Cambridge A Level Art and Design 9704 — 2013 May/June Paper 1 · Variant 1

9704/11/M/J/13 · 100 marks · ≈113 min

The question paper and its mark scheme, free to read here and free to download. This is Cambridge’s own paper, exactly as it was sat.

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Mark scheme2 pages

Answers below. Sit the paper first if you are practising.

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Question paper, page 1

This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page. DC (LEO) 55977/2 © UCLES 2013 [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. Supporting work 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 supporting 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 securely together in the top left-hand corner with the Controlled Test examination piece(s) on top. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. * 4 8 6 9 5 1 6 3 4 8 * ART AND DESIGN 9704/01 Paper 1 Controlled Test May/June 2013 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 2013.

Question paper, page 2

2 9704/01/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 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 Emergence 2 Façade 3 Juxtaposition 4 A moment 5 Pathways 6 Relics Section B 7 Fruit of various kinds and sizes have been placed in a basket which has been accidentally tipped over. Several pieces of fruit have fallen out into the creases of a crumpled table cloth. 8 A television and a DVD player, on a stand or table, are in a corner of a room. A newspaper, magazine and one or two DVDs are in front. 9 The whole or upper half of a person trying on some clothes for their next holiday. 10 A corner or edge of a swimming pool or bathing area that includes sun beds, towels, and parasols providing shade. 11 Interpret the whole or any part of this extract: ‘Amongst the ruins on this sacred site, convoluted tree branches take on humanoid forms. An imposing gateway leads into a dark, dank walled forest contained and constricted within its stone boundaries. Ahead through the darkness another gateway opens onto a sunlit rocky inlet where monks used to bathe. Here pebbles and rocks sparkle in brilliant sunlight.’

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3 9704/01/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 Section C 12 Design a logo for a theme park called Water Wonders, which offers opportunities for swimming, the use of a water chute and the attraction of a dolphinarium. Show how the logo will be used at the entrance to the park, on a T-shirt and also on a ticket that states opening times and cost of entry. 13 Design a poster advertising a vintage railway line. Include the railway’s title, location and times of opening. 14 Design packaging for a range of luxury pastries, cakes and fruit breads, called Sweet Indulgence. 15 Design costumes for two participants in a carnival procession or street party, based on the themes of Spring or Rebirth and Growth.

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4 9704/01/M/J/13 © UCLES 2013 BLANK PAGE Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

Mark scheme, page 1

CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2013 series 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 should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2013 series for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level components and some Ordinary Level components.

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Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper GCE AS/A LEVEL – May/June 2013 9704 01 © Cambridge International Examinations 2013 Component 1: Controlled Test Criteria for Assessment Assessment Objectives Response to Assessment Objectives Maximum Mark Personal Qualities (i) Individual, sensitive and creative response to stimulus. 25 (ii) Independence and confidence in concept and execution. Manipulative, Artistic and Analytical Skills (iii) Selection and control of media, processes and techniques. 25 (iv) Analysis from direct observation and personal experience. 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 Knowledge and Critical Understanding (vi) Analysis of the idea, subject or theme chosen; suitability of selection and ability to evaluate and communicate in a systematic way. 25 (vii) Critical judgement and cultural awareness and appreciation. Total 100

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2013 May/June, Paper 1 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A70/100
B60/100
E35/100