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Below, you will find a set of readings and videos that will
introduce you some of the best known and most influential
artists involved with the Impressionist style. The Impressionists
often chose to depict scenes of everyday life, following in the
footsteps of Courbet and the other 19th century Realist artists
we learned about a few weeks ago. Unlike the Realists,
however, the Impressionists focused on the mechanics of
seeing: on how color and light really look and how our eyes
work to interpret them. Overall, most impressionists did not
want art to be about what it means, they wanted it to be about
how it looks. In this way, they built on the idea of Art for Art’s
Sake that we were investigating in our assignments last week.
The artistic style of the Impressionists was initially disliked
because it was a radical departure from the style of painting
people were accustomed to. Like many ground-breaking art
movements, the broad public wasn’t ready for what the
Impressionists were doing, and it took a few decades before the
style was widely accepted.
Reading 1: This set of three articles will introduce you to the
Impressionist style and explain the origins of the 1.movement
and its historical (and art historical) contexts.
Click here for the article A Beginner’s Guide to Impressionism
(Links to an external site.)
Click here for the article How the Impressionists got their name.
Click here for the article Impressionism, Art and Modernity.
Reading 2: This set of readings consists of one article and four
videos about French Impressionist painter Claude Monet.
Click here for the article Claude Monet. 1840-1926.
Click here for the video Monet, The Argenteuil Bridge

Click here for the video Monet, Poplars
Click here for the video Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series
Click here for the video Monet, Water Lilies
Reading 3: Now that you’ve looked closely at several
Impressionist paintings it is a good time to learn about some of
the specific social changes and technological innovations that
helped to shape this art movement. The three short articles
below all address the ways that Impressionists integrated new
inventions and investigated the science of color.
Click here for the article Guide to Impressionism: Modern Life
Click here for the article Guide to Impressionism: Applying
Science
Click here for the article Never Underestimate the Power of a
Paint Tube
Reading 4: Often times when people think of Impressionism
they picture landscape paintings. There were, however, many
Impressionist painters who focused on the human figure and on
documenting social activities. This set of readings will
introduce you to the artworks of two of these more figure-
focused Impressionists: August Renoir and Edgar Degas.
Click here for the video Degas, the Dance Class
Click here for the video Degas, Visit to a Museum
Click here for the video Renoir, Moulin de la Galette
Click here for the video Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party
Reading 5: This final set of articles and videos will introduce
you to three more influential Impressionist artists: Mary
Cassatt, Gustave Cailbotte, and Berthe Morisot. If it is not

already clear, these three artists should help you to see the great
variety that existed within Impressionism. Most of these artists
knew and socialized with one another, and they shared some
core beliefs about painting, but they also each have different
approaches and highly individualized styles.
Click here for the video Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers
Click here for the video Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy
Day
Click here for the video Morisot, The Mother and Sister of the
Artist
Click here for the video Cassatt, Woman with a Pearl Necklace
in a Loge
Click here for the video Cassatt, In the Loge
Click here for the video Cassatt, The Child's Bath
Do some research on the changes that were occurring in Europe
at the turn of the 20th century. Then, choose an artwork we’ve
studied this week that you feel reflects some of those changes.
Compose a 1page, double spaced essay in which you discuss
your chosen example and connect it up to the social conditions
and historical events that were occurring at that time. Use at
least two reputable research sources, and document them in a
bibliography at the end of your essay. Upload your assignment
via the link at the top of this window.
The student’s essay meets all of the format and research
requirements explained in the instructions. 10 points.
The student’s discussion of their example indicates an accurate
understanding of the artwork and style 10 points.
The student makes logical and thoughtful connections between
the artwork and its historical context 10 points

Homework 2
Expressionism: Emotion Driven Art.
introduce you to artists and art movements that focused on
expressing emotion. Fauvism and German Expressionism are
both rooted in the first decades of the 20th century, and both
movements have expressionist elements.
The Fauvist movement was a short-lived, lasting only about two
years (1905-1907) but it was very influential. Fauvism was a
French style, and it was strongly influenced by two of the artists
we studied back in week 11: Van Gogh and Gauguin. Like those
earlier artists, Fauvists used color to express emotion, but
didn’t worry much about it accurately representing reality. One
of the overall goals of the Fauvists was to create a kind of art
that appeared fresh and un-labored, they wanted their paintings
to retain the sense of spontaneity that sketches often have.
German Expressionism is a category of expressionism that was
roughly parallel with the Fauvist style in France. German
Expressionism lasted longer than Fauvism however, and it is
also quite diverse, with many subgroups and trends within it.
German Expressionists are also highly emotional, but in a
different way than the Fauvists. They often focus on the self:
the emotional world of the artist, and their interactions with the
complex and sometimes frightening conditions of the Modern
world.
Reading 1: This set of two articles will introduce you to the
Fauvist style and explain its main characteristics.
Click here for the article A beginner's guide to Fauvism
Click here for the article Fauvism.
Reading 2: This set of articles and videos will feature several

artworks by the leader of the Fauvists and its most influential
member: Henri Matisse.
Click here for the article Matisse, Bonheur de Vivre
Click here for the article Matisse, Goldfish
Click here for the video Matisse, The Red Studio
Click here for the article Matisse, The Red Studio
Reading 3: This set of articles and videos will introduce you to
expressionism as a general term, and then move on to introduce
German Expressionist artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Click here for the article Expressionism
Click here for the article German Expressionism: Themes
Click here for the article Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Click here for the article Kirchner, Self-Portrait As a Soldier
Click here for the video Kirchner, Street, Dresden
Click here for the video Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, "Street, Berlin"
Reading 4: This set of articles and videos focusses on Austrian
Expressionist artist Egon Schiele, and artist who died very
young, but whose work has since become a hallmark of
Expressionism.
Click here for the video Schiele, Seated Male Nude (Self-
Portrait)
Click here for the video Schiele, Hermits
Click here for the article A Rebel’s Feverish Burst of Insolence

Click here for the article Egon Schiele: a graphic virtuoso
rescued from the wilderness
Reading 5: German Expressionism had several phases and
trends within it. Käthe Kollwitz and Otto Dix—the two artists
introduced in this set of readings and videos—are from a
slightly later generation of Expressionists in Germany. Both of
these artists’ careers were strongly impacted by the rise of the
Nazis, and so an article about art in Nazi Germany is also
included below.
Click here for the article Käthe Kollwitz 1867–1945
Click here for the article Käthe Kollwitz, In Memoriam Karl
Liebknecht
Click here for the article The Art of War, Otto Dix’s Der Krieg
[War] cycle 1924
Click here for the video Dix, Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia
von Harden
Click here for the article Art in Nazi Germany
Reading 6: Not all Expressionism depicted recognizable figures
or objects. Vasily Kandinsky is one of the most influential
expressionists, and much of his work is fully abstract, and
creates emotions with color and shape alone. The article and
videos below will introduce you to his work.
Click here for the video Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (second
version), 1912
Click here for the video Vasily Kandinsky, "Klänge (Sounds)"
Click here for the article How Kandinsky helped create abstract
art

Begin by reviewing the below description of Cubism:
“As a Cubist, I want to express my total visual understanding of
the paper coffee cup. I want more than the Renaissance painter
or even Cézanne, I want to express the entire cup
simultaneously on the static surface of the canvas since I can
hold all that visual information in my memory. I want to render
the cup’s front, its sides, its back, and its inner walls, its bottom
from both inside and out, and I want to do this on a flat canvas.
How can this be done?” (This comes from one of your required
articles this week)
Now, create a “Cubist poem”! Here is how:
1). Set up a simple scene in your house (a pile of fruit on a
table, or something like that) and then take a photo of it.
2). Describe the photo very very carefully in writing. Your
description should be based on what you see in the photo and
should include lots of details. It should be a strictly visual
description: describe the shadows, colors, shapes, etc. It should
be at least a full paragraph long.
3). Now, make your description into a written version of
Cubism by rearranging all of the words and phrases in the same
way that Cubist painters broke down and rearranged the scenes
that they depicted. Arrange the words in a way that sounds and
looks interesting to you, don't worry about preserving the
original meaning.
4). Post your photograph, and the “Cubist poem” you’ve made,
in the discussion area. Include a 3-5 sentence explanation at the
end that discusses your work and explains if (and how) it
changed your understanding of Cubism.
5). When you’ve completed and posted your assignment, review
and respond to the work of at least two of your classmates.
Grading Criteria
The student completed and posted all three parts of the
assignment (the photograph, the cubist poem, and the 3 sentence
explanation): 25 points
The student left substantive feedback for at least two

