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Strand A: Creating and Presenting
How artists use materials, techniques and tools, and how works are presented; the museum serves what Islamic artists used and one case of display (A3.1, A3.3).
Strand B: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing
How art works act in a society, how they answer to it, and what careers stand behind them; the museum serves examples from Islamic art (B1.3, B2.1, B2.2, B3.2).
- What art was for The functions of art works in past societies, from the sacred to the political, and their social impact (B2.1). Object × 2Story
- Art and the society that made it How knowing a work's context and its society clarifies what it means and why it was made as it was (B1.3, B2.2). InventionStoryCareers
- Careers behind the art Two careers in the making of buildings and books, and what training each one asked for (B3.2). Careers × 2
Strand C: Foundations
The vocabulary of design and technique; the museum serves examples of pattern, cutting, copying and measuring from Islamic art (C1.1, C1.2, C2.1).
- Line, pattern and surface The elements and principles of design in geometric and plant ornament, and a technique of cutting away for a particular effect (C1.1, C2.1). Object × 3
- Words for techniques, materials and tools Terms for copying, firing, measuring and transferring in Islamic crafts, explained and used correctly (C1.2). InventionCareers × 2