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Step 1 ⮚ Pick Conceptual Framework Question 1 Question on Conceptual Framework

Conceptual Framework : system used to highlight and explain all the information and ideas that consist within and about an artwork Consists of 4 agencies ; 1) Artist – who is the artist, intentions, influences, creation and materials of artwork 2) Artwork – what is the artwork ( Sculpture, painting, etc) & materials, how does the artwork make the audience feel, signs and symbols in the artwork, name and date of artwork 3) Audience – intended audience, are intentions of artists conveyed to audience, has audience and meaning to audience changed over time, how does audience relate to the artwork 4) World – what type of world is the artwork ( Artists personal world, physical world, etc ), has artist or artwork influenced todays world, what do we learn about the world at the time through the artwork, was artist influenced by world events

Step 2 ⮚ Understand HSC glossary terms Analyse Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications Assess Make a judgement of value, quality, outcomes, results or size Compare Show how things are similar or different Critically (analyse/evaluate) Add a degree or level of accuracy depth, knowledge and understanding, logic, questioning, reflection and quality to (analyse/evaluate)

Discuss Identify issues and provide points for and/or against Evaluate Make a judgement based on criteria; determine the value of Investigate Plan, inquire into and draw conclusions about To What Extent make a judgement of how much an artwork fills certain criteria or relates to certain statements

Step 3 ⮚ Thesis statement/ intro Introductory statement using wording of Question Concisely pinpoint your concept for your response, and specifically reveal guidelines of response

Step 4 ⮚ Secondary intro Scaffold for Conceptual Framework 1. Eugene Delacroix was a French romanticist painter who was a friend and pupil of arguably the most famous romanticist painter, Theodore Gericault. Under Gericault, Delacroix emulated his subtle political commentary style and developed a unique approach to colour, influenced by artists such as Michelangelo. His ability to show emotion within his works is seen in Liberty Leading the People ( 1830 ), portraying the French revolution against Charles X in 1830, symbolising Liberty as a woman leading the people to freedom. 2. Gericault’s romanticist art style would influence George Gittoes, a Australian social realist artist who’s works emphasize socio-political problems in some of the world’s most problematic regions. His contemporary interpretation of these situations can be seen in his works Death and the boy ( 1994 ) which reflects on the massacres by the Khmer rouge after the Cambodian civil war and The Preacher 11 ( 1995 ), an intense image of a Rwandan preacher moments before the massacre in the Kibeho camp. 3. Much like Gericault and Gittoes, conceptual artist Ai Wei Wai challenged traditional notions of art, that the aesthetic was more important than the concept. Ai Wei Wei used his art as a form of resistance against the oppressive Chinese regime, who restricted social and political opinions of the Chinese people. This is observed in his works Remembering ( 2009 ), an installation that remembers the collapse of 7,000 schoolrooms that left many students dead, protesting against the Chinese government's response to the incident. His Study of perspective series ( 1995 – 2003 ) reflects his disdain for political power and symbols of power, reflecting on places such as Tiananmen Square gate, once the entrance to the forbidden city and also the Tiananmen square massacre in 1989.

Step 5 ⮚ Early body Explicitly state/define the content area referenced in the question ( Conceptual Framework ) Link the quote/statement provided in the question to one of the content areas Thesis/Secondary Intro/Early body has to prove understanding of question & Knowledge to shape deep response

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Topic sentence : Topic of paragraph Evidence/ examples Analyses/Explanation Concluding sentence/link

Step 6 ( Artist 1 : Eugene Delacroix ) ⮚ Body Paragraph 1 ( Artist ) o Context : Delacroix was a French painter and is widely seen as the leader of the romanticism movement, his works primarily consisting of contemporary history and were painted with emotion over order, reflecting a shift in modern art. Delacroix art style was heavily influenced by Gericault, painting in a romanticist style, incorporating subtle political commentaries whilst highlighting prevalent social issues or events. o Examine Delacroix in relation to question o Use statements from Intro and secondary intro Body Paragraph 2 ( Delacroix’s Liberty leading the people ( 1830 ) ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Link to Question Context of Liberty Leading the people ( 1830 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Represents the Parisian revolution against Charles X of France, 1830 ⮚ Delacroix painted out of patriotism for France as he did not actually fight o Felt it was his duty to paint this like it was the revolutionists duty to fight ⮚ Delacroix was touched by how all the social classes combined to fight under a common cause, showing their outrage for breaking of constitution o Paid homage to the French People Analysis of Liberty Leading the People ( 1830 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Large Canvas, oil painting o Increases impact of work onto people ⮚ 2 Triangular formation o Bottom Triangle : Dead soldiers at the bottom o Top Triangle : Liberty o Helps provide a balance throughout the artwork