classmates: 5 points
Homework 3
Expressionism: Emotion Driven Art.
introduce you to artists and art movements that focused on
expressing emotion. Fauvism and German Expressionism are
both rooted in the first decades of the 20th century, and both
movements have expressionist elements.
The Fauvist movement was a short-lived, lasting only about two
years (1905-1907) but it was very influential. Fauvism was a
French style, and it was strongly influenced by two of the artists
we studied back in week 11: Van Gogh and Gauguin. Like those
earlier artists, Fauvists used color to express emotion, but
didn’t worry much about it accurately representing reality. One
of the overall goals of the Fauvists was to create a kind of art
that appeared fresh and un-labored, they wanted their paintings
to retain the sense of spontaneity that sketches often have.
German Expressionism is a category of expressionism that was
roughly parallel with the Fauvist style in France. German
Expressionism lasted longer than Fauvism however, and it is
also quite diverse, with many subgroups and trends within it.
German Expressionists are also highly emotional, but in a
different way than the Fauvists. They often focus on the self:
the emotional world of the artist, and their interactions with the
complex and sometimes frightening conditions of the Modern
world.
Reading 1: This set of two articles will introduce you to the
Fauvist style and explain its main characteristics.
Click here for the article A beginner's guide to Fauvism
Click here for the article Fauvism.

Reading 2: This set of articles and videos will feature several
artworks by the leader of the Fauvists and its most influential
member: Henri Matisse.
Click here for the article Matisse, Bonheur de Vivre
Click here for the article Matisse, Goldfish
Click here for the video Matisse, The Red Studio
Click here for the article Matisse, The Red Studio
expressionism as a general term, and then move on to introduce
German Expressionist artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Click here for the article Expressionism
Click here for the article German Expressionism: Themes
Click here for the article Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Click here for the article Kirchner, Self-Portrait As a Soldier
Click here for the video Kirchner, Street, Dresden
Click here for the video Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, "Street, Berlin"
Reading 4: This set of articles and videos focusses on Austrian
Expressionist artist Egon Schiele, and artist who died very
young, but whose work has since become a hallmark of
Expressionism.
Click here for the video Schiele, Seated Male Nude (Self-
Portrait)
Click here for the video Schiele, Hermits
Click here for the article A Rebel’s Feverish Burst of Insolence

Click here for the article Egon Schiele: a graphic virtuoso
rescued from the wilderness
Reading 5: German Expressionism had several phases and
trends within it. Käthe Kollwitz and Otto Dix—the two artists
introduced in this set of readings and videos—are from a
slightly later generation of Expressionists in Germany. Both of
these artists’ careers were strongly impacted by the rise of the
Nazis, and so an article about art in Nazi Germany is also
included below.
Click here for the article Käthe Kollwitz 1867–1945
Click here for the article Käthe Kollwitz, In Memoriam Karl
Liebknecht
Click here for the article The Art of War, Otto Dix’s Der Krieg
[War] cycle 1924
Click here for the video Dix, Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia
von Harden
Click here for the article Art in Nazi Germany
Reading 6: Not all Expressionism depicted recognizable figures
or objects. Vasily Kandinsky is one of the most influential
expressionists, and much of his work is fully abstract, and
creates emotions with color and shape alone. The article and
videos below will introduce you to his work.
Click here for the video Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (second
version), 1912
Click here for the video Vasily Kandinsky, "Klänge (Sounds)"
Click here for the article How Kandinsky helped create abstract
art

Choose two artworks to write about this lesson: they should be
from two different expressionist styles. The expressionist styles
we’ve discussed are: Fauvism and several German Expressionist
trends (including The Bridge, The Blue Rider, and New
Objectivity).
In a 1page double-spaced essay, compare and contrast your two
chosen examples. Describe and explain each example on its
own, and then discuss the two examples together, focusing on
their similarities and differences. Include accurate information
about the artists, styles, and historical context by using at least
two reputable research sources. Be sure your essay includes a
bibliography in MLA form, in-text citations where appropriate,
and an introduction and conclusion.
Option 1 Grading Criteria
The student composes a clearly written, error free, 1 page essay:
5 points
The student discusses each of the two artworks accurately and
in-depth 10 points
The student compares and contrasts the two images in a
thorough and accurate way 10 points
Two reputable research sources are used, and the paper includes
a bibliography and in-text citations where appropriate 5
points
Homework 4
introduce you to two influential art movements from the first
half of the 20th century: Dada and Surrealism. Like the
expressionists we studied last week, these artists often used
abstract techniques, but with the goal of critiquing society or
communicating about their own thoughts, ideas, and
psychological processes. The Dada movement emerged during
WW1 in Zurich Switzerland (which was neutral during the war).

