Art
Art Curriculum Overview
Art Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement
HELPING AT HOME
If you love art and want to keep developing your skills at home, we recommend these websites:
Year 1 – Line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/get-squiggling
Information on Miro painting from National Galleries Scotland
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/713/peinture-painting-1925
Information on Miro’s ‘automatic paintings’
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/miro-painting-t01318
Information on Figures in the Night
http://www.galleryintell.com/artex/figures-night-guided-phosphorescent-tracks-snails-joan-miro/
Miro biographical information
Information on Klee and Family Outing
http://dukemagazine.duke.edu/article/paul-klee-ca-1640
Biographical information on Paul Klee
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/paul-klee
Year 2 – Colour and Shape
For information about Klee’s painting
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483148
For biographical information about Klee see
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/paul-klee-1417
For information on Picasso’s Sylvette portraits see
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140320-im-like-the-mona-lisa
For information about Calder see
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alexander-calder-848/who-isalexander-calder
For National Gallery information on the Arnolfini Portrait see
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-vaneyck-the-arnolfini-portrait
For information about Durer’s Young Hare see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Hare
Year 2 - Portraits
Information about Picasso’s changing style
https://mymodernmet.com/pablo-picasso-self-portraits/
Year 3 – Line
For further information about Henry Moore’s Shelter Sketchbooks see:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-grey-tubeshelter-n05706
For further information about Van Gogh’s drawings see
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh_d/hd_gogh_d.htm
For further information about Hokusai and The Great Wave see https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/19/hokusai-japanese-artist-late-blossoming-great-wave-mount-fuji
Year 3 - Landscapes
For general information on the history of landscape painting see Tate Gallery webpage
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/l/landscape
For further information about Turner see
http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-jmw-turner
http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain/display/turner-collection
For further information about Constable’s techniques see
For further information about Goldsworthy see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy
Year 4 – Light
For information on ‘chiaroscuro’ technique see
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/chiaroscuro
For further information about Caravaggio and Supper at Emmaus see
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/michelangelo-merisi-da-caravaggio
For website give drawing exercise details (requires subscription) see
https://www.accessart.org.uk/show-me-what-you-see/
For information on Vermeer’s The Milkmaid see
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-2345
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/milk/hd_milk.htm
For information about ‘grounds’ see
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/ground
Year 4 - Design in Art
For further information about The Scream see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream
Year 4 – Mythological Paintings
For further information on Picasso and the minotaur see
https://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/picasso-minotaurs-and-matadors--april28-2017
and http://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/theme-minotavr.php
For further biographical information on Picasso see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/picasso_pablo.shtml
Year 5 – Style in Art and design
For information on Rococo style furniture see
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-rococo/
For information on Rococo style painting see
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/r/rococo
For information about Modernism in art see
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/m/modernism
For further information about the Wassily chair see
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/2851
For information about Modernist furniture see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_furniture
For more information about abstract art see
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/abstract-art
Year 5 – African Art
For further information about Chiwara and antelope headdresses see
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chiwara
https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/chi-wara-bamana-headdress-sculpture.html
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310864
For further information about the Kingdom of Benin and its art see
https://www.britishmuseum.org/PDF/Benin_art_Nov2015.pdf
Year 6 – Renaissance Art
For further information on the Renaissance see
https://www.kidsdiscover.com/spotlight/renaissance-for-kids/?wpssrouting=results
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/gallery/vitruvian.shtml
https://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Vitruvian_Man
For background to The Arnolfini Portrait see
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portrait
For further information about linear perspective, including understanding 1, 2 and 3 point perspective see
https://thevirtualinstructor.com/onepointperspective.html
Year 6 – Islamic Art
For further information on elements within Islamic design see
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/orna/hd_orna.htm
For further information about Islamic architecture see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/art/architecture.shtml
https://mymodernmet.com/islamic-architecture/
For more information for children about the Taj Mahal see
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/mughals/taj-mahal/
http://www.fun-facts.org.uk/wonders_of_world/taj-mahal.htm
Year 6 – William Morris
For introductory information on William Morris see
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/introducing-william-morris
https://williammorrissociety.org/
For information about the Red House see
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/red-house
For information about Morris and Co see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_%26_Co.
For introductory information on the art and crafts movement see:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/arts-andcrafts-an-introduction
For more information about Morris and his printing press see
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-kelmscott-chaucer#
and his book “News from Nowhere”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_from_Nowhere