Postwar Art and CultureGroup Project: your role with ART

For this lesson, are put into partners and groups to learn about how World War I affected culture, as evidenced by the music, literature, and art of the time.

You and your partner have been assigned the artistic medium of art. Your six-student group contains another partner couple assigned music, and another assigned literature. You and your partner must research the visual art (paintings, sculptures, etc.) of the post-World War I era. Here are some artists you may want to check out:

Salvador Dalí Pablo Picasso Marcel Duchamp

André Masson Max Ernst Joan Miró

Valentine Hugo Méret Oppenheim Kansuke Yamamoto

There are three parts to this project:

Part 1: You and your partner will research art from the 1920s, and select a work (painting, sculpture, etc.) you would like to analyze and share. You will together write one report about how the artwork shows influence from the culture of the time period.

Questions to consider:What was the social/cultural climate of the postwar time period?What historical events caused that climate of the time period?How does art from the time period reflect that climate?What characteristics of that time period’s art does the artwork you chose have?

Requirements:• 1-2 pages in length• typed in double-spaced, 12-pt. Times New Roman• must include copy of artwork

Part 2: You and your partner will create your own original artwork that fits with the art culture of the post-World War I time period.

Requirements:• declared art style/genre• colored• at least 24” x 36”

Part 3: You & your partner will present to the class the work of another of your group’s partner couples.

Requirements:• 7-10 minutes in length• present both contemporary work and original work (or different-period song), and explain

relation of each to time period

Postwar Art and CultureGroup Project: ART grading rubrics

Part 1: Contemporary Artwork and Analysis (20 possible points)Score 1 2 3 4

copy of artwork does not have -- -- haslength of written report < ½-page ½-page – ¾-page ¾-page – 1 page 1-2 pages or more

format of written report 0-1 correct aspects 2 correct aspects 3 correct aspectsall 4 correct aspects(typed, font, size,

spacing)

understanding ofart culture

doesn't demonstrate understanding of the art culture or how it relates to its historical context

demonstrates little understanding of the art

culture

demonstrates understanding of the art

culture, but does not relate it to historical

context

demonstrates understanding of the art culture and relates it to

historical context

understanding ofthis artwork

doesn’t demonstrate knowledge of this

artwork or its historical context

demonstrates little knowledge of this

artwork

demonstrates knowledge of this

artwork, but does not relate it to historical

context

demonstrates knowledge of this

artwork and relates it to historical context

Part 2: Original Artwork and Analysis (20 possible points)Score 1 2 3 4

declared style/genre no declared style/genre -- -- declared style/genre

size of original artwork 8.5” x 11” or smaller between 8.5” x 11” and 24” x 36” -- 24” x 36” or larger

coloring 0-2 colors 3-4 correct aspects 5-6 correct aspects 7 or more colors

application ofart style/genre

doesn't demonstrate application of the art

style/genre

demonstrates little application of the art

style/genre

demonstrates application of the art style/genre per two

aspects

demonstrates application of the art style/genre per more

than two aspectseffort/complexity of

original artworkoriginal artwork shows no effort/complexity

original artwork shows little effort/complexity

original artwork shows decent effort/complexity

original artwork shows great effort/complexity

Part 3: Presentation of Another Partner Couple’s Work (Literature or Art) (16 possible points)Score 1 2 3 4

speech is none of: loud, clear, entertaining

is two of: loud, clean, entertaining

is three of: loud, clear, entertaining

is all of: loud, clear, entertaining

time of presentationis more than 2 minutes outside of 7-10-minute

allotment

is 1-2 minutes outside of 7-10-minute

allotment

is less than a minute outside of 7-10-minute

allotment

is within 7-10-minute allotment

understanding of contemporary work

doesn't demonstrate understanding of the

contemporary work or how it relates to its historical context

demonstrates little understanding of the contemporary work

demonstrates understanding of the

contemporary work, but does not relate it to historical context

demonstrates understanding of the

contemporary work and relates it to its historical

context

understanding of original work (or

different-period song)

doesn't demonstrate understanding of the

original work or how it relates to its historical

inspiration

demonstrates little understanding of the

original work

demonstrates understanding of the

original work, but does not relate it to historical

inspiration

demonstrates understanding of the

original work and relates it to its historical

inspiration

Postwar Art and Culture

Group Project: ART contemporary example__________________________________________________________________________________________

[make sure to have a copy of the contemporary artwork you chose for the presenters to show]

Mr. Holt and Mr. Holt, Period 1

“The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dalí

[introductory paragraph] We chose this painting from 1931 because…

[body paragraph] The time period was __________ because of __________…

[body paragraph] The art of the time period reflected the _________ by being __________…

[body paragraph] This particular painting demonstrates those characteristics by being _______…

[body paragraph] My opinion of this painting is…

[concluding paragraph] [summarize the points made throughout the body paragraphs]

Postwar Art and Culture

Group Project: ART original work example__________________________________________________________________________________________

imagine this artwork, but bigger (normal posterboard-size: 24” x 36”)__________________________________________________________________________________________