A-Level Art and Design is a studio-practice subject in which students learn the visual language of art (the formal elements and the principles of composition), the materials, processes and technologies of the disciplines (fine art, graphic communication, textile design, three-dimensional design and photography), the critical and contextual study of artists, movements and traditions, and above all the sustained creative process by which an idea is developed from sources, explored through media, recorded, refined and realised as a personal outcome. It is set against the Department for Education GCE AS and A level subject content and is delivered here through the AQA Art and Design suite (7201 Art, craft and design; 7202 Fine art; 7203 Graphic communication; 7204 Textile design; 7205 Three-dimensional design; 7206 Photography). The whole course is organised by four equally weighted assessment objectives - AO1 develop ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources; AO2 explore and select appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes; AO3 record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions; and AO4 present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and makes connections between visual and other elements - and it is assessed not by written examination but by two bodies of practical work: a self-directed Personal Investigation (with a related written element) and a response to an Externally Set Assignment. Because these notes cannot reproduce artworks, they teach the language, the process and the analytical method of art: how each visual element works and is manipulated for effect, how each medium and technique is actually used, how the creative process moves from a source to a resolved personal response across the four AOs, how to analyse an artwork systematically, and the characteristics, contexts and key practitioners of the major movements and traditions.

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