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Use these essay guides, question plans and writing frames to help with your critical activity.

Keep scrolling down - there's loads to find that will help you.

There's a free tool available from Filemaker that could help you organise your essays, notes, projects, deadlines, contacts and 'to do' lists.

Use the revision tips to help you with your Higher/Int2 exam. Also check out the visual glossary/revision guide here....

Remember that there's a Google search box specific to this website at the base of each page to help you find what you want.

Movements in art history slideshow and 3D movie available. Youtube version for your mobile available...

Essay + question plans

 

Expressive Essays:
How to structure an expressive essay

 

Expressive: portraits
Expressive: natural environment
Expressive: still life
Expressive: critical guide (general)

 

Ideas on artists to write about....

More artists....

Even more artists, movements & genres....

 

Movements

Slideshow

3D movie

 

Design Essays:

Design essay: question guide

 

Revision:

Revision tips for Higher/Int2 exam

Visual glossary/revision guide

 

Essay Mindmaps:

Expressive Essay mindmap

Design Essay mindmap

 

Standard Grade Essays:

Expressive Essay Homework 1

Expressive Essay Homework 2

Design Essay Homework 1

 

Design
Exploring fashion design
History of bag design
Design Museum's history of chair design

 

Design essay: question guide

 

Design essay: info on styles:
Art Nouveau
Bauhaus
1960s

 

Ideas on designers to write about....

and also look here....

or there are more here....

 

Though you will find a whole load of information at the Design Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum websites...

Writing frames

Compare + contrast

 

Expressive essay structure guide/frame


Simplified portrait essay frame


Keywords

Expressive keywords

 

Design keywords

Essays
Still life - teacher essay

 

Check out portrait and still-life images you have researched in class here...

Worksheets
Stuck for ideas for your design essays and exams? Then check out these Design Critical worksheets and images:

Hat design: Philip Treacy, Jeanette Sendler, 1920s Cloche hat

Lamp design: Anglepoise, Tiffany, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Droog

Fashion design:
1990s - Calvin Klein; Graham Evans; Murray and Vern
1980s - Moschino
1970s - Jean Muir
1960s - Pierre Cardin; Givenchy; Emmanuel Ungaro; Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm Maclaren; Yves Saint Laurent
1930s - Elsa Schiaparalli
1920s - Itylus; Voisin
1910s - Paul Poiret

Jewellery design:
1980s - Peter Chang; David Watkins; Ann Marie Shillito; Linda Lewin; Jack Cunningham; Andrew Logan
1970s - Kathleen Thomson; Wendy Ramshaw; Roger Millar; Dorothy Hogg
1960s - Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins;
1950s - Henning Koppel
1940s - Line Vautrin
1930s - Georges Fouquet
1900s - Phoebe Ann Traquair; Jessie M. King; Frédéric Boucheron

Jewellery examples - headpieces


Bag design:
1990s - Philip Treacy; Issey Miyake; Moschino; Kitty Percy; Emily Jo Gibbs - conker bag, conker purse, tassels
1980s - Judith Leiber
1970s - Mulberry; Chris Clyne
1960s -
1950s - Evans; Elgee
1940s -
1930s - Hellstern
1920s - Madame Belville

Chair/Seating Designers:
2000s - Horgen Glarus
1990s - Ron Arad, Soft Little Heavy; Tom Dixon, Fat Chair
1980s - Ron Arad, Little Heavy; Tom Dixon, S Chair; Robert Venturi; Danny Lane
1970s - Rodney Kinsman
1960s - Joe Colombo; Robin Day; Peter Murdoch
1950s - Arne Jacobsen
1940s -
1930s - Denham Maclaren
1920s - Le Corbusier
1910s - Gerrit Rietveld
1900s - Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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