To learn more about modern art through childrens books, consider the following list:

Little Smudge by Lionel Le Nouanic Mousterpiece by Jane Breskin Zalben Picasso and Minou by P.I. Maltbie Seen Art? by Jon Scieszka Look! Look! Look! At Sculpture by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

Family Activity Book

A few of these artists were also sculptors. Try making your own sculpture at home.

Pablo PicassoCubist sculpture out of cardboard shapes Alexander CalderA mobile using a clothes hanger, pipe cleaners, and paper shapes Marino MariniEquestrian figures out of clay or model magic

Thanks again for visiting! -The Education Team

Welcome!
Welcome to the Modern Masters exhibition at the Lake County Discovery Museum! We encourage you, through this experience, to personally engage with the works of art. Look carefully with your eyes, discuss certain aspects of the artwork, and respond with your own creation. In this Family Activity Book, you will explore five artists that highlight five key techniques of modern art: 1. Marc ChagallSymbol (pg.4) 2. Pablo PicassoShape (pg. 6) 3. Joan MirLine (pg. 8) 4. Alexander CalderColor (pg. 10) 5. Marino MariniPoint of view (pg. 12) Each artist has his own way of interpreting the times. Symbols represent ideals or personal identity. Shapes flatten reality and create abstraction. As one of the basics of creating art, lines (geometric and organic) reflect the artists expressive nature. Color (or lack thereof) can represent attitudes or emotions. And lastly, artists use multiple point of views to challenge how one would ordinarily look at a work of art. There is a glossary on pgs. 14-15 and on the back of the booklet, there are some ideas for you and your family to do at home. We hope you enjoy your visit! -The Education Team
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Glossary
Modern Art: Works made between the 1880s and the 1960s.
Modernist works often challenge the traditions and conventions of their artistic predecessors in terms of content, form, and style. In the late nineteenth century, for example, artists responded to increasing secularization, industrialization, and urbanization, replacing historical narratives with more contemporary figures and scenes. In the twentieth century, art continued to reflect the political, social, cultural, technological, and institutional changes of the era, from Futurism to feminism.

Organic: Resembling natural forms, such as those of plants or

animals.

Printmaking: The transferring of an inked image from one

surface (usually a metal plate, stone, wood block, or screen) to paper, cloth, or some other ink-receptive surface. Printmaking processes include etching, engraving, woodcut, lithography, screen printing, and silk screening.

Surrealism: An art movement that originated in Paris in the

late 1910s and early 1920s and lasted well into the 1960s. Seeking to release the unbridled imagination of the subconscious, Surrealist writers and artists turned to Sigmund Freud's techniques of free association and automatic writing. The movement's best-known visual artists include Salvador Dal, Max Ernst, Joan Mir, and Ren Magritte.

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Glossary
Abstract: Subject matter that is presented in a brief, simplified,
often distorted manner, with little or no attempt to represent images realistically.

Map

Abstract Expressionism: An artistic movement that

emerged in New York in the 1940s. Artists utilized abstract means through color, line, shape, form, and texture to convey attitudes, ideas, and emotions.

Cubism: Founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, it is an

artistic movement devoted to exploring and distorting the structures of objects, in particular by displaying several views of the same thing simultaneously or by fragmenting its form.

Dada Art: A movement in art, literature, and performance

centered on intentional irrationality and the negation of traditional artistic values. The term literally means "hobby horse" in French and "yes, yes" in Slavic languages. It originated in Zurich during World War I and was originally intended as a deliberately nonsensical response to the terror of war. Surrealism was the most important of its offshoots.

Geometric Abstraction: An artistic style centered on angular,

geometric forms, with little attempt to represent real-world objects or figures in a naturalistic manner.

Modern Masters entrances

Mucha: Expanding Art Nouveau exhibition

To the Postcard collection 14 3

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SYMBOL
If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

Create
Write a short story about whats going on in this picture. Be creative!

Look carefully at this print for a moment.

Marc Chagall Untitled 1968

Discuss

What do you see in this print? What looks unreal about the violinist? If you were to categorize it in a season, which would it be? Spring, summer, fall, or winter? Why? Do you think the violinist is playing a happy or sad song? Why?
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POINT OF VIEW
Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity.

Create
If you were an animal, what would you be and why? Draw what you would look like in the space below.

Look carefully at this print for a moment.

Marino Marini Untitled

Discuss

What do you see in this picture? Turn your head and look at it upside down. What do you see? What do you think is happening in this picture? How does this picture make you feel?

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Look carefully at this print for a moment.

SHAPE
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

Create
Alexander Calder was inspired by the Universe. Draw what you think the Universe looks like to you.

Pablo Picasso Untitled

Discuss

What do you see in this print? How many different shapes do you see? What instruments do you see? If you could choose three adjectives for this picture, what would they be? What kind of music do you think theyre playing? Why?

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Look
Look carefully at this print for a moment.

COLOR
The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof.

Create
Create a picture of you and your friends using only shapes. Be sure to include your favorite things.

Alexander Calder Untitled 1970

Discuss

What colors do you see in this print? How do these colors make you feel? What do the colors remind you of? If you could give this a title, what would it be? Why?

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Look carefully at this print for a moment.

LINE
In a picture, it should be possible to discover new things every time you see it.

Create
Close your eyes and draw wavy and angled lines in the space below. Open your eyes and color in shapes and other things that you see.

Joan Mir Untitled 1965

Discuss

What caught your eye first? Close your eyes for 10 seconds, and open them. What caught your eye first this time? What kinds of lines do you see? Geometric or organic? Can you see shapes of people? What do you think is happening in the picture?
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