7th grade is looking at five styles of art from 1800 through 1950. By looking at these art styles, they are able to see how art changes as a reaction to what has come before it, and also as a reaction to the political and historical times it is created in.
Students will examine an art style closest to their own by completing a web quest. They will discover the rules of their style of art, and see how it fits into the political and historical surroundings of the time. They will work with their small groups to create a powerpoint or a podcast to present to the class. And they will finish their study by creating a landscape that uses the rules of their chosen style, but is an original work of art.
Students are beginning this unit by reading paintings to discover clues that will tell them about the art style and the time period it was made in. They are seeing how perspective rules help to create the illusion of space, and will follow up with lessons on one and two point perspective.
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