SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASK

Year 10 – Critical Analysis “Melbin”

Learning Area: Visual Arts

Year Level: 10
Teacher: Mundie / Montgomery
Due Date: Tuesday, Week 5

Learning Intention:

 Understanding and applying the four-stage analysis plan.

 Using art terminology.
 Evaluation and analysis of an artwork to understand about a different time, culture, and place.

Achievement Standards: (Highlight those parts applicable to this task)

By the end of Year 10, students evaluate how representations communicate artistic intentions in artworks they
make and view. They evaluate artworks and displays from different cultures, times and places. They analyse
connections between visual conventions, practices and viewpoints that represent their own and others’ ideas.
They identify influences of other artists on their own artworks.

Students manipulate materials, techniques and processes to develop and refine techniques and processes to
represent ideas and subject matter in their artworks.

Cross Curriculum Priorities (Shade the priorities applicable to this task)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Asia and Australia’s Sustainability

Islander histories and cultures engagement with Asia

General Capabilities Literacy Numeracy ICT capability

Critical and creative Personal and social Ethical behaviour Intercultural
thinking capability understanding

Description of Task:

For this task, you will be analysing Julie Dowling’s 1999 portrait Melbin following the four-stage critical analysis plan.
Your analysis should be written in paragraphs and answer the questions provided.
Please see attached handouts for a step-by-step instruction in writing the analysis.

Differentiation: (Describe modifications for extension or different expectations)

Students with a low level of readiness will be given extra support in their literacy.
Attached handouts will provide students with a step by step process to completing the analysis.

Teacher grade and feedback:

See Daymap for your grade and comment

 10 Visual Art – Critical Analysis “Melbin”
STANDARD A B
1. Highly insightful
evaluation of how
representations
communicate artistic
intentions in artworks
they make and view.
2. Detailed evaluation of
how artworks and
displays from diverse
cultures, times and
places.
3. Perceptive analysis of
connections between
visual conventions,
practices and viewpoints
that represent own and
others’ ideas.
4. Thorough identification of
influences of other artists
on their own artworks.
5. Excellent manipulation of
materials techniques and
processes to develop
and refine artworks.
6. Highly refined techniques
and processes to
represent ideas and
subject matter in their
artworks.
7. Extensive planning
development and
resolution of artworks
through skilful
manipulation of media
and visual conventions.
Thoughtful evaluation of
how representations
communicate artistic
intentions in artworks
they make and view.
Thoughtful evaluate of
how artworks and
displays from different
cultures, times and
places.
Clear analysis of
connections between
visual conventions,
practices and viewpoints
that represent own and
others’ ideas.
Clear identification of
influences of other artists
on their own artworks.
Effective manipulation of
materials techniques and
processes to develop
and refine artworks.
Well refined techniques
and processes to
represent ideas and
subject matter in their
artworks.
Purposeful planning
development and
resolution of artworks
through skilful
manipulation of media
and visual conventions.
C D E
Descriptive evaluation of Basic evaluation of how Minimal evaluation of
how representations representations how representations
communicate artistic communicate artistic communicate artistic
intentions in artworks intentions in artworks intentions in artworks
they make and view. they make and view. they make and view.
.
Descriptive evaluation of Basic evaluation of how Minimal evaluate of how
how artworks and artworks and displays artworks and displays
displays from different from different cultures, from different cultures,
cultures, times and times and places. times and places.
places.
Competent analysis of Basic description of Partial description of
connections between connections between connections between
visual conventions, visual conventions, visual conventions,
practices and viewpoints practices and viewpoints practices and viewpoints
that represent own and that represent own and that represent own and
others’ ideas. others’ ideas. others’ ideas.
Considered identification Some identification of Partial identification of
of influences of other influences of other artists influences of other artists
artists on their own on their own artworks. on their own artworks.
artworks.
Evidence in manipulation Limited manipulation of Very little manipulation of
of materials techniques materials techniques and materials techniques and
and processes to processes to develop processes to develop
develop and refine and refine artworks. and refine artworks.
artworks.
Adequate use of Some techniques and Minimal use of
techniques and processes to represent techniques and
processes to represent ideas and subject matter processes to represent
ideas and subject matter in their artworks. ideas and subject matter
in their artworks. in their artworks.
Evidence of planning Some planning Partial planning
development and development and development and
resolution of artworks resolution of artworks resolution of artworks
through skilful through skilful through skilful
manipulation of media manipulation of media manipulation of media
and visual conventions. and visual conventions. and visual conventions.