AREA OF STUDY 3
Professional Art Practices and Styles
This area of study focuses on professional art practices in relation to particular art form/s and the
development of styles in artworks. Students investigate the ways in which artists have interpreted
subject matter, influences, cultural contexts, and communicated ideas and meaning in making artworks.
The use of materials, techniques, processes and working methods of artists to make artworks, and the
ways in which artists have developed aesthetic qualities and styles in artworks are also considered.
Students identify and review the issues, legal obligations and ethical considerations that may arise from
the use of other artists’ work in the making of new artwork, including a familiarity with appropriation
and originality, copyright law, licensing agreements and the moral rights of artists.
In this area of study, students develop an understanding of the selected art form/s in more than one
historical and/or cultural context/s; for example, students may study artists and artworks in an art
form made in different historical periods, or students may study artists and artworks in an art form
in different cultural contexts, which may have been made during the same time period. Research is
undertaken of and appropriate art language and terminology applied to professional art practice and
artmaking. Students are expected to study at least two artists
This area of study focuses on professional art practices in relation to particular art form/s and the
development of styles in artworks. Students investigate the ways in which artists have interpreted
subject matter, influences, cultural contexts, and communicated ideas and meaning in making artworks.
The use of materials, techniques, processes and working methods of artists to make artworks, and the
ways in which artists have developed aesthetic qualities and styles in artworks are also considered.
Students identify and review the issues, legal obligations and ethical considerations that may arise from
the use of other artists’ work in the making of new artwork, including a familiarity with appropriation
and originality, copyright law, licensing agreements and the moral rights of artists.
In this area of study, students develop an understanding of the selected art form/s in more than one
historical and/or cultural context/s; for example, students may study artists and artworks in an art
form made in different historical periods, or students may study artists and artworks in an art form
in different cultural contexts, which may have been made during the same time period. Research is
undertaken of and appropriate art language and terminology applied to professional art practice and
artmaking. Students are expected to study at least two artists