Viewing Japanese Prints
Explore 300 years of Japanese printmaking from 17th-19th century Ukiyo-e to 20th century Kindai hanga. You'll find images of prints, background information on the artist and a discussion of the style of each print.
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Social Studies: History

  Curriculum Standard 16

Students will demonstrate the ability to employ historical analysis, interpretation, and comprehension to make reasoned judgments and to gain an understanding, perspective, and appreciation of history and its uses in contemporary situations.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding that people, artifacts, and documents represent links to the past and that they are sources of data from which historical accounts are constructed.

The Arts: Visual Art

  Curriculum Standard 4

Analyze the visual arts in relation to history and culture.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade eight students will be able to:

• Compare the characteristics of works of art representing various cultures, historical periods, and artists.
• Describe and place a variety of art objects by style and artist, and by historical and cultural contexts.
• Describe how a given work of art can be interpreted differently in various cultures and time.
• Analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade twelve students will be able to:

• Differentiate among a variety of historical and cultural contexts in terms of characteristics and purposes of works of art.
• Analyze relationships among works of art in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture, using their observations to inform their own art making.
• Understand various critical models of interpreting works from several historical periods and cultures.
• Analyze common characteristics of visual arts evident across time and among cultural/ethnic groups to formulate analyses, evaluations, and interpretations of meaning.

  Curriculum Standard 5

Analyze, interpret and evaluate their own and others’ artwork.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade eight students will be able to:

• Compare multiple purposes for creating works of art.
• Analyze the meanings of contemporary and historic artworks.
• Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others’ work by using specific criteria.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade twelve students will be able to:

• Research and analyze historic meaning and purpose in various works of art.
• Defend personal interpretations to better understand specific works of art.
• Reflect critically on various interpretations to better understand specific works of art.
• Analyze and interpret art works identifying relationships among form, context and purposes.