The document provides instructions for a partner activity where students independently choose an image, write down 3 reasons they think it is or is not a work of art, then share their reasons with a partner. It also includes examples of different styles, mediums, and classifications of art as well as artworks and favorite artists of various teachers.

1. PARTNER ACTIVITY:
1. Independently, decide on 1 image from this page.
2. Spend 2 minutes by yourself, silently, writing down 3
reasons you think it is or is not a work of art.
3. When directed, share your reasons with the person next to
you.
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2. IS THIS ART?

3. IS THIS ART?

4. IS THIS ART?

5. IS THIS ART?
ART has not always been what we think
it is today.
ART lacks a satisfactory definition.
ART is the portrait of history.
With such a vast reasoning for creating
artwork, vast time period over which artwork
has been created, and a vast number and
diversity of cultures and individuals making
art… WHAT REMAINS CONSTANT?

6. 4 Classifications of ART
Imitationalism or Realism
Expressionalism
Formalism
Functionalism

7. 4 Classifications of ART
Imitationalism or Realism
Art created to look like what
we see in the world.

8. IMITATIONALISM
Richard Estes Central Savings.

9. IMITATIONALISM
Donatello Gattamelata

10. IMITATIONALISM
Duane Hanson Tourists II

11. 4 Classifications of ART
Expressionalism
Art created to distort reality
for an emotional effect.

12. EXPRESSIONALISM
Pablo Picasso Guernica

13. EXPRESSIONALISM
Edward Munch The Scream

14. EXPRESSIONALISM
Joseph Minton Inside

15. 4 Classifications of ART
Formalism
Art created to emphasize
compositional elements (line, color,
shape, etc.) over content (subject,
meaning).

16. FORMALISM
Louise Nevelson Sky Cathedral

17. FORMALISM
I. M. Pei The Johnson Museum of Art

18. FORMALISM
Wassily Kandinsky On White II

19. 4 Classifications of ART
Functionalism
Art created to fill a need,
function, or purpose.

20. FUNCTIONALISM
Philipe Starck Richard III Chair

21. FUNCTIONALISM
William Leslie Dragon’s Claw Light

22. FUNCTIONALISM
Functional Art Co. Stairway

23. 4 Classifications of ART
Imitationalism/Realism: Art created to look like what
we see in the world.
Expressionalism: Art created to distort reality for an
emotional effect.
Formalism: Art created to emphasize compositional
elements (line, color, shape, etc.) over content
(subject, meaning).
Functionalism: Art created to fill a need, function, or
purpose.

24. 4 Styles of ART
Portrait
Landscape
Still Life
Abstract

25. 4 Styles of ART
Portrait
Art that represents a person, in
which the face and its expression is
predominant.

26. PORTRAIT
Leonardo DaVinci Mona Lisa

27. PORTRAIT
Pablo Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar

28. PORTRAIT
Vincent Van Gogh Self-Portrait

29. 4 Styles of ART
Landscape
Art that depicts natural scenery such
as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers,
and forests, and especially art where
the main subject is a wide view.

30. LANDSCAPE
Claude Monet Venice, Twilight

31. LANDSCAPE
Andrew Wyeth Christina’s World

32. LANDSCAPE
Ansel Adams Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada

33. 4 Styles of ART
Still Life
Art depicting mostly inanimate
subject matter, typically
commonplace objects which may be
either natural or man-made.

34. STILL LIFE
Roy Lichtenstein Still Life with Palette

35. STILL LIFE
Paul Cezanne Still Life with Apples

36. STILL LIFE
Edouard Manet Clematis

37. 4 Styles of ART
Abstract
Art that does not represent
recognizable reality, but seeks to
achieve its effect using shapes,
forms, colors, and textures.

38. ABSTRACT
Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie

39. ABSTRACT
Mark Rothko Green, White, Yellow

40. ABSTRACT
Wassily Kandinsky Transverse Lines

41. 4 Styles of ART
Portrait: Art that represents a person, in which the face
and its expression is predominant.
Landscape: Art that depicts natural scenery such as
mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and
especially art where the main subject is a wide view.
Still life: Art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter,
typically commonplace objects which may be either
natural or man-made.
Abstract: Art that does not represent recognizable
reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes,
forms, colors, and textures.

42. ART
What will you learn?
What will you
create?
What are your
options?

43. Charcoal & Graphite

44. Charcoal & Graphite

45. Pen & Ink

46. Pen & Ink

47. Acrylic

48. Acrylic

49. Mixed Media

50. Mixed Media

51. Photography

52. Photography

53. Sculpture

54. Sculpture

55. Ceramic

56. Ceramic

57. Watercolor

58. Watercolor

59. Collage

60. Collage

61. Digital

62. Digital

63. Printmaking

64. Printmaking

65. Oil & Chalk Pastels

66. Oil & Chalk Pastels

67. Colored Pencil

68. Colored Pencil

69. Mr. Dorofy’s Artwork
Opposites Dawn of the Dorofy

70. Mr. Dorofy’s Favorites
Mark Rothko Egon Shiele
White Center Self Portrait

71. Mr. Denner’s Artwork
Steeler Wallpaper So You Wanna Be a Hero?

72. Mr. Denner’s Favorites
David Magritte
Death of Marat The Treachery of Images

73. Mrs. Holtz’s Artwork
Pegleg Pete

74. Mrs. Holtz’s Favorites
Carl Barks Winslow Homer
An Astronomical Predicament The Fog Warning

75. Mrs. Sanders’ Artwork

76. Mrs. Sanders’ Favorites
Mary Cassatt Georgia O’Keefe

77. Mrs. Gordon’s Artwork
Amy’s House Baby Doll

78. Mrs. Gordon’s Favorites
Bourguereau Maxfield Parish
Young Priestess Interlude Mural

79. Mrs. Duckworth’s Artwork
Self-Portrait Aspen

80. Mrs. Duckworth’s
Favorites
Gustav Klimt Irving Penn
Birch Forest I Pablo Picasso, Cannes France

81. Mrs. Duckworth’s
Favorites
Mark Rothko
Oil on Canvas
“Orange and Yellow”,
1956