In order to have a successful art class, there are several key standards that need to met and understood from all students. Although art classes differ from each other there are four key concepts that are taught in them. The four being art criticism, art history, artmaking, and aesthetics. Students need to learn art criticism because it teaches them how to better understand artwork and analyze the quality of it. This can be taught by picking a specific piece from a time period that is almost symbolic and research things that may have happened. Doing that may help the students better grasp why a painting or a sculpture was done a certain way. Art history is very similar to art criticism, but differs in that art history looks more at art from the past instead of present. Looking at art history help show students the progress art has made over the year and can show them images that depicts certain monumental happenings. It can be taught many ways, but in order for the students to get deep into the subject, it's best to stick to certain time frames. This way students have more time to learn about the history and do plenty of research. Artmaking is just as important for students because it is a way of expressing themselves and to improve their technical abilities. Artmaking requires a set plan that must be very detailed so that the projects are ready to made and students can jump right in. Aesthetics in art help bring together the last three concepts mentioned by raising the philosophical questions. Philosophical questions are very important because students need to learn to think out of the box and need to demonstrate that they are capable of showing a high-level thinking ability. Having four different ideas that every teacher must meet for their classes can seem stressful and overwhelming, but it's east to see that each concept flows right into the next.