History of Art

Course summary

The subject content is divided into three areas. Visual Analysis, Themes and Periods Visual Analysis: The ability to analyse the formal characteristics of any work of art and architecture is a core skill. Pupils will develop visual literacy across painting, sculpture and architecture from within the European tradition of art, from Classical Greece (500 BCE) to the present. Themes: These are intended to be broad-based explorations of the developments in art and connections between movements and periods across time and place. Pupils must explore artists and works from both pre- and post-1850 and from both within and beyond the European tradition. Periods: The study of a historical period allows pupils the opportunity to research and explore in detail the key movements, concepts, artists, architects, contextual factors and related developments of art and architecture in a specific place/s and across a clearly defined time frame.