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Create an Art Movement IB 2Nd Years Critique Monday October 30Th Create an Art Movement IB 2nd Years Critique Monday October 30th Art Movement: An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, (usually a few months, years or decades) or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years. Description: Students will create an art movement by: 1. Choosing 1 or more art movements to study that will inform their movement a. These MUST correspond with the student’s ‘thread’ they already created b. Perform an advanced level critique of many works of art 2. Decide if this movement is in isolation or in a group a. Are there other students whose thread is similar enough to yours that you can collaborate to form a group? 3. Drawing a ‘family tree’ to explain how their movement grew out of previous movements 4. Writing a manifesto which explains the conceptual and technical rules to follow to be part of the group 5. Each student must create their own work which follows the rules of the manifesto but interprets the manifesto differently. a. Will you emphasize tradition? b. Will you emphasize experimentation? Graded according the above info and the IB Rubrics for both Process Portfolio and Artmaking – be sure to take the time to visit my website to review the IB Rubrics schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/Sunday 2 3 4 5 6 7/8 Receive Assignment Get 10 pts for Moodboard and Homework? and watch History of annotations and analysis Modern Art & decide on Art Annotate – finish as Movement to learn homework about- be thinking about your manifesto 9 – 1 HR Early 10 11 12 13 No School 14/15 Moodboard and Visual Response and Visual Response and Write Your Manifesto Homework? analysis possible proposal possible proposal Homework: Write your manifesto 16 17 18 2hr early 19 20 No School 21/22 10 pts Read Work on Final Project Work on Final Project Work on Final Project Homework? Manifesto to other 2nd Years And hang a copy in the window 23 24 25 26 27 28/29 Work on Final Project Work on Final Project Work on Final Project Work on Final Project Work on Final Project Probably have Document progress! and make a final homework reflection page in art journal with a color pic 30 31 Critique for 10 pts if Dress up as your artwork is complete favorite artist for and you are present class photo Turn in completed art journal and artwork for no loss of points Guided videos as a whole group: Write a 1 page Manifesto!=An art manifesto is a public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an artist or artistic movement a. Dada Manifesto 1918 TRISTAN TZARA (document) b. http://www.mariabuszek.com/kcai/DadaSurrealism/DadaSurrReadings/TzaraD1.p df c. Dada Manifesto 1918 (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSXYb5Q_TXw d. Bauhaus Manifesto 1919 http://www.thelearninglab.nl/resources/Bauhaus-manifesto.pdf A Contemporary spin on the assignment: Cyrcle Street Art Manifesto: http://www.cyrcle.com/ Links to research art movements The art history books on your desks The new book in my collection about art movements The art story: http://www.theartstory.org/index.htm MOMA: Art in Themes: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes Google Arts and Culture (art movements search) https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/category/art-movement An Explanation and List of Manifestos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_manifesto Watch this video and annotate the notes below – making notes about what you like/dislike for each movement The History of Modern Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPL-Mm9v8ck Annotate These Notes Associated with “The History of Modern Art” Modern Art: describes a style and/or philosophy of art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in the spirit of experimentation. Modernism: 1860-1970 ● Marks a drastic change is experimentation in our history ● Goes from realistic paintings, to surrealism because of the invention of the camera and use of photography ● Artists can now stop focusing on making things look real as a way to record history, and more on what they wanted their art to look like and represent Aesthetics: The philosophy of beauty Avant-garde: the idea of being ahead of the times, and thus not yet understood or accepted EX: Like the hunger games capitol style ● Many modern artists were considered this, and thus hated and rejected by the public EX: Hitler deemed it unacceptable and destroyed many modern pieces ● Was called Degenerate Art *********Trends that are followed must contrast with previous styles to be “new”******** Reasons for art: Personal and Cultural ● For spiritual/religious purposes ● To honor people ● Political purposes ● To record history and events ● Self-expression ● Aesthetic ● To represent a culture Art history showcases the emotion and connect of cultures and events. They keep cultures alive for decades after. They also increase your awareness of different cultures, ethnicities, or religious beliefs in the world you live in. Art Movements Impressionism: started in France, 