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Curated OER

Dada and Neue Sachlichkeit

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
After the abstractists and the Cubists of the early 20th century left their mark, the Dada and Neue-Sachlichkeit movements began. Examine the interesting world of these movements and have your class consider their impact on current...
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PPT
Curated OER

The Age of Confusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
According to the presentation, the age of confusion was marked by a very specific set of art and philosophical movements. Take a visual trip, and explore expressionism, cubism, Dada, Bauhaus, existentialism, and the new modes of...
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PPT
Curated OER

Early Modern Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Whether you are teaching an art class or world history class, this presentation will appeal to viewers' creative minds and receptive eyes. With brief explanations on Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Dada, and Bauhaus as representations...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

So, So Surreal Self-Portraits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take virtual trip back in time to 1924 when a Dada manifesto sparked the Surrealist movement in Europe and the United States. They explore about the history of Surrealism and visit online galleries of notable artists of the past...
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Dada Through the Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
This site talks about the origin of dada and how it became a movement. It also gives examples of art and shows many of its more famous artists.
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Website
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Art Periods and Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.
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Tate

Tate Online I Map: "Opened by Customs" by Kurt Schwitters

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the painting "Opened by Customs" by dadaist painter Kurt Schwitters. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Here, This Is Stieglitz Here, Francis Picabia

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Here, This Is Stieglitz Here", a DADA painting by Francis Picabia.
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Inventing Marcel Duchamp:the Dynamics of Portraiture

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition delving into the life and works of one of the leading Dada artists, Marcel Duchamp. Includes examples of his alter-ego portraits and videos of interviews with the artist and with experts discussing his art. [Videos are...
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Website
Other

University of Wolverhampton: What Is Surrealism?

For Students 9th - 10th
Andre Breton's manifesto speech at a meeting in 1934 defining the Surrealism movement and its relation to Dadaism, World War I, and culture. (Very technical and in-depth.)
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Website
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Surrealism

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the beginning and growth of Surrealism between World War I and World War II including the goals and theories of this abstract art movement.
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Handout
Other

Major Artists of Dada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to artists who were very influential to the movement of dada.
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Handout
Other

Peak: Hans Arp

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative biography along with a photo of the artist is given.
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Handout
Other

Peak: Max Ernst

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but interesting biography of Ernst is given here.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs American Masters: Man Ray

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS American Masters series profiles the life and work of the photographer and artist Man Ray (1890-1976).
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Da Da Art Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of the European DaDa art movement. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dada

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of the art movement dada.
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Dada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is brief, but informative. It informs readers of the founding of Dada and defines what Dada is.
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Handout
Other

Dada Online: Francis Picabia

For Students 9th - 10th
At Dada Online, information is given on the French Dadaist painter, Picabia.
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Handout
Other

Dada Online: Hans Richter

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about this Dada painter and graphic artist, Hans Richter, at this Dada Online site.
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Handout
Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Max Ernst

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of Max Ernst, German painter who helped found both the Dada movement and surrealism.
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Handout
Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Jean Hans Arp

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of Jean Hans Arp, a German-French sculptor, and painter known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.
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Handout
Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Marcel Duchamp

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of French-American painter Marcel Duchamp whose work is associated with Cubism and the Dada movement.