ART – 4º ESO
2ª EVALUATION
THEME 2: ART Y SOCIETY
CRITER IA: A
KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING
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Introduction:
Artistic events have always been related to sociohistorical context.
From the 1st Evaluation we learnt that we
cannot fully understand or transform Art without
knowing details about the biography or the
technique used by the author.
We will try to recognize what is art today, and
what role it can play with respect to Industry.
PAI
GUIDING QUESTION
WHAT CAN ART OFFER TO SOCIETY?
AREAS OF INTERACTION:
- APROACHES TO LEARNING
- HEALTH AND SOCIAL EDUCATION
HOW SHOULD WE ANALYZE
ART FORM A SOCIAL POINT OF
VIEW?
Make
a list of 10 things you
would consider when criticising
art from this perspective:
Choose a work of art in teams of
four in order to make a 15
minute presentation.
“GUERNICA” & THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
PABLO PICASSO, GUERNICA, 1937. OIL ON CANVAS
“GUERNICA” & THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
The artist Pablo Picasso was asked to paint a
picture to put on the flag of Spain in the 1937
World Exhibition in Paris.
Picasso was shocked at the time by the brutal
fascist bombing of Guernica on the Basque
people, so he made this event the theme for his
work.
This painting expresses the suffering, anguish and
despair of the people against the unjustified
aggression they suffered. His picture created a
major reaction in the international community.
"You want to know what is Spain? because this is
Spain today."
FELIX NUSSBAUM & THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST
FELIX NUSSBAUM, “SELFPORTRAIT WITH JEWISH
1943. OIL ON CANVAS
FELIX NUSSBAUM Y EL HOLOCAUSTO JUDÍO
Felix Nussbaum was a Jewish painter who lived
through World War II, when Hitler ordered the
persecution of the Jews by putting them in
concentration camps where they were tortured
and then murdered.
 In this portrait we see the state of alert and
tension that the artist lived.
 The painting depicts the passport nationality and
place of birth, and because of the rejection and
torture of his government, he knows he no longer
belongs there.
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DUCHAMP & DADAISM
MARCEL DUCHAMP,
“URINAL”, 1917
DUCHAMP Y EL DADAISM
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In 1916 a group of artists including Duchamp, and
collectors from New York formed a society called
"Society of Independent Artists"in order to organize
an annual exhibit.
In a democratic spirit they decided that all those who
sent in their artists' work would be exhibited as long
as they paid their registration of six dollars.
Duchamp decided to test the firmness of the
principles of the Company and bought a urinal, and
he signed it in another name.
Several members (who did not know that the piece
was the work of Duchamp) rejected the work and
decided not to exhibit it. Given this, Duchamp
resigned from the Society and exhibited his work in
another gallery, this work went on to become one of
the most famous pieces of art history.
ART AS A SOCIAL SYMBOL
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
EUGENE DELACROIX, “LIBERTY GUIDING THE PEOPLE”. 1830,
ÓIL ON CANVAS (LOUVRE MUSEUM)
WHAT CONSEQUENCES HAS THIS PAINITNG
HAD?
Symbol of the French
Revolution
Broadway Musical: Les
miserables (based on the
novel by Victor Hugo)
Inspiration for the
Statue of Liberty in New
York.
LETS ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING
PAINTINGS FROM A SOCIAL
PERSPECTIVE.
JACK VETTRIANO, THE SINGING BUTLER, 1992
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It is the bestselling print in Europe, more popular than Monet’s Water
Lillies or Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, and has helped to amass a multimillionpound fortune for the man who painted it.
PIETER BRUEGHEL,
“CHILDREN’S GAMES”
http://www.brucevanpatter.com/brueghel_paintin
g.html
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ, “THE SURRENDER AT BREDA”, 1634, MUSEO DEL PRADO
The picture was painted (along with twelve others) to decorate the Hall of Realms
in the Buen Retiro Palace.
Philip IV received ambassadors and other foreign authorities there and in order
to impress them with an image of military and economic power, it was decided to
decorate the great hall with pictures of major military successes in Spain
TAMARA DE LEMPICKA
Videoclip “Vogue” de Madonna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFrE0gMA6fI
CONCLUSIONES