1830-1900 [But also had connections in Pennsylvania] ● To capture the effect of light on objects ● How light plays off objects and people in different settings ● To capture the personal impression of what is seen rather than painting accurately Choppy brush strokes and light pastel colors Artists: ● Walter Emerson Baum---- new hope impressionism, landscape in Delaware ● Claude Monet----- landscapes/nature, light at different times of day ● Edgar Degas---- ballet dancers, express a voyeur view point ● Pierre-Auguste Renoir---- most famous impressionist ● Mary Cassatt---- lives of women, mothers and children ● Edouard Manet---- cafes and social life, referred to “painted snapshots” urban settings and people: bohemianism Post-impressionism: Mimicked impressionism, but rejected its limitations ● Thick paint ● Use of unnatural colors ● Use of geometric shapes ● Distorted forms for expressionistic effect Artists: ● Georges Seurat and Paul Signac---- experimented with color mixing, developed Pointillism ● Henri Rousseau---- Jungle scenes, however he never left France. Animal vs. animal ● Paul Cezanne---- Creator/inspiration of cubism, abstract forms from basic shapes ● Vincent van Gogh---- Ate paint, cut off ear, mentally ill, inspiration of expressionism, only sold one painting in his lifetime. ● Paul Gauguin---- Left wife and children for Tahiti focused on Tahitian culture. Friend of van Gogh, purpose for the ear incident, focused on pure color with contrast of heavy black outlines ● Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec---- Green tones, depicted French nightlife, wealthy aristocrat, and super small due to “pure-bloodlines”. Art Nouveau (new art): 1890-1910. Reaction to the industrial revolution ● Nature influenced ● Influenced by industrial/technological advancements ● Household objects such as fabrics and dishes ● Young women in neo-classical robes ● Flowing, movement, soft, organic ● Alphonse Mucho---- Illustrations of young women with luxurious robes and lots of flowers ● Aubrey Beardsley---- Known for delicate pen and ink illustrations that mimicked the style of Japanese prints ● Gustav Klimt---- Large murals with glass and tile. Many of his pieces were destroyed by Nazis. But had printed reproductions of his work in books ● Louis Comfort Tiffany----- Elaborate stained glass pieces. Tiffany Lamps ● Charles Rennie mackintosh----influenced by art-deco. Art Deco: ● Hard geometric shapes ● Strong influence in architecture and magazines Artists: ● Cassandre---- Commercial artist known for his bazar magazine covers ● William Van Alen---- Designed the Chrysler building in New York ● Erte---- Japanese style prints. Fashion and theater designer. Japonism: After the long period of isolation and closed borders, merchant ships came to Japan and began to import their art. Affected by World War 1 and 2: Europe People were torn down and many lives for flipped completely around due to the wars. These art movements were made and supported as a coping mechanism and way of expressing the new mind set of the world. A way to support the reconstruction of society ● Cubism---- Abstract, surreal ● Constructivism---- Took place during Russian Revolution. Included propaganda, supremacism ● Futurism--- From Italy. Similar to cubism. Looking and an object over time, movement. Favored speed, youth culture, violence everything associated with the “New World” ● Bauhaus---- “house of building”. Comes from Germany. Trying to create more than art. Functional objects (furniture). Reduced to somethings simplest form. ● DeStijl-- Had a universal appeal. Simplest form. Appeal to everyone in every culture. A way to bring everyone together to pick up pieces of war. Artists: ● Pablo Picasso-----cubism, drawn influence from ruined cities of war ● Paul Klee---- Abstract, influence of cubism and, used simple lines and color contracts ● Fernand Leger---- Abstract artists. Painted people from distorted lines and shapes. Complex use of lines. ● Alexander Calder---- Sculptor, simple structures with an emphasis on the use of color ● Marc Chagall---- Distorted view of people and animals. Unusual use of color and shapes Dada and surrealism: dada came from surrealism Dadaism: Stated in 1916 Anti-art movement. Ready-mades forces viewers to question the need for art. What makes art? What doesn’t? Defied the art was viewed and made in society. Tried to break ALL the rules and limitations of art as society knew it to be. “Art Pranks” Ready-Mades: Found object used as art. Added to or changed, but the object would be the center of the piece, if not the only material used ● Forced us to question the nature of art itself Artists: ● Marcel Duchamp---- Invented the concept of the “ready-made” sculpture. Protested against “Popular art” ● Hugo Ball---- Nonsense poetry (sound poetry), people believed he was mocking poetry ● Emmy Hennings ● Sophie Tauber ● Hannah Hoch ● Tristan Tzara ● Jean Arp---- Collage with square arrangements. Laws of chance to create art. Created art pieces and poetry. Collages that represented men disfigured from war.
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