Secondary 6 Visual Arts
Visual Arts: from visual elements and design principles, through the four-step criticism method and Chinese-Western traditions, to portfolio development and art-historical context — with DSE-style examples and quizzes.
The order below is the recommended shallow-to-deep path.
Units 單元
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核心概念 Core Concepts1/1 live
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1What did Renaissance painting pursue, and how was its space handled?
Q2What did the Impressionists attend to, and what do Monet's Water Lilies show?
Q3How does Van Gogh's The Starry Night embody the turn from reproduction to expression?
Q4What do Qi Baishi's prawns and Xu Beihong's horses each embody?
Q5How should integrated review tie method to context?
應用與應試 Application and Exam Skills1/1 live
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1What should a portfolio present?
Q2What is the principle of theme development?
Q3What is the frame of the extended critique essay?
Q4What are the three basic moves of examination strategy?
Q5What governs the specific assessment arrangements?
Vocabulary book 生字簿
All terms, bilingual (printable).
The thought, techniques and tastes of the age a work belongs to.
The Western period reviving antiquity and pursuing humanist ideals through perspective and realism.
The movement taking easels outdoors to catch the instant change of outdoor light and colour.
The current releasing shape and colour from reproduction towards expression and idea.
The orientation of pouring feeling through shape, colour and touch rather than exact likeness.
The Chinese tradition of literati writing feeling through calligraphic brush and ink.
The creative orientation valuing spirit and interest over exact likeness.
The exploration joining the two traditions in technique and idea.
The review structure linking elements, principles, method and context.
The social and intellectual conditions shaping creation — a key basis of interpretation.
The mode of study developing works and records around a theme over time.
A file presenting the creative process and its outcomes in order.
The process of narrowing a broad interest and deepening it into a theme.
Keeping sketches, studies and experiments with notes on their purpose.
The reflective writing on what was done, what was found and how to improve.
A group of works answering one another around a theme.
A complete piece of criticism with opening, body and close.
The links of continuation and turn between paragraphs that make an essay whole.
The plan of reading questions, allotting time and checking on the day.
Content straying from what the question asks — a common loss of marks.