Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Modern Art Movements

Content objective: Research movements within modern art and examine how they influence each other.

Language Objective: Do an oral presentation about an assigned modern art movement.

Today you will spend the class researching one of the following modern art movements (i will assign) in pairs:

  • Impressionism
  • Post-Impressionism
  • Expressionism
  • DaDa
  • Fauvism
  • Cubism
  • Bauhaus
  • Surrealism
  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Pop Art
  • Minimalism
  • Conceptual Art
  • Post-Modern Art


You must provide the following information about your movement, plus anything else you found interesting:

1) Time period the movement encompasses

2) A brief summary of the most important ideas behind the movement

3) Historical in uences that led up to this movement, or a mention of what came before this movement

4) If the movement was a reaction to something, what was it?

5) The purpose of the movement--what was it trying to say about art

6) Media used by artists of the movement e.g., paint, photography, ready-made objects…

7) Major artists or founders of the movement

8) Characteristics of the artwork representing this movement

9) Initial reaction of the public to the movement

10) Two to three pieces of art work from this movement, along with why they are representative of this period

This is kind of a webquest—when you have finished answering these questions, email them to me (a.casals@gcnewhorizons.net) FIRST ONE TO FINISH GETS A SPECIAL PRIZE! (no, not money).

Next week you will do a BRIEF presentation about this; You may do a Powerpoint, a display, a dramatization or anything you want. Creativity will be highly valued! Much more than just repeating everything you read.

Good luck and please don´t waste time.


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