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Main Questions
What is Abstract Expressionism?
What did these abstract painters paint and why?
How can you incorporate their techniques and philosophy into your paintings?
Big Ideas
-Abstract expressionism started in the early 1940's
-Abstract artist wanted to broke from the norm of figurative art.
-Abstraction is about the raw mood and raw emotion instead of a narrative.
Student objective/goal
Unit Summary:
In 1939, Pollock visited the Museum of Modern Art, this is where he began experimenting with abstraction and non-figurative
work. This is believed by some to be the start of Abstract Expressionism era. In the following years, many artists began
experimenting with non-figurative painting and diving into the subject of raw emotions invoked by colors and strokes instead of
paintings of conventional people and places. Jackson Pollock drip technique was one of his most iconic painting styles and was said
to be invented in a barn. At the height of Pollock popularity in 1947-1950's, he was the feature in a four-page spread, in Life
magazine for his paintings. Even though the Abstract Expressionism movement was said to be like nothing the art world seen at the
time many artists brought inspiration from the previous generation from the early modern art era. Students will learn the history
of abstraction and how abstract artists used painting techniques to create mood. In addition, students will play with interactive
digital content for sketching and inspiration. A program like Pixelator and WeaveSilk lets student experiment in real time how to
make and develop interesting composition and ideas for their artworks. The goal of the unit is for students take what they learn
from the lesson and prior experiences to create unique abstract art.
Assessment Plan:
•Discussion on Abstract Expressionism.(What Formative: Summative:
movements inspired the Abstract Expressionism •Questions- How can you (the student) use •Final painting project using action painting
artists.) action painting techniques?
•Survey of famous artists in the 1940s-1960s. • •Test on the history of Abstract Expressionism
(Who used Action painting?) •Timeline of major events before, middle and movement
after the movement.
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•Concept maps of each artists' techniques and
styles.
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•Quiz- draw 3 examples of different painting
techniques.
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