Year 8 Art
READING TASKS
Buildings and Structures
- Archi-doodle by Steve Bowkett
- Archi-Doodle City by Steve Bowkett
- Atlas of Amazing Architecture: The most incredible buildings that you've (probably) never heard of by Peter Allen
- Student Handbook for Art and Design Richard Hickman
Objects and Artefacts
- Great War Artefacts in 100 Objects by Martin Mace
- A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil McGregor
- The Story of Art by EH Gombrich
- Student Handbook for Art and Design Richard Hickman
WRITING TASKS
Buildings and Structures
Imagine that you are going to build a brand new city!
- What would you want your city to have?
- What “wants” versus “needs” will your city have?
- How will you entice people to leave where they currently live and move to this new place?
- What will be special and unique about your city, as compared to other cities in the world?
Buildings and Structures
Try one of the listed tasks on the links to develop your knowledge and understanding for writing about Architecture.
Objects and Artefacts
Utilise the link to explore how you might write about an Object or Artefact.
Objects and Artefacts
Complete the task exploring writing about Still Life. Useful link
LISTENING TASKS
Podcast - Architects
Royal Academy Podcast: The International Architects Series aims to provide a regular London platform for some of the most innovative architects practicing around the world today.
These events feature hour-long lectures by renowned architects introducing recent work and explaining the rationale of their practice. The lectures are followed by questions from the audience, encouraging participation in the discussion and challenging the architects.
Podcast -
Royal Academy Podcast: First pondered by architect Cedric Price in 1966, this question is as relevant as ever. Traditionally presented as an answer to human needs and limitations, technology is now also transforming the way architecture is produced and the ways in which we interact with it, fostering adaptation and change in both individual and collective behaviour. Its impact has long been overlooked, creating an increasing techno-skepticism that is repositioning the human relationship to machines and their subsequent wider impact.
Michael Craig-Martin
Michael Craig-Martin’s life has been as colourful and varied as his distinctive work. He has enjoyed international success with major exhibitions around the world, high-profile commissions and numerous honours.
In this event, the RA’s Artistic Director Tim Marlow joined Craig-Martin to discuss what it takes to coordinate the RA’s Summer Exhibition and to consider the development of his career and the evolution of the art world over the last half century.
In Conversation with...
In conversation with the art critic and lecturer, Gilda Williams, the two artists discuss their new work, as well as experiences creating pieces for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
WATCHING TASKS
Notre Dame
Rebuilding Notre Dame- The Next Chapter
Three years after the devastating fire, Lucy Worsley has exclusive access to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris at a key turning point of the restoration. Work to rebuild and restore the monument is being ramped up in a bid to meet the ambitious deadline to reopen it to the public in 2024.
Amazing Spaces
George Clarke's Amazing Spaces available on Channel 4
George Clarke explores the extraordinary world of small builds, where people turn tiny spaces into the most incredible places to live, work and play. He even tries making a few of his own.
Museum Secrets
Secrets of the Museum- V&A
Secrets of the Museum is a documentary made for BBC Two. It goes behind the scenes at the V&A – showing the work of our curators and conservators – alongside our preparations for exhibitions and acquisitions. The films explore the variety of the V&A's collections, and the complexities in preparing them for display in our galleries.
RESEARCH TASKS
Gaudi
Research the artist Gaudi. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes.
Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work.
Da Vinci
Research the artist Leonardo Da Vinci. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes.
Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work.
Picasso
Research the artist Pablo Picasso. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes.
Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work.
Susan Hiller
Research the artist Susan Hiller. Complete research into, and appreciation of, the work of the artist and their outcomes.
Consider what you have learnt from the research into their practice, career, life and work.
TRIPS AND VISITS
The Tate Modern
The Tate Modern
Tate Modern has over a hundred years of art, from modernism in the early 1900s, to exciting works created today. This includes paintings, sculptures, and more made by artists all over the world such as Pablo Picasso, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, and Jenny Holzer.
Victoria and Albert museum
The Victoria and Albert museum
The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
The British Museum
The British Museum
Discover two million years of human history and culture.
The Pitt Rivers Museum
The Pitt Rivers Museum
'The Pitt Rivers is packed beautifully, and practically to the ceiling with the most wonderful array of ethnographic objects, all soothingly lit and artistically arranged.' Bill Bryson, The Road to Little Dribbling.
CREATIVE TASKS
Art Courses
- UAL offer online Future Creatives courses.
