This one-trimester course examines the development of modern art movements in Europe and America from 1870 to the present. It includes Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, and Photo-Realism. Students examine the development of abstraction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and follow its evolution into non-objective artistic representation. In their own drawings, students in this one-trimester course investigate the relationship between music and art and the ways in which music stimulates creativity and dictates the mood and suggests styles and components of art, such as depth, line, mass, texture, and color. The class views the Walt Disney classic, Fantasia, and students suggest and share musical selections.
Students review and critique each other's work and local exhibitions.
Painting from Realism to Abstraction During this one-trimester course, students study the evolution of painting from Realism to Expressionism to Abstract Expressionism, seeking to understand the common qualities and special characteristics of each art form. Students review and critique each other's work and local exhibitions. In this one-trimester course the students design and build the set for the school's spring musical. This is a one-trimester introductory course in which students develop basic skills in reading and analyzing music. The course concludes with a brief survey of medieval and Renaissance music.