Modern Art

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Art theory Unit
Week 1.
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*Artists and Machinery
* The industrial revolution led to lots of
new mechanical forms:
* Machines
* Engines
* Inventions
* Buildings
* Remember artists are always effected
by what is around them.
* Ask yourself what is around you?
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*Can you list 3 differences between these two
pictures?
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*Before Modern Art
*1. Portraits
*2. Religion and Mythology
*3. Scenes of everyday life
*4. Historical Events
*5. Landscapes
*6. Still life
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*Before Modern Art -
Examples
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*Portraits
*People have always liked
having their likeness recorded
for posterity but only the rich
could afford it.

*Q: What does posterity mean?
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*Religion and Mythology
*Scenes from the Bible and from Greek and
Roman legends provided colourful and
morally instructive subject-matter.
*Q: What does Moral mean?
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*Scenes of everyday
life.
*As society became
more and more
democratic, demand
grew for pictures
which could be easily
understood without a
classical or religious
education.
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*Historical Events
*Those in power wanted to record
important events, particularly
when they were the heroes or
victors.
*Landscapes
*Nostalgia for the unspoiled
natural world grew as
western society became
more and more
industrialised.

*Q: What do you understand
from the word
industrialised?
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*Still Life
*Artists sometimes painted
objects for their symbolic
qualities, but as often their
own sake.

*Q: What does Symbolic
mean?
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* Use the circle map to recap what the
subject matter for pre modern art
consisted of.
Pre-
Modern
art
1. A2 sheet of observational drawing x 4
drawings x 2 with tone. (2 weeks)
2. A2 sheet of mixed media, printing,
monochromatic study, pencil study and
ceramic investigation. (2 weeks)
3. A2 Cubism workshop. (1 week)
4. A2 Photography workshop, mounted sheet
with annotation. (1 week)
5. A3 painting of photo with grid (1 week)
6. A2 sheet mixed media with chalk &
charcoal (1 week)
7. A3/A2 sheet mixed media with texture (
1 week)
8. 3 final design ideas must have annotation
(1 week)
9. Final piece A2/A3 ( 3 weeks)

1. 2-4 pages summary of pre-
modern art
2. 2-4 pages - Impressionism
3. 2-4 pages post
impressionism
4. 2-4 pages Cubism
5. 2-4 pages Futurism
6. 2-4pages - Expressionism
7. 2-4 pages Pop Art
8. 2-4 pages Abstract art
9. 4-6 pages your chosen
artist and how the work
links to your final piece
assignment is 3 weeks.
*Mechanical forms check
list
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4 pages per week.
Please include
Designed title pre modern
art.
Copy of Mona Lisa draw the
grid in your book.
Before modern art
information.
Use 1 of the subject matters
we have discussed in class
and investigate this subject
matter. Go no further than
1800.


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* Can you list the subject matter for
art before the 19
th
Century?
* Create a title and illustrate it, look
at the teacher example to help with
your ideas.
* You will need to arrange and design
your research page.
*Main task:
*You will produce a refined copy of a piece
of Pre-Modern Art, you will complete this
for Homework.


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Art practical Unit
Week 1.
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*Underst
anding
Modern
Art
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You
AO1 - Photography AO1 - Drawing AO2 - Research
Artists AO3 -Sculpture
AO2/3 - Copy
AO3 - Experiment
AO4 -New Ideas
AO3 - Abstraction AO3 - Printing
AO3 - Digital Manipulation
Me / Tutor
IGCSE
structure
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*You need to produce 3
drawings
*Pencil only
*A2 paper
*Mechanical object from
different viewpoints
1. A2 sheet of observational drawing x 4
drawings x 2 with tone. (2 weeks)
2. A2 sheet of mixed media, printing,
monochromatic study, pencil study and
ceramic investigation. (2 weeks)
3. A2 Cubism workshop. (1 week)
4. A2 Photography workshop, mounted sheet
with annotation. (1 week)
5. A3 painting of photo with grid (1 week)
6. A2 sheet mixed media with chalk &
charcoal (1 week)
7. A3/A2 sheet mixed media with texture (
1 week)
8. 3 final design ideas must have annotation
(1 week)
9. Final piece A2/A3 ( 3 weeks)

