Visual Studies: Written Examination


For the written component of the examination, you will study:


l one of the following sections of focus within Content Area 1: Europe and the World. These include: l


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Romanesque and Gothic (c. 1000–1500s) the Renaissance (c. 1300–1600s) the Baroque (c. 1600–1700s)


Realism and Impressionism (c. 1850–1900s) Modernism (c. 1900–1960s) Post-1960s Art.


l one of the following sections of focus within Content Area 2: Ireland and Its Place in the Wider World. These include:


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Pre-Christian Ireland (c. 4000 BC–AD 500) Insular Art (c. 500–1100s)


Late Medieval Architecture and Art (c. 1100–1550s)


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the Georgian Period (c. 1720–1800s) Irish Art and Modernism (c. 1880–1960s) Post-1960s Art in Ireland.


Note:


BCE/CE can be used as alternatives to BC/AD. BCE stands


for Before Common Era and corresponds to the same time frame as BC (Before Christ). CE stands for Common Era and corresponds to the same time frame as AD (Anno Domini).


l all sections of focus in Content Area 3: Today’s World. These sections are quite interconnected and one can be referred to, where relevant, when studying the others. They will help to draw and build on the range of skills that you have gained through engagement in the three strands of Research, Create and Respond and give you the opportunity to experience and study art that exists in your everyday life. This will support your creative thinking, making and reflective processes. The four areas of focus are:


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Artists: Theory and Thinking Artists: Processes and Media


Art as Social Commentary or Commentator Art and the Environment.


Creative Engagement Project


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Figure 1 These students are working with an artist on large batik wall hangings for the school. The images were developed from studies of trees in the school grounds. From left: a. Students hanging their preparatory studies in the school; b. Students learning to wax using brushes and batik tools (tjantings); c. batiks in progress.


Creative Engagement is an arts-in-education programme involving a local artist or arts group who comes into the school. The creative engagement takes place as the artists impart their skills, knowledge and enthusiasm to the students.


Since its inception, nearly 20 years ago, there have been over 1,000 Creative Engagement projects funded by the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD). This is supported by the Department of Education and Skills, the Heritage Council, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.


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