11th Dec 12th Jan
Self-Portrait
Pre AP Visual Arts
Objectives & Ajenda
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To understand that there are different media techniques in art.
To master the found object art techniques.
Lesson 1
Reflection & History
Lesson 2
Research
Lesson 3-11
Work in progress
Lesson 12
Final Submission
Warm Up
Discussion Topic
How is art a form of communication?
ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
In observing, students are Identifying and describing material, process, and form.
● Material: The substances (digital and physical) that the artist manipulates
● Process: The ways in which the artist plays with ideas and manipulates or applies
materials
● Form: The formal elements, compositional arrangement, or format of the artwork
In analyzing the work and applying these understandings, students delve into context
and content.
● Context: The circumstances that surround the artwork (where, when, how, and for
what purpose the work was made), including what was historically present for the
artist at the time the artwork was made. As the context of an artwork changes, so
too does its meaning.
● Content: The concept, big idea, or subject of the artwork. (Note: The visible subject
matter is not necessarily the same as the content. For example, water lilles were
often Monet's subject matter, but light was his content.)
The interplay of all of these elements defines the meaning of the work.
Reflection
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What do you notice about this image?
How would you describe it in detail for
someone who cannot see it?
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How do you think this work was made?
What kind of processes does the artist
seem to have used?
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When do you think it was made?
Reflection
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Cindy Sherman 1990 made this
photograph Untitled #228
Part of her history portrait series.
Responding to reproductions of Italian
Renaissance and Baroque paintings.
Reflection
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Botticelli’s Judith with
the head of Holofernes
One of the historical
paintings that inspired
Sherman’s work.
What are some
similarities and
differences between
the two works?
Is the photograph
more realistic than the
painting? Why or why
not?
Reflection
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Instead of copying
Botticelli’s painting she
has taken inspiration
by reimagining it with
herself as Judith.
In doing so, Sherman
appropriated
preexisting image
through intentional
borrowing.
What makes a Self-Portrait?
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Cindy Sherman has put herself in this image, but would you call it a
self-portrait? Why or why not?
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Given your definition of a self-portrait, is a selfie always a self-portrait?
Why or why not?
Reflection
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What do you notice about this
work? What captures your eye
first?
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What do you see that you think
someone else might miss?
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What do you notice about this
work’s form/material/subject
matter/context?
Reflection
Which aspects are similar and which are
different?
The Swing painted in France 1767 by
Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The installation was
created by Yinka Shonibare a British Nigerian
artist in 2001
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Analysis and Application
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Why might Shonibare have selected the Fragonard work as the basis of his own
work? What might he have been interested in or responding to in the original
painting?
We just talked about the ways that artists often appropriate elements of one
another's work but change parts of the original to transform the way the work is
seen. Which aspects of The Swing did Shonibare keep? Which did he alter?
What are the effects of these changes?
Suggest one adaptation that could be made to the form, materials, subject matter,
or context of Shonibare's work.
How would your suggested change alter the way a viewer might see and
understand the work?
Final Project
Description:
Create a self-Portrait with a specific historical influence.
Create a Self-Portrait Painting
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Start by researching a historical portrait and synthesize your ideas and findings
into three sentences worth of information. (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY)
Example: in 1656, Diego Velazquez painted Las Meninas, depicting the Infanta
Margarita and her attendance, for the subject’s parents, the king and the queen of
Spain.
Description:
Final Project
Create a self-Portrait with a specific historical influence.
Create a Self-Portrait Painting
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You will then combine it with a self-portrait in the creation of a new work. Use
the following Because-but-so sentence to describe which aspects of the work
you would like to intentionally borrow.
Example:
I am interested in using (specific element of the original work) in my portrait
because…………….. A REASON
I am interested in using (specific element of the original work) in my portrait
but…………….. A CHANGE
I am interested in using (specific element of the original work) in my portrait
so…………….. AN EFFECT
Final Project
Description:
Create a self-Portrait with a specific historical influence.
Create a Self-Portrait Painting
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Share and answer these questions:
a. Why did you initially select this work? What makes it intriguing, beautiful or
troubling?
b.
What are the most interesting things that you learned in the research
process?
Final Project
Description:
Create a self-Portrait with a specific historical influence.
Create a Self-Portrait Painting
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Based on your chosen art historical portrait, you will create a 2D Self Portrait
painting by adapting, rearranging, or eliminating elements of the original
artwork. This portrait might showcase your personality or suggest something
about who you are or who you would like to become.
Final Project
Description:
Create a self-Portrait with a specific historical influence.
Create a Self-Portrait Painting
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Sketch your ideas in three different drawings in your sketchbook. Answer this
question: How are you making this a self-portrait? What does this portrait tell
people about who you are?
Rubric
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Face
Face
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