⮚ Colours o Central, French flag painted in bright colours to attract the viewer o Colour and design of clothing represents the joining of all social classes under 1 common goal o Repetition of French colours to highlight the power of the French people ⮚ Light o Cloud and sunlight behind the head of liberty to highlight and emphasize her power o Light on the fallen man represents the price of freedom, lives Public Reaction to Liberty Leading the People ( 1830 ) ( Audience ) ⮚ Contemporary France o Was not available for public view until after Delacroix’s death ( 1863 ) o Critics did not know how to respond to or analyse the work as they were not used to reality, fiction, symbolism and documentary in one artwork ⮚ Posthumous o Was seen more positively but would receive much more fame later on o Moved to Museum of Luxembourg in 1863, same year Delacroix died o Moved to Louvre in 1874 ⮚ Modern Reception o Seen as a masterpiece of romantic work o Seen as unique and different from other romantic paintings Society around Liberty Leading the People ( 1863 ) ( World ) ⮚ Artwork reflected the world around Eugene Delacroix in 1830 ⮚ Painting has inspired other prominent works o Statue of Liberty, made 50 years after painting, was based off Liberty in the painting ⮚ Delacroix influenced other famous, future artists o His artistic ability, specifically his use of colours would be of great influence to artists such as Van Gogh

Step 7 ( Artist 2 : George Gittoes ) ⮚ Body Paragraph 1 ( Artist ) o Context : Much like Delacroix, Australian artist George Gittoes’ works often highlight social injustices or conflict. His art style is influenced by many other practices such as Cubism, Surrealism, and expressionism with artists such as Gericault, Delacroix and Goya’s romanticist and Baroque art. His mediums include photography, film making and painting, his works coming from his own personal experiences, critic Silke Muller stating “The mediums used by Gittoes are conventional. His experience is not.” Body Paragraph 2 ( Death and the Boy ( 1994 ) )( Artwork ) ⮚ Link to Question

Context of Death and the Boy ( 1994 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Represents the Cambodian genocide from 1975 – 1979 where 1.5 – 2 million Cambodians were massacred under the rule of the Khmer Rouge ⮚ Khmer rouge exploited thousands of children to conduct mass murders ⮚ Targeted ethnic groups, intellectuals, anyone who could or thought of rebelling against the Khmer Rouge Analysis of Death and the Boy ( 1994 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Large sketch drawing on paper o Increases impact of the work onto people ⮚ 2 central figures o Skeleton and Boy o Creates a contrast between the living and dead o Gittoes “ His home is with the dead “ ⮚ Lack of colours o Symbolic use of black and white o White for innocence, black for death ⮚ Boy o Relaxed position o Highlights severity of massacre, children brainwashed and take it nonchalantly and believe it to be normal Public Reaction to Death and the Boy ( 1994 ) ( Audience ) ⮚ Much like his other works, his intention is to show the atrocious acts people do on one another in war ⮚ Although shocking and confronting, it presents the viewer with the truth ⮚ Represents the heart of human darkness Society around Death and the Boy ( 1994 ) ( World ) ⮚ Artwork reflected Cambodian life when Gittoes visited ⮚ Provides the same message as his other works, highlights human conflicts and its consequences ⮚ Provides society with the truth through an intense, raw depiction Body Paragraph 3 (The Preacher 11 ( 1995 )) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Link to Question Context of The Preacher 11 ( 1995 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ During the time of the Kibeho massacre in Rwanda, 1995 ⮚ People had already been massacred when he met the preacher ⮚ The surviving people were calm, united under a prayer to god, the preacher leading them Analysis of The Preacher 11 ( 1995 ) ( Artwork )

⮚ Large oil painting on canvas o Increases the impact of the work onto people ⮚ Smooth painting of figure contrasting with jagged purple and black brushstrokes in the background o Reflects how the figure was calm amongst the chaos through his bible ⮚ Posture of the man with his bible o Demonstration of the power of faith to both save lives and to face death with grace ⮚ Figurative but expressive painting o Focuses on the human figure whilst representing the tools that made the painting, paint and a brush ⮚ Communicates through body language

