Standard 1: Identify and analyze the historical, social, and cultural contexts of the arts.

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Number: SS.912.H.1
Title: Identify and analyze the historical, social, and cultural contexts of the arts.
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Humanities

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SS.912.H.1.AP.1
Identify works in the arts, including architecture, music, and visual arts, from time periods, such as Classical, Renaissance, Modern, and Contemporary.
SS.912.H.1.AP.2
Identify ways historical events, social context, culture, and government are displayed in works of art, such as imperial Roman sculpture, the Palace of Versailles, and the layout of Washington, D.C.
SS.912.H.1.AP.3
Identify works in the arts from various cultures, such as African, Asian, European, the Americas, and the Middle Eastern.
SS.912.H.1.AP.4
Identify philosophical beliefs as they relate to works in the arts.
SS.912.H.1.AP.5
Identify artistic response to social issues (I.e., Victor Hugo and Langston Hughes) and new ideas in various cultures.
SS.912.H.1.AP.6
Identify how current events are explained by artistic and cultural trends of the past.
SS.912.H.1.AP.7
Recognize terminology of art forms (narthex, apse, triforium of Gothic cathedral) within cultures and use appropriately in oral and written references.

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