Introduction to Art
Art
Unit One
Length of Unit
2 Weeks
Standards
Program of Studies
Core Content
AH-HS-IAA-S
AH-HS-1.4
AH-HS-2.2.1.a.4
2013-14
Modern and Contemporary
Key Concepts/Skills/Guiding Questions
Learning Targets:
 I can compose a sketch in a cubist manor.
 I can understand what makes something a
minimalist work.
 I can design a collage using magazine photographs
to look like an abstract artwork.
 I can sort my magazine cuttings by color to use for
my composition.
 I can develop an acrylic painting with large
brushstrokes.
 I can identify influences in work by Picasso.
 I can view and examine architecture by Frank Lloyd
Wright.
 I can identify artists work by their style.
 I can examine modern sculpture and see its
influence by surrealism.
Terms:
Cubism, surrealism, fauvism, abstract, futurism, Dadaism,
minimalism, abstract expressionism
Activities/Assessments/
Resources
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Draw the person across
from you in a cubist way
using proper shading.
Design collage art using
magazine photographs to
look like an abstract
Picasso painting.
Select the correct artist for
the image: Match game
quiz.
Create an acrylic painting
using your collage as a
reference.
Critique the work in an
open class discussion.
Students will
 Discuss fauvist works by Matisse.
 Discuss works by Picasso and cubism.
 Point out how Picasso’s paintings were influenced
by African masks and see his shift to surrealism
 Discuss architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
 Translate “ready made” art.
 See how sculpture was influenced by surrealism.
 Discuss Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida
Kahlo.
 Identify depression photography of Dorthea Lange
Guiding Questions
Rowan County Senior High School 2010-2011
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Introduction to Art
Art
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Rowan County Senior High School 2010-2011
2013-14
Group artwork to its correct style?
Identify an example of “ready made” art.
How would you best describe works of Picasso and
explain.
Do you consider photography an art form? Why/ why
not?
How would you describe the term “ABSTRACT”?
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