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integrated computational thinking

Art Pathway B: Explore Art Through Computational Thinking (Overview)

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Step 2 of 4: Understand Artistic Processes

Practice B1 focuses on:

  1. Explore artistic works by highlighting the constraints of the chosen process used by the artist.
  2. Breaking down artistic processes and elements of individual pieces.

Practice in Action

Image Credit: CSDT Henna Body Art

B1.1 An activity using this practice could ask students to examine various henna patterns to identify inspirations from nature that Henna artists use to motivate their designs. For example, the image on this step from CSDT.org examines how an artist might use mango as an inspiration for this henna pattern.

B1.2 An activity using this design principle could have students parse out and identify different components of artistic work, such as what scales make up a melody by decomposing the melody and identifying the scales.