RESEARCH

UNIT 1 ART OUTCOME 1: Rubric for artwork analysis

Each task will be assessed according to the following criteria :
Stage
Skills in synthesizing
relevant information
from a range of
resources
Use of quotes,
footnoting and
bibliography
Understanding of how
the artists personal
life, experiences and
beliefs influenced the
artwork

ANALYSIS

Description and
analysis of Subject and
Symbolism

Analysis of Formal
Elements

Analysis of Technique

IN CLASS

RESOLU-TION

Interpretation of
Meanings and
Messages

Use of Art
Terminology

Attitude, approach &

level of engagement

YEAR 11 ART/PAINTING, ASSESSMENT RUBRIC: Written Tasks

Emergent (1)
Developing (2)
Established (3)
Little evidence of
Some evidence of
Consistent evidence of
appropriate skills in
appropriate skills in
appropriate skills in
synthesizing relevant
synthesizing relevant
synthesizing relevant
information from a
information from a
information from a
range of resources
range of resources
range of resources
Little evidence of
Some evidence of
Consistent evidence of
appropriate use of
appropriate use of
appropriate use of
quotes, footnoting and
quotes, footnoting and
quotes, footnoting and
bibliography
bibliography
bibliography
Little evidence of
Some evidence of
Consistent evidence of
appropriate
appropriate
appropriate
understanding of how
understanding of how
understanding of how
the artists personal life, the artists personal life, the artists personal life,
experiences and beliefs
experiences and beliefs
experiences and beliefs
influenced the artwork
influenced the artwork
influenced the artwork
Little evidence of
Some evidence of
Consistent evidence of
appropriate
appropriate
appropriate
understanding of how
understanding of how
understanding of how
the subject and
the subject and
the subject and
symbolism affect the
symbolism affect the
symbolism affect the
mood and/or meaning
mood and/or meaning
mood and/or meaning
of an artwork
of an artwork
of an artwork
Little evidence of an
Some evidence of an
Consistent evidence of
appropriate
appropriate
an appropriate
understanding how the
understanding how the
understanding how the
formal elements create
formal elements create
formal elements create
mood and/or meaning in mood and/or meaning in mood and/or meaning in
an artwork
an artwork
an artwork
Little evidence of an
Some evidence of an
Consistent evidence of
appropriate
appropriate
an appropriate
understanding how the
understanding how the
understanding how the
technique create mood
technique create mood
technique create mood
and/or meaning in an
and/or meaning in an
and/or meaning in an
artwork
artwork
artwork
Little evidence of an
Some evidence of an
Consistent evidence of
understanding of how
understanding of how
an understanding of
Subject, Symbolism,
Subject, Symbolism,
how Subject,
Formal Elements and
Formal Elements and
Symbolism, Formal
Technique combine to
Technique combine to
Elements and
create meaning
create meaning
Technique combine to
create meaning
Little understanding of
Some understanding of
Consistent evidence of
the appropriate use of
the appropriate use of
an understanding of the
Art terminology.
Art terminology.
appropriate use of Art
terminology.
Rarely engaged
Rarely heeds advice
Rarely shows initiative
in problem solving

Sometimes engaged
Sometimes heeds
advice
Some initiative in
problem solving

SCALE: A = 36-31, B = 30-25, C = 24-21, D = 20-18, E = 17-14

COMMENT

Usually engaged
Usually heeds advice
Evident initiative in
problem solving

Extended (4)
Highly appropriate
skills in synthesizing
relevant information
from a range of
resources
Highly appropriate use
of quotes, footnoting
and bibliography
Highly appropriate
analysis of how the
artists personal life,
experiences and beliefs
can influenced the
artwork
Highly appropriate and
effective analysis of
subject and symbolism

Highly appropriate and

effective analysis of
formal elements.

Highly effective and

appropriate analysis of
technique.

Highly effective and

insightful interpretation
of meanings and
messages

Highly effective and

innovative use of Art
terminology.
Consistently engaged
Consistently heeds
advice
High degree of initiative
in problem solving
TOTAL:

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