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Level 3 Art History, 2012
90495 Examine the context of an art movement
2.00 pm Wednesday 21 November 2012
Credits: Four
QUESTION BOOKLET
There are twelve questions in this booklet, one for each area of study. You should answer ONE question.
Write your answer in Answer Booklet 90495A.
Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 4 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.
EITHER: QUESTION ONE: FOURTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN PAINTING
(a)
Describe the Franciscan circumstances that encouraged the development of naturalism in
fourteenth-century Italian painting, and then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO
named fourteenth-century Italian paintings.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected paintings. Evaluate the
significance of these circumstances for the development of naturalism in fourteenth-century Italian
painting.
OR: QUESTION TWO: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN PAINTING
(a)
Describe the artistic context of fifteenth-century Italy, and then describe evidence of that context in
TWO named paintings.
(b)
Explain the relationship between this context and your selected paintings. Evaluate the impact of
this artistic context on the development of new techniques in fifteenth-century painting.
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OR: QUESTION THREE: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE
(a)
Select and name TWO sculptures by different sculptors that were made as part of a competition.
Describe the context of this competition, and then describe evidence of this context in the named
sculptures.
(b)
Explain the relationships between the competition and your selected sculptures. Evaluate the
impact of the competition on the subject and style of each sculpture.
OR: QUESTION FOUR: HIGH RENAISSANCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANNERISM
(a)
Discuss the circumstances that encouraged the development of humanism in High Renaissance
art, and then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named frescoes in the Vatican
Stanze.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected frescoes. Evaluate the
impact of these circumstances on the themes and style of Raphael’s work in the Vatican.
OR: QUESTION FIVE: VENETIAN PAINTING
(a)
Describe the circumstances that led to the popularity of pastoral themes in Venetian art, and then
describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named paintings.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected paintings. Evaluate the
extent to which these circumstances had an impact on the subjects and style of Venetian painting.
OR: QUESTION SIX: NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART
(a)
Describe the social circumstances in Northern Europe, and then describe evidence of these
circumstances in TWO named Northern Renaissance art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected art works. Evaluate the
impact of these circumstances on the subjects and themes of Northern Renaissance art.
OR: QUESTION SEVEN: CUBISM AND ABSTRACTION 1900 –1930
(a)
Describe the circumstances that encouraged the development of primitivism in art of this period,
and then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected art works. Evaluate the
impact of these circumstances on the forms and ideas of art in this period.
OR: QUESTION EIGHT: FAUVISM AND EXPRESSIONISM
(a)
Describe the aspects of modern life that had an impact on the development of Fauvism, and then
describe evidence of these aspects in TWO named Fauve art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between modern life and your selected art works. Evaluate the extent to
which modern life is an important theme in Fauve art.
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OR: QUESTION NINE: DADA AND SURREALISM
(a)
Describe at least TWO different contexts that encouraged the development of Surrealist art, and
then describe evidence of these contexts in TWO named art works by different Surrealist artists.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these contexts and your selected art works. Evaluate the extent
to which differences in context may account for the different styles and / or forms of Surrealist art.
OR: QUESTION TEN: ARCHITECTURE: MODERNISM TO POSTMODERNISM
(a)
Describe the changes in transport that led to changes in architecture and / or town planning in the
twentieth century, and then describe the impact of these changes on TWO named buildings.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these changes and your selected buildings. Evaluate the extent
to which these changes had a significant impact on the development of architecture and / or town
planning in the twentieth century.
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OR: QUESTION ELEVEN: MODERN AMERICAN ART
(a)
Describe the circumstances that led to the emergence of abstract expressionism in America in the
1950s, and then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named art works.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected art works. Evaluate the
extent to which these circumstances were a significant influence on the development of American
art.
OR: QUESTION TWELVE: MODERN NEW ZEALAND ART
(a)
Describe the circumstances that encouraged female artists in New Zealand to explore women’s
lives and experiences, and then describe evidence of these circumstances in TWO named art
works by one or more female artists in New Zealand.
(b)
Explain the relationships between these circumstances and your selected art works. Evaluate the
impact these circumstances have had on the subjects and styles used by female artists in New
Zealand.