Studio Art 19

Islands of Time II

Key Concepts: Key Vocabulary:

Reformation

ferroconcrete

Industrial Revolution

wood frame

Postmodernism

Enlightenment

Counter-Reformation

aristocrats

metal frame

Religion often influenced art of different eras.

Impressionism featured urban scenes painted with bright daubs of paint.

Topic:

What is Western Art?

The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the outbreak of many new styles and movements in art and architecture.

At the end of WWII and the introduction of Abstract Expressionism, leadership in international art began to be shared by American artists.

Art and architecture are so pluralistic today that it is difficult to identify a leading or dominant direction.

Examples: Students will:

Demonstrate a knowledge of the history of art from the Renaissance through the modern age.

Understand the relationship between changes in society and styles in art

Understand that art styles also develop as reactions to, or extensions of, existing and past styles

Describe changes that led to the outbreak of modernism in the early twentieth century

Enduring Understanding (s): __The art of today is a product of Western art history.______________________________________________

Essential Question (s): ____What is the function of art in our culture today?___________________________________________________

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