Public reaction to The Preacher 11 ( 1995 ) ( Audience ) ⮚ Makes the audience aware of the suffering of Rwandan people ⮚ Horrific subject matter incites compassion and a sense of justice in the viewer Society around The Preacher 11 ( 1995 ) ( World ) ⮚ Many regions in Asia and Africa were experiencing conflict ⮚ Provides a raw image of the scenes in Rwanda ⮚ Death was a common occurrence within the massacres

Step 8 ( Artist 3 : Ai Wei Wei ) ⮚ Body Paragraph 1 ( Artist ) o Context : Much like Gittoes and Delacroix, Ai Wei Wei used his platform as an artist to highlight issues within society, specifically criticising the restriction of expression and freedom created by the Chinese Government. After being educated in New York and then returning to China, he felt the differences between the two societies and refused to conform. His sculpture based works were inspired by the ready-mades of conceptual artist Duchamp, integrating these ideas into installations to break free from the restrictions of an art gallery bridging the gap between visual and social. Body Paragraph 2 ( Study of Perspective series ( 1995 – 2017 )) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Link to Question Context of Study of Perspective series ( 1995 – 2017 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Travelled to important sights around the world ⮚ Ai Wei Wei had a distaste for state powers around the world as they restricted freedom and democratic values Analysis of Study of Perspective series ( 1995 – 2017 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Middle finger pointed at different buildings o Arm and finger dominate the foreground, blocks full vision of each building

o Play on perspective, the scale of the buildings versus personal viewpoints o ⮚ Use of Buildings o Buildings represent institutions that restrict free speech or empowerment of people o No people in composition, Ai Wei Wei realised that the people will be the ones to change the institution and rules of freedom ⮚ Perspective o The object closer to the eye appears closer o Uses his finger and building to represent that our values and opinions are larger than the institutions that attempt to define these values for us Public reaction to Study of Perspective series ( 1995 – 2017 ) ( Audience ) ⮚ Ai Wei Wei was arrested and interrogated by Police o Said it was about Feudalism, Interrogators could not deny Ai Wei Wei’s claims but were aware of a second meaning ⮚ Following his arrest, people began uploading similar photos to social media o Not only highlighted social issues, gathered support and inspired other activists Society around Study of Perspective series ( 1995 – 2017 ) ( World ) ⮚ Society, especially China’s, was heavily restricted in the knowledge they obtain Body Paragraph 3 ( Remembering ( 2009 ) ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Link to Question Context of Remembering ( 2009 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ May 12, 2008, powerful earthquake in Sichuan o 70,000 dead o 4.8 million homeless o 7,000 schoolrooms collapsed ⮚ May 22, 2008, Ai Wei Wei led a team to survey and film the earthquake conditions o Began compiling names of Victims, writing blogs, creating related works ▪ In protest of China's response to the earthquake o Government shutdown blogs o Police hit him on the head, suffered near fatal blood clot o Found the number of dead himself, a figure the government would not clarify ⮚ Was deeply moved by the incident due to China’s silence on the incident, wanted to highlight the negligence Analysis of Remembering ( 2009 ) ( Artwork ) ⮚ Large scale installation in Munich o Creates larger impact on viewers ⮚ Installation Composed of 9,000 backpacks that spell “for seven years she lived happily on this earth”

o Highlights the children that died due to the neglect of the Chinese government to build better structures o Used to make the viewer sentimental and consider the lack of transparency of the Chinese Government ⮚ Use of Colour in Backpacks o Reflects the lost joy and innocence of the children o Colours also used in Toys r us logo

Public reaction to Remembering ( 2009 ) ( Audience ) ⮚ Chinese government continued to block his blogs and communications on social media o Was placed in jail again ⮚ Helped highlight the carelessness of the Chinese government and the corruption in constructing the school, that there was nowhere safe to go to World around Remembering ( 2009 ) ( World ) ⮚ 2008 was a time of tightening restrictions on freedom of association, expression and religion ⮚ Tens of thousands of public protests against the corrupt government

Step 9 ( Conclusion ) ⮚ Respond to HSC glossary word in the Question ⮚ Return back to the thesis...