1. 2-4 pages summary of pre-
modern art
2. 2-4 pages - Impressionism
3. 2-4 pages post
impressionism
4. 2-4 pages Cubism
5. 2-4 pages Futurism
6. 2-4pages - Expressionism
7. 2-4 pages Pop Art
8. 2-4 pages Abstract art
9. 4-6 pages your chosen
artist and how the work
links to your final piece
assignment is 3 weeks.
*Mechanical forms check
list
Art theory Unit
Week 2.
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*Underst
anding
Modern
Art
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*What Changed?
*The invention of photography in the 1830s
encouraged artists to paint with an even
greater degree of realism at first but as the
19
th
century wore on some artists began to
question the need for art to refer to the
outside world at all. This eventually led to the
development of Abstract Art.
*Q. What was happening in the developing world
at this time?
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*Modern art
movements
*As artists began to experiment with new styles
and techniques they gathered in groups to talk
about their ideas. Artists with similar aims
sometimes formed a movement. This helped
develop confidence through solidarity and also
gave the movement more authority as groups
of artists tended to be taken more seriously.
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Modern
Art
Impressionism
Post -
impressionism
Cubism
Futurism
Impressionism
Use a Mind Map technique to
make notes during this session
*Impressioni
sm
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Garden at SainteAdresse, 1867
Claude Monet
The Dance Class, 1874
Edgar Degas (French, 18341917)
Oil on canvas; 32 3/4 x 30 1/4 in. (83.2
x 76.8 cm)
The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874
douard Manet (French, 18321883)
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm
* http://youtu.be/nIhc8qsJXIA
*Time code - 5:12-8:51
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* Use the circle map and write down the 3
main Artists we have discussed so far.
Imp
Degas
Monet
Boudin
Week 2
Independent
study task
You will need to
research the art
movement
impressionism
And choose at least
1 artist to research.
Ext:
Can you find another
artist?
You could research
more than one.
Art History
Research
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Make
sure you
use their
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Art practical Unit
Week 2.
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*Underst
anding
Modern
Art
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*You need to produce 3
drawings
*Pencil only
*A2 paper
*Mechanical object from
different viewpoints
*You will begin to focus
on tonal shading on at
least one of the objects.
*AO1 - Observational
Drawing
Drawing
Line Tone/Shading Abstraction
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* Most people take seeing pretty much for granted; after all, you use your
eyes all the time, dont you?
* But when was the last time you really observed something?
* The point about observation is that it should make you focus in on the
subject you are drawing so that you begin to understand how it is made,
and not just what its outside surface is like.
* Time yourself while you are drawing.
* You should spend almost the same amount of time looking as actually
drawing.
* Most students will glance up at the objects they are drawing and spend
most of the time with their eyes on the paper.
* don't fall into this habit! They are actually drawing from memory, which is
much more difficult and is not necessary when what they are drawing is
right in front of them!

1. A2 sheet of observational drawing x 4
drawings x 2 with tone. (2 weeks)
2. A2 sheet of mixed media, printing,
monochromatic study, pencil study and
ceramic investigation. (2 weeks)
3. A2 Cubism workshop. (1 week)
4. A2 Photography workshop, mounted sheet
with annotation. (1 week)
5. A3 painting of photo with grid (1 week)
6. A2 sheet mixed media with chalk &
charcoal (1 week)
7. A3/A2 sheet mixed media with texture (
1 week)
8. 3 final design ideas must have annotation
(1 week)
9. Final piece A2/A3 ( 3 weeks)

1. 2-4 pages summary of pre-
modern art
2. 2-4 pages - Impressionism
3. 2-4 pages post
impressionism
4. 2-4 pages Cubism
5. 2-4 pages Futurism
6. 2-4pages - Expressionism
7. 2-4 pages Pop Art
8. 2-4 pages Abstract art
9. 4-6 pages your chosen
artist and how the work
links to your final piece
assignment is 3 weeks.
*Mechanical forms check
list