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Level 3 Art History, 2011
90495 Examine the context of an art movement
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QUESTION BOOKLET
There are twelve questions in this booklet, one for each area of study. You should answer ONE question.
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Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 5 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.
YOU MAY KEEP THIS BOOKLET AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Describe the context of a specific art
movement.
Achievement with Merit
Explain relationships between the
context of the movement and selected
art works.
Achievement with Excellence
Evaluate the significance of context for
the art movement.
Describe how the context of the
movement is evident in selected art
works.
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You are advised to spend 40 minutes answering the question you choose from this booklet.
INSTRUCTIONS
There are twelve questions in this booklet, one for each of the following areas of study:
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Fourteenth-century Italian Painting
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Fifteenth-century Italian Painting
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Italian Renaissance Sculpture
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High Renaissance and the Development of Mannerism
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Venetian Painting
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Northern Renaissance Art
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Cubism and Abstraction 1900–1930
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Fauvism and Expressionism
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Dada and Surrealism
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Architecture: Modernism to Postmodernism
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Modern American Art
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Modern New Zealand Art.
Select ONE question, and answer BOTH parts (a) and (b).
The definitions below may assist you in your answers.
Write your answer in Answer Booklet 90495A.
DEFINITIONS
Context:
The circumstances in which artists work, eg personal, social, historical, cultural,
geographical, environmental, economic, political, religious, artistic, gender, class,
and philosophical.
Movement:
A group who adopt a similar approach to style or ideology, eg Mannerism, Pop,
Die Brücke, Cubism, Constructivism, and Feminism.
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EITHER: QUESTION ONE: FOURTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN PAINTING
(a)
During the fourteenth century, several wealthy Italian families paid for the decoration of family
chapels such as the Arena, Bardi, and Pazzi chapels.
Select and name a family chapel, and describe the circumstances surrounding the decoration
of the chapel. Then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named scenes from the
chapel.
(b)
Explain the relationships between the circumstances surrounding the decoration of the chapel and
the two scenes. Evaluate the extent to which the decoration of private chapels had a significant
impact on the development of fourteenth-century Italian art.
OR: QUESTION TWO: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN PAINTING
(a)
Select and name TWO fifteenth-century Italian paintings related to military events or
circumstances*. Describe the military events or circumstances, and then describe evidence of
these contexts in the two paintings.
(b)
Explain the relationships between your selected paintings and their contexts. Evaluate the extent to
which depictions of military events or circumstances reflected contemporary social and / or religious
concerns.
*Note: Military events and circumstances could include battle scenes, soldiers, figures associated with war, etc.
OR: QUESTION THREE: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE
(a)
Select and name TWO sculptures of a figure or group of figures by Michelangelo from different
times in his career. Describe an aspect of context for each sculpture, and then describe evidence
of that aspect of context in each of your selected sculptures.
(b)
Explain the relationships between your selected sculptures and their contexts. Evaluate the extent
to which these contexts had a significant impact on the treatment of the figure in each sculpture.
OR: QUESTION FOUR: HIGH RENAISSANCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANNERISM
(a)
Describe the circumstances in Rome that encouraged the development of the High Renaissance
style, and then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named High Renaissance art
works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected art works. Evaluate the
extent to which circumstances in Rome had a significant impact on the development of the High
Renaissance style of art.
OR: QUESTION FIVE: VENETIAN PAINTING
(a)
Describe the unique nature of Venice that encouraged the development of a Venetian style of art,
and then describe evidence of this context in TWO named art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between your selected art works and their contexts. Evaluate the extent
to which the unique nature of Venice had a significant impact on the development of the Venetian
style of art.
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OR: QUESTION SIX: NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART
(a)
Describe the economic circumstances that encouraged the development of Northern Renaissance
art, and then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named Northern Renaissance art
works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected paintings. Evaluate the
extent to which these economic circumstances were a significant factor in the development of the
rich detail characteristic of Northern Renaissance art.
OR: QUESTION SEVEN: CUBISM AND ABSTRACTION 1900–1930
(a)
Select and name TWO art works by Robert and / or Sonia Delaunay that demonstrate their interest
in modern technological change. Describe their interest in modern technology, and then describe
evidence of this context in your selected art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between your selected art works and the Delaunays’ interest in modern
technological change. Evaluate the extent to which this interest in modern technological change
contributed to the development of Orphism.
OR: QUESTION EIGHT: FAUVISM AND EXPRESSIONISM
(a)
Describe the early twentieth-century circumstances that encouraged the development of
Expressionism in Europe, and then describe evidence of these circumstances in ONE named
Fauve painting and ONE named German Expressionist art work.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected art works. Evaluate the
extent to which these circumstances account for the differences between Fauvism and German
Expressionism.
OR: QUESTION NINE: DADA AND SURREALISM
(a)
Describe the artistic context that encouraged the development of Dada art in the early twentieth
century, and then describe evidence of that context in TWO named art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between this context and your selected art works. Evaluate the extent to
which this artistic context was a significant factor in the development of Dada art.
OR: QUESTION TEN: ARCHITECTURE: MODERNISM TO POSTMODERNISM
(a)
Describe the circumstances that encouraged Postmodernist architecture, and then describe the
impact of that context on TWO named buildings.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected buildings. Evaluate the
extent to which this context was a key factor in the development of Postmodernist architecture.
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OR: QUESTION ELEVEN: MODERN AMERICAN ART
(a)
Select and name TWO art works that challenged social beliefs in America in the late twentieth
century. Describe these social beliefs, and then describe evidence of this context in the TWO
selected art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between your selected art works and this context. Evaluate the extent to
which the challenging of social beliefs was an important aspect of American art in the late twentieth
century.
OR: QUESTION TWELVE: MODERN NEW ZEALAND ART
(a)
Select and name TWO art works that show international artistic influences in New Zealand art.
Describe these international influences and then describe evidence of this context in the TWO
selected art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between your selected art works and international artistic influences.
Evaluate the extent to which these artistic influences contributed to the development of individual
expression in New Zealand art.
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