I have experienced all three approaches to art: the contextualist approach, the media approach, and the formalist approach. Of the three, I probably was exposed mainly to the media approach.
I have always been encouraged to use different media. The way my teachers taught this was to spend separate units on different media. Some of the media I used was colored pencil, crayon, marker, oil pastel, charcoal, tempera paint, watercolor, clay, yarn, glue, and glitter. I was challenged to make projects with various media.
During my middle school years in art, we took on the formalist approach. This was taught in a similar way as the media approach. Different projects were spent on various elements and principles of design such as perspective, complementary colors, and line.
The contextualist approach was rarely used in my art classes. This was focused on more in my Art Appreciation class as we explored the cultures during the time period of different paintings and pieces of art. We were asked to explain the meaning of artwork taking the culture and events of the time into account.
-Kelly
Kelly, Did you take Art Appreciation class in a lower grade or are you referring to the one you took at UNTD?
ReplyDeleteI am referring mainly to the class I took with you at UNTD. The time period and cultures influenced much of the artwork we dealt with. We did also spend a good portion of time learning the elements and principles of design.
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