Zurich Dada included artists from throughout Europe, many of
whom were fleeing the war. Over the next decade, the Dada
movement expanded to cities in many other countries (Berlin,
New York, Paris, and others) and each Dada group had their
own unique characteristics. Overall, Dada artists used art to
protest against a world that they saw as self-destructive and
irrational. The form their protest took was itself irrational: they
fought the nonsense of the world with art that was deliberately
nonsensical. They also combined various mediums (like poetry,
performance, and collage) and created new techniques that
changed the definition of art. Several Dada artists ended up
participating in the next major art movement to emerge, which
was called Surrealism. Like Dada artists, Surrealists were
interested in the irrational and they embraced techniques like
the use of chance in art. Many (but not all) of the Surrealists
returned to more traditional forms of painting and drawing as a
way to represent the contents of their own psyches. The field of
psychology, and especially the theories of psychoanalyst
Sigmund Freud, were important influences on the Surrealist
movement.
Reading 1: This set of articles will introduce you to the Dada
movement, and will explain the earliest Dada group, which
formed in Zurich Switzerland during WW1.
Click here for the article World War I and Dada
Click here for the article 100 Years Ago Today, Dada Was Born
at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich
Click here for an audio article by Susan Stamberg about a Dada
exhibition (listen to the article, or if you require text, click on
"transcript")
the Dada movement in Berlin. Berlin Dadaists were known for
their experimentation with new kinds of collage, including

photomontage (a technique that they originated) and three-
dimensional assemblages. These readings will explain those
techniques, and then focus on three specific artists: Hannah
Hoch, Raoul Hausmann, and Kurt Schwitters (the latter of
whom is actually from Hannover, rather than Berlin).
Click here for a webpage from the Museum of Modern Art that
explains three Berlin-Dada techniques (collage, assemblage, and
photomontage).
Click here for the article The Spirit of Our Time; Mechanical
Head, Raoul Hausmann (1919)
Click here for the article Kurt Schwitters: Reconstructions of
the Merzbau
Click here for the article Hannah Höch: art’s original punk.
Click here for the video Höch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada
Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch of
Germany
Reading 3: This set of articles and videos will focus on an
especially influential Dada artist: Marcel Duchamp. Duchamp’s
development of the “readymade” as an art form permanently
changed the definition of art.
Click here for the article Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)
Click here for the video Art as concept: Duchamp, In Advance
of the Broken Arm.
Click here for the video Duchamp, Fountain
Click here for the article Marcel Duchamp and the Readymade
Reading 4: This set of articles will introduce you to the
Surrealist movement and explore the connections between Dada

and Surrealism. It also includes two articles about surrealist
objects: the first by Man Ray and the second by Meret
Oppenheim.
Click here for the article Surrealism, an introduction.
Click here for the article Surrealism.
Click here for the article Man Ray, The Gift
Click here for the article Meret Oppenheim, Object (Fur-
covered cup, saucer, and spoon).
Reading 5: This set of articles and videos will continue to
explore the Surrealist movement by introducing two well-known
Surrealist painters: Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali.
Click here for the article Rene Magritte and his paintings
Click here for the video Magritte, The Treachery of Images
(Ceci n’est pas une pipe).
Click here for the video Conservation | René Magritte, "The
Portrait," 1935
Click here for the article The Surreal World of Salvador Dalí
Click here for the video Dali, The Persistence of Memory
Click here for the video Dali, Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Dada artist Tristan Tzara wrote that: “The beginnings of Dada
were not the beginnings of art, but of disgust.” For this written
assignment, consider that quote in relationship to what you have
learned this week about the Dada movement. What were the
Dadaists disgusted with? How did that disgust inform and shape
their art? Explore this quote in depth in a 1double-spaced paper.

Discuss at least one Dada artwork as part of your response.
Your paper should be informed by at least two reputable
sources. Cite your sources in-text as needed, and include a
bibliography in MLA form.
Grading criteria for option 1
The paper is 1-2 pages and includes a bibliography of at least 2
reputable sources: 5 points
The paper explores the given quote accurately and in depth: 5
points
The paper includes discussion of a relevant Dada artwork: 10
points
The paper indicates a strong understanding of this art
movement: 10 points

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