4th Grade Art History Research and Presentation

What will you do???????????

What will you do?????:

● Research Multi-Media Presentation● Reproduction of the chosen artist’s work● Artist Peer Critique Video● Presentation for parents and family

What i want to know???????????

Essential Questions:● How does art reflect human culture?● Do artists change the course of history?● Do artistic trends shape or reflect culture and identity?● How do skill and technique enable the creative process?● How do we use critique to learn about art?● Why do artists feel it is important to communicate through art?● Why is it important the events of the time and culture in order to

understand the artwork?

How long will it take? 16 weeks

List of Pre-Approved

Artists

Salvador Dali- Spanish surrealist painter

Andy Warhol- American pop artist

Claude Monet- French impressionist painter

Pablo Picasso- Spanish cubism painter

Paul Klee- French painter of cubism, surrealism and expressionism

Peter Max-American Illustrator and Graphic Artist

Oswaldo Guayasamin- Ecuadorian expressionist painter

Shepard Fairy- American graphic artist

Romero Britto- American pop artist

Georges-Pierre Seurat- French post-impressionist, pointillism painter

Diego Rivera- Mexican modernist painter

Yayoi Kusama- Japanese abstract expressionist, pop-art

Magritte- Belgium surrealist artist

Wassily Kandinsky- Russian Abstract Painter

Yaacov Agam- Israeli Experimental Artist

Hannah Hoch- German artist known for collaging

Graham Gercken-Australian Impressionist Painter

Joan Miro- Spanish dada and surrealist painter

Example of Students Presentation: