Unit Overview
What exactly is the artist’s job today? The Work Flow Unit is designed to utilize the wealth of peer reviewed, as well as reputably published, articles and videos available on the Internet in order to coordinate a comprehensive lesson on what it is the artist does. The unit will also discuss the not so simple idea of what is now considered artwork and art making and will analyze the artist as worker, observer and commentator. The unit will take about one week to complete and another week for the students to complete the Lesson 3 art project.
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What exactly is the artist’s job today? The Work Flow Unit is designed to utilize the wealth of peer reviewed, as well as reputably published, articles and videos available on the Internet in order to coordinate a comprehensive lesson on what it is the artist does. The unit will also discuss the not so simple idea of what is now considered artwork and art making and will analyze the artist as worker, observer and commentator. The unit will take about one week to complete and another week for the students to complete the Lesson 3 art project.
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What essential questions will students discuss in this unit?
Students will have an understanding and heightened abilities in:
Periods, artists, and movements used in this unit to inspire students;
Michelangelo, French Realism, Daumier, Millet, Courbet, Social Realism in England, Mary Cassatt, Realism, Ashcan School, Dadaism, Social Realism, Diego Rivera,Jackson Pollock, Post Modernism, Andy Warhol, Duane Hanson, Basquait, Fiona Rae, Paula Hayes, Milton Glaser, Jenny Holzer, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Kara Walker, Barbara Kruger, Miltos Manates, Chris Jordan
- What does an artist do?
- What is artwork and the making of art?
- How has society's perception of what an artist does changed over the years?
- How do artists get compensated for what they do?
Students will have an understanding and heightened abilities in:
- What is considered art and art making today
- The different types of art opportunities and work that exist today
- Realist art and social realism art movements and terminology
- Pop Art and Postmodernism concepts and terminology
- Artist and worker exploitation
- Topical connotations in some postmodern art
Periods, artists, and movements used in this unit to inspire students;
Michelangelo, French Realism, Daumier, Millet, Courbet, Social Realism in England, Mary Cassatt, Realism, Ashcan School, Dadaism, Social Realism, Diego Rivera,Jackson Pollock, Post Modernism, Andy Warhol, Duane Hanson, Basquait, Fiona Rae, Paula Hayes, Milton Glaser, Jenny Holzer, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Kara Walker, Barbara Kruger, Miltos Manates, Chris Jordan