Art Across Time and Culture · Art History

Art Through the Ages

Comparing how people from long ago made art compared to how we make art today.

Key Questions

  1. 1What materials did artists use before they could buy paint at a shop?
  2. 2How has the way we show 'daily life' changed over hundreds of years?
  3. 3Why do some artworks from the past still look beautiful to us today?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9AVA2R01AC9AVA2D01
Year: Year 2
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Art Across Time and Culture
Period: Art History

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