Art Appreciation · S1 Assessments
Art Appreciation · Semester 1 Plan · Autumn 2026–27
Weights
Under the BNDS A-Level assessment framework: Attainment 50% (A1–A4) · Course Skills 20% (CS1–5) · Learning Behaviour 10% (LB postings) · End of Term 20% (the retrospective). This course has only four attainment items, so no attainment mark is dropped (dropping requires at least six).
Majors (A1–A4 + End of Term)
| Item | You sit | What is marked | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Fri 2026-09-18 | Unit 1 board + justification — close looking, justified adjacency | Group board built on the wall + individual written justification |
| A2 | Tue 2026-10-13 | Unit 2 comparative essay — one claim about Titian vs Manet, evidenced from the pictures | In-class essay, closed |
| A3 | Tue 2026-11-17 | Unit 3 essay — food, the table and ethics, argued from the pictures | In-class essay |
| A4 | Tue 2026-12-15 | Unit 4 synthesis — a constellation that argues across the whole unit | In-class constellation build + written argument |
| EoT | Tue 2027-01-05 | Semester-close retrospective — a semester of looking as one argument, in the layout | In-class constellation, 20% End of Term |
Your mid-term grades (issued Thu 2026-10-29) are based on A2 and participation.
Course Skills (CS1–CS5)
Each CS rehearses the major next to it. You get at least 72 hours’ notice, and marks come back within 5 working days.
| Item | Date | What | Rehearses |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS1 | Fri 2026-09-04 | Darkroom reflection, written in the room | A1 (image as physical trace → U4) |
| CS2 | Tue 2026-09-29 | Ten-frame storyboard, no captions, no dialogue | A2 (reading what a picture decided) |
| CS3 | Fri 2026-10-09 | Storyboard debrief — where the sequence stopped being legible | A2 |
| CS4 | Fri 2026-11-13 | Heda paragraph — every adjective earned | A3 |
| CS5 | Wed 2026-12-09 | Poor-image lab — degrade an image and describe exactly what changed | A4 |
Learning Behaviour (LB1–LB9)
Participation postings, graded on behaviour (taking a position and moving it), not performance.
| Item | Date | Session |
|---|---|---|
| LB1 | Fri 2026-09-11 | U1 seminar: what the first images wanted |
| LB2 | Wed 2026-09-23 | U2 cycle-reading session |
| LB3 | Fri 2026-10-23 | U3 seminar: food, class, who is not in the picture |
| LB4 | Fri 2026-10-30 | U3 hospitality seminar — posted for whoever is present (G12 away, not penalised) |
| LB5 | Tue 2026-11-03 | Second Heda session |
| LB6 | Wed 2026-11-25 | Reproduction seminar |
| LB7 | Tue 2026-12-01 | Floating-world session |
| LB8 | Tue 2026-12-22 | Danto/Warhol day — End-of-Semester Activity, short room |
| LB9 | Tue 2027-01-19 | Return days — carries no S1 weight; it counts toward S2 |