tell me one thing you are impressed with, surprised by or amazed about the Pieta.

    • To get the extra credit points, Email your answers to Mr. Kulzer (gkulzer@htwinsted.org) on or before 3:00pm Tuesday 4/7 (The last day of school before Easter Break.)

    Due before 3 PM Tuesday 4/7