kvanko early american art

1. Early American Art
History class
Use photos to take notes/make
observations

2. 1) By the early 1800’s ordinary people
produced art using the :
• Why would they do this kind of art?

3. 2) When people tried to capture
personalities and emotions of subjects
in art, this was called a p___________.

4. 2B) What do you notice about their
faces? What colors are used? Other
ideas?

5. 3) Another artist was Englishman
Thomas Cole.

6. 4)He loved painting
l_________________.
Write down two observations
about these paintings.

7. 5)John Audubon loved to
paint__________.
He was an artist and a naturalist,
meaning he __________________.

9. 6) George Caitlin decided to paint the
native Americans in the west.

10. 7) What do you think he was trying to
capture in his artwork?

11. 8) This is a famous American painting
by Normal Rockwell. Why do you
think he painted it?

12. 9) This was painted in the 1700’s. It
likely shows s__________ living and
working on p__________________.

13. 10) What is going on in this painting?
What is it all about?

14. 10) Painting background:
• Perhaps because it has been misunderstood as a
depiction of teenage angst, for decades
Christina's World was a dorm room poster staple.
The woman actually depicted in the painting is
Christina Olson, a woman who was paralyzed
from the waist down as a result of a degenerative
disease. Wyeth imbues the scene with emotion --
even for the viewer who is unaware of Olson's
plight -- through the taut, yet invisible line
stretching between her head and the peak of the
house. Christina's destination seems impossibly
far away.

15. 11) What is the purpose of this art?
Who was the artist appealing to?