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The Core Content for Arts and Humanities Assessment, developed by Kentucky's educators, is based on Kentucky's Learning Goals and Academic Expectations and has been influenced by the National Standards for Arts Education (Music Education National Conference), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Assessment Framework, and current work from other states.
In developing the Core Content for Arts and Humanities Assessment, the necessity for defining many of the terms and showing th connections among the various disciplines in the arts and humanities became apparent. Using national sources such as the NAEP Assessment Framework and the definitions of the arts from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Core Content development committee has defined the arts as: creating, performing, and responding to dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, and literature. The humanities are defined as: the beliefs, thoughts, and traditions of humankind as reflected in history, philosophy, religion, dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, and literature. The study of these subjects promotes an understanding of the connections among the arts and their historical and cultural contexts and fosters an examination of these common elements.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts: Reference Chart
AH-H-4.3.31 Ancient and lineage-based Cultures Near Eastern, African, European, Native American Visual Arts: African masks. pyramids
AH-H-4.3.32 Pacific Rim Asian Cultures, China, Japan, India, Malaysia Visual Arts: ceramics, textiles
AH-H-4.3.33 Classical Greece and Rome 800 BC-400 AD Instructs and perfects humans: ritual worship. Presents the universal ideal of beauty through logic, order, reason, and moderation Visual Arts: Discus Thrower, The Parthenon
AH-H-4.3.34 Islamic and Judaic 500-700 Worships without "graven images," decorates surface of useful objects. Visual Arts: Islamic architecture
AH-H-4.3.35 Medieval 800-1400Instructs in Christian faith. Appeals to the emotions, stresses importance of religion. Visual Arts: Byzantine, Gothic, and Romanesque architecture
AH-H-4.3.36 Renaissance 1400-1600 Reconciles Christian faith and reason. Promotes "rebirth" of the classical ideal. Allows new freedom of thought. Visual Arts: DaVinci, Michelangelo
AH-H-4.3.37 Baroque 1580-1700 Rejects the limits of previous styles. Restores the power of the monarchy/ church: excess, ornamentation, contrasts, tensions, energy. Visual Arts: Rembrandt, Caravaggio
AH-H-4.3.38 Neo-Classicism/"Classical" 1720-1827 Style in music. Reacts to the excesses of monarchy and ornamentation of the Baroque. Returns to order, reason and structural clarity. Visual Arts: David, Thomas Jefferson
AH-H-4.3.39 Romanticism 1760-1870 Revolts against neo-classical order/reason. Returns to nature/imagination: freedom, emotion, sentimentality, spontaneity:, interest in the exotic, patriotic, primitive and supernatural. Visual Arts: Constable, Goya
AH-H-4.3.310 Realism 1820-1920 Seeks the truth. Finds beauty in the commonplace. Focuses on the Industrial Revolution and the conditions of working class. Visual Arts: Courbet, Manet
AH-H-4.3.311 Impressionism and Post-Impressionism 1850-1920 Shows the effects of light and atmospheric conditions. Spontaneously captures a moment of time. Expresses reality in different ways. Visual Arts: Monet, Van Gogh, Cassatt, Rodin
AH-H-4.3.312 Modern and Contemporary 1900-Present Breaks with or redefines the conventions of the past. Uses experimental techniques. Shows the diversity of society and the blending of cultures. Visual Arts: Picasso, Warhol, O’Keeffe, Dali, Lange, Wright, Jacob Lawrence
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