ICSE (Class XII)
Syllabus (2013)
Subject: Art
Candidates will be required to take three papers, including
at least one paper from Section A and at least one paper from Section B.
Papers 1-3 form Section A. Papers 4-6 form Section B.
Success or failure will depend on a candidate's performance
in the subject as a whole.
SECTION A
Paper 1: (3 hours), Drawing or Painting from Still Life
A group of objects which will be artificial and natural and
may include such things as cut flowers, fruits, vegetables, a growing plant, as
well as domestic or other artificial objects; the group may be drawn or painted.
The work can be carried out, if the candidate wishes, in relation to the
surroundings of the part of the room in which the group is placed. If the group
is painted, the background must be included.
Paper 2: (3 hours), Drawing or Painting from Nature
This paper is divided into two separate sections. Candidates
may offer either A or B. In both sections, the subject may be interpreted
freely, either in a decorative or in a realistic manner.
A. Study of the structure of natural forms such as a spray or branch, which may
include flowers; foliage or fruit; fossils, bones, etc. Candidates are expected
to reveal their appreciation of natural growth or structure by means of drawing
or painting.
B. A subject will be set for drawing or painting outdoors. There should be
evidence of direct study from nature.
Paper 3: (3 hours), Drawing or Painting of a Living Person
Two alternatives will be given. In alternative (A) the model
(who may be a boy, girl, man or woman) is to be placed in an attitude which will
be described. The whole figure must be drawn, together with any necessary
artificial or natural objects. If the subject is painted, the model must be seen
against a suitable background. Clothing should be simple and the limbs exposed
as much as possible.
Alternative (B) will be mainly a study of the head but may include the arms and
hands. Instructions for each examination will be given. Candidates should be
placed closer to the model than for Alternative (A).
If candidates consider that they have completed their drawings before the end of
the examination period, they may make a separate study. Candidates taking
Alternative (A) may choose head, hands or other details. Those taking
Alternative (B) may draw the portrait from another position or make a study of a
part of the head or the hands.
In either (A) or (B) the second drawing may be made on the same sheet or paper
or on another sheet, which must be attached. Candidates are to be told that the
two drawings will be considered together and that marks will not be lost if a
second drawing is not attempted.
SECTION B
Paper 4: (3 hours), Original Imaginative Composition in
Colour
A paper containing a list of alternative subjects will be
given to candidates one week before the examination. The actual composition will
be executed in the examination room after a period of not less than seven days
from the distribution of the paper to the candidates; sketches, or other notes
must not be taken into the examination room. Since this is a test of original
work, it would be inappropriate for any form of guidance to be given to
candidates other than that printed on the question paper. A variety of themes
will be set; these may be given in the form of titles indicating the subjects,
or of specified objects for inclusion in a composition, or in any other form
that will stimulate the imagination. Candidates should base their work if
possible on scenes that they have themselves observed. Any style, or technique,
including that which is traditional in the candidates' own area, may be used.
Paper 5: (3 hours), Crafts ‘A’
Candidates will be required to answer any one question. The
object of this paper is to test the ability of candidates in craftwork where the
material is restricted to flat paper, ink and/or colour. Question will be set
requiring the design and execution of the following:
