Advanced Level Art

1 session of 1.5 hours weekly

This course will enable the students to:

• Explore themes and ideas through investigation, experimentation and analysis and to generate creativity and expressivity into the artistic process;
• Improve expressive qualities and communicative abilities through experimentation and technical proficiency;
• Cultivate aesthetic and critical judgment;
• Develop a critical approach to the evaluation of works of art within their historical context
• Approach the study of art reflectively and critically, using specific works of art as primary sources.

The Art Advanced Examination is made up of three papers and coursework which includes: Portfolio (10%), personal study (7.5%), visual journal (7.5%), thematic project work (12.5%). The content includes:

• Extended Thematic Project executed in painting or drawing
• Work from Observation: Still-life or Human Figure
• Still-life with Natural and/or Man-made Forms
• The Human Figure – a 3 hour pose
• History of Art

(Based on the Matsec Syllabus Art A Level)

Explore the entire syllabus (topics in detail, pre-requisites, specimen paper and grade descriptors here): http://www.um.edu.mt/matsec

To apply for Art A Level course call +356 21227799 or email us for more information.