Work sample Visual Arts Stage 2 Work sample: visual_arts_work_sample_stage2_analysis_gradeC_ doc_impression Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or semester based on the rank order of students. Grades should not be allocated to individual assessments. Assessment type: Investigation Performance associated with Grade C, representing satisfactory achievement. Work sample summary This task is an investigation with a focus on the work of two artists, Monet and Hopper. The investigation identifies and describes the main features of two artworks. Description and personal opinion are the main responses to the artworks and limited contextual information is provided. Satisfactory links are made between the case study artists’ work and the author’s art practice. 2010/32176 PDF:2011/13928 Visual Arts: Stage 2 Grade C Work sample 1 Work sample Visual Arts Stage 2 Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or semester based on the rank order of students. Grades should not be allocated to individual assessments. Clearly illustrates the links between intentions for own work and selected case study artists. For copyright reasons this painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) by Claude Monet cannot be reproduced in the online version of this document, but can be seen at http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/ first/impression/ Attempts to place Monet’s artwork in a time and place. Offers some explanation of the art movement, Impressionism and how it gained its title. Analysis of the artwork is confined largely to description with little reference to the elements and principles of art. Discusses personal opinions and particular features of artworks 2010/32176 Visual Arts: Stage 2 Grade C Work sample 2 Work sample Visual Arts Stage 2 Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or semester based on the rank order of students. Grades should not be allocated to individual assessments. Biographical detail provides some extraneous background information. For copyright reasons this painting ‘Cape Cod Evening’ by Edward Hopper cannot be reproduced in the online version of this document, but can be seen at http://www.globalgallery.com/enlarge/22735/ An unacknowledged source is evident in the uneven prose. Describes the main features of the artwork using some visual language. Provides a satisfactory explanation of the case study’s relationship to media explorations and the development of own ideas. 2010/32176 Visual Arts: Stage 2 Grade C Work sample 3 Work sample Visual Arts Stage 2 Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or semester based on the rank order of students. Grades should not be allocated to individual assessments. For copyright reasons this series of five paintings mentioned above cannot be reproduced in the online version of this document. 2010/32176 Visual Arts: Stage 2 Grade C Work sample 4