Stages of Artistic Development Flashcards

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Scribbling stage age & types

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  • 2 to 4 years
  • disordered; controlled; named
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Disordered scribbling - drawing characteristics

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  • large muscles motor activity
  • kinesthetic pleasure
  • swing of arm makes line
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Disordered scribbling - space representation

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  • scribbles beyond paper
  • ignore previous marks
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Disordered scribbling - human figure representation

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no attempts made

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Controlled scribbling - drawing characteristics

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  • smaller marks
  • repeated motions
  • wrist motion
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Controlled scribbling - space representation

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  • stays within drawing area
  • draws around previous marks
  • may concentrate on certain parts
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Controlled scribbling - human figure representation

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prefigural: circles, lines, loops and swirls

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Named scribbling - drawing characteristics

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  • relates marks to things known
  • greater variety of line
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Named scribbling - space representation

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  • scribbles placed purposely
  • previous marks utilised
  • empty space may take on meaning
  • lines become edges of shapes
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Named scribbling - human figure representation

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  • scribble may be pointed out by child as being a person
  • action may be named
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Preschematic stage age

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4 to 7 years

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Preschematic stage - drawing characteristics

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  • geometric shapes for things and lose meaning when removed from the whole
  • placement & size determined subjectively
  • objects not drawn in relation
  • known objects categorised or listed pictorially
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Preschematic stage - space representation

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  • objects float
  • object sizes not in proportion
  • objects distorted to fit space
  • space surrounds child
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Preschematic stage - human figure representation

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  • head-feet symbol grows out of scribble
  • people looking at viewer, usually smiling
  • gradual inclusion of arms, body, fingers, toes
  • distortion & omission of parts
  • clothes, hair & other details
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Schematic stage age

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7 to 9 years

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Schematic stage - drawing characteristics

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  • shows concept, not percept
  • bold, direct, flat representation
  • reflect knowledge of environment
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Schematic stage - space representation

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  • base & sky line
  • 2D organisation of objects
  • no or little overlapping
  • subjective: plan & elevation; x-ray drawings; fuse time & space
  • multi-base lines
  • environment symbolised
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Schematic stage - human figure representation

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  • repeated schema for person
  • body made of geometric shapes
  • arms & legs show volume and correctly placed
  • exaggeration, omission, or change of schema shows effect of experience
  • proportions depend on emotional values
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The gang age/dawning realism age

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9 to 12 years

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The gang age/dawning realism - drawing characteristics

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  • awareness of details
  • awareness of physical environment
  • events characterised, not naturalistic
  • no shade & shadow
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The gang age/dawning realism - space representation

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  • base line disappears & plane emerges
  • objects overlap
  • interrelationships between objects
  • sky at horizon
  • depth through size of objects
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The gang age/dawning realism - human figure representation

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  • awareness of clothing details
  • less exaggeration, distortion, and omission of body parts
  • body parts retain meaning when separated
  • stiffness of figures
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The psuedo-naturalistic stage age

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12 to 14 years

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The psuedo-naturalistic stage - drawing characteristics

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  • focus on parts of environment
  • details become important (wrinkles & folds)
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The psuedo-naturalistic stage - space representation

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  • awareness of environment, only important elements in detail
  • visually minded: depth; draws as spectator; perspective
  • haptically minded: space determined subjectively; draws as participant
  • depict actions
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The pseudo-naturalistic stage - human figure representation

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  • nearly correct proportions
  • awareness of joints & body actions
  • facial expressions vary
  • cartooning
  • person represented by less than total figure
  • sexual characteristics over-emphasised
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Adolescent art age

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14 to 17 years

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Adolescent art - drawing characteristics

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  • haptic drawings: subjective interpretation
  • visually minded: visual details; light & shade
  • mastery of any material
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Adolescent art - space representation

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  • visually minded: perspective; awareness of atmosphere
  • haptically minded: non-naturalistic; portray mood; shift space/distortion
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Adolescent art - human figure representation

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  • naturalistic attempts: awareness of proportions, actions & visible details
  • exaggeration of detail
  • imaginative use of figure