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German Artists in America
Students use the internet to research selected art vocabulary. They research an assigned German wildlife artist. Using their research, they develop a construct of the artist and his work. Students categorize the artist's work using their...
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Degenerate Art
Students examine the characteristics of expressionist and comtemporary art. They view a video clip and use the internet to see examples of each. They analyze the role of propoganda and symbols in art as well.
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Looking Back - An Art/English/History Interdisciplinary Unit
Students research historical events of the past century to recognize that society impacts the themes within art and literature. They then interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage and finally an oral...
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Landscape
Young scholars examine works of landscape artists and create their own artwork.
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Dictators
Students can learn about the elements of a dictatorship through these lessons.
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Degenerate Art
A successful unit on art includes the subjects, goals, and messages of the works that are studied.
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Cast of Characters Lesson Plan: Comparing Artists
Students choose an artist, examine a painting, read a statement of the artist and their biography. They research the artist using the World Wide Web, books, encyclopedias, art, prints or magazines. They write an essay using their notes.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Max Beckmann: German Expressionist Painter, 1884 1950
Contains several links to museums, galleries and other sources related to Max Beckmann's artwork.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: The Artists of Brucke
This is an exhibit on the German expressionist artists, including Kirchner, Mueller, Pechstein, Heckel, Nolde, and Schmidt-Rottluff.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Max Beckmann
Biographical summary of the life and career of German expressionist painter and graphic artist, Max Beckmann.
Other
Georg Baselitz Neo Expressionist Artist
Article on George Baselitz and his role in Neo-Expressionism.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Lyonel Feininger
Biographical account covers the life and career of Lyonel Feininger, a German-American painter associated with the Expressionist movement and a leader in the development of Modernism.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Hans Hofmann
Biographical account covers the life and career of Hans Hofmann, German-American abstract expressionist painter.
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Slate: Van Gogh's Expressionist Legacy
An annotated slideshow that focuses on the impact that Van Gogh had on the German and Austrian expressionists.
Other
Nmwa: Artist Profiles: Kathe Kollwitz
An excellent biography with links to several Kollwitz works including a self-portrait.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Hans Hofmann
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, presents this short biography, a photographic portrait of the artist and an example painting with a map to its exhibit location in the museum, by the...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Expressionism
Expressionism described primarily in terms of visual art. A good history of the movement and its key artists.