Cambridge A Level Art and Design 9704 — 2012 May/June Paper 1 · Variant 1

This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page. DC (LEO) 49326/1 © UCLES 2012 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number, name and question number on the label provided and attach to the top right-hand corner of the front of each sheet of paper. Choose one of the questions given overleaf from any of the sections. Your work for this paper may or may not be related to work submitted for Components 2, 3 or 4. Preparatory studies must be taken into the examination room and must be submitted for external assessment together with your final examination work. The submission will be assessed as a whole. The preparatory work must consist of not more than four sides of paper (two sheets) no larger than A1 size on which smaller works may be mounted. You may work on smaller paper if you choose. The examination assesses your response to visual stimuli and involves direct observation from primary sources, recording, analysis and 2D and/or 3D development. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work together in the top left-hand corner with the Controlled Test examination piece(s) on top. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. * 8 0 6 0 7 8 1 5 8 3 * ART AND DESIGN 9704/01 Paper 1 Controlled Test May/June 2012 15 hours To be given to candidates, at the discretion of the Art Teacher, on receipt by the Centre. Candidates must have at least three weeks’ preparation time. The Controlled Test can be scheduled at any time provided that it is completed no later than 5 June 2012.

2 9704/01/M/J/12 © UCLES 2012 Choose one of the following questions from any section. Record, analyse and develop your ideas from direct observation and personal experience. Section A is appropriate for any Area of Study and may be chosen by any candidates, particularly those who prefer an open-ended starting point. Section B is appropriate for any Area of Study and may be chosen by any candidates, particularly those who prefer a specific starting point. Section C may only be chosen by candidates who prefer to be offered a specific design brief. Section A 1 Overhanging 2 Aftermath 3 Time-honoured 4 Horizon 5 Arrival or departure 6 Transparent Section B 7 Several different plants in pots and containers are arranged along a window shelf. 8 An arrangement of several different items of sportswear and equipment. 9 The whole or upper half of a figure engaged in a hobby or leisure activity. 10 A view of part of a river bank or estuary. 11 Interpret the whole or any part of this extract. ‘Walking through the extensive palace gardens, containing trees, flowers, paths and statues, punctuated by stalls selling souvenirs and refreshments, it is still possible to find a secluded space. You can imagine that princes came here to escape the affairs of State. Cast shadows stretch across the lawn and finally extinguish the sunlight in the furthest corner near the ancient wall.’

3 9704/01/M/J/12 © UCLES 2012 Section C 12 Using the name NATURE’S ESSENCE, design a logo and show how it would be adapted to suit both a women’s range of fragrances as well as a men’s range. 13 Design the cover and a double-page layout for a brochure advertising a Health Spa called OCEAN’S EDGE. In your layout, include the name, and highlight three or four facilities offered, such as spa treatments, a beautician, a pool, gardens and sports area. 14 Design a large banner to be hung from the entrance to an historic building to advertise its re-opening after restoration. The building’s name should be combined with relevant text and images. 15 Based on insect, reptile or animal forms, design the costumes for two performers in a dance production entitled THE BESTIARY about actual and imagined creatures.

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2012 question paper for the guidance of teachers 9704 ART AND DESIGN 9704/01 Paper 1 (Controlled Test), maximum raw mark 100 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination. • Cambridge will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2012 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.

Page 2 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper GCE A/AS LEVEL May/June 2012 9704 01 © University of Cambridge International Examinations 2012 Component 1: Controlled Test Criteria for Assessment All questions will be marked according to the four Assessment Domains of the Syllabus. Assessment Objectives Response to Assessment Objectives Maximum Mark (i) Individual, sensitive and creative response to stimulus. Personal Qualities (ii) Independence and confidence in concept and execution. 25 (iii) Selection and control of media, processes and techniques. Manipulative, Artistic and Analytical Skills (iv) Analysis from direct observation and personal experience. 25 Aesthetic Qualities (v) The recognition of contour, surface, shape, colour/tone, texture, pattern, structure, form and the relationships of forms in space, and their appropriate use. 25 (vi) Analysis of the idea, subject or theme chosen; suitability of selection and ability to evaluate and communicate in a systematic way. Knowledge and Critical Understanding (vii) Critical judgement and cultural awareness and appreciation. 25 Total 100