Creative Thinking & Making
Historical & Cultural Contexts
Critical Thinking
Critical Response
Aesthetics
At a Glance:

Suggested Time Frame:

Each handout x 4
(or use as homework
assignment and
review in class).                   40 mins
Class Review                       40 mins

Total time:                  2 to 5 classes

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Assessment:
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Learning Objectives and Cognitive Skills:

Comprehension:
Students will identify and describe different artistic styles
Students will explain differences in opinion regarding works of art

Analyze:
Students will compare and contrast two different styles of artwork
Students will analyze values held by different art movements

PA State Standards:

Artists and Humanities:
9.3.12. Critical Response
F. Analyze the processes of criticism used to compare the meanings of a work in the arts in both its own and present time.
G. Analyze works in the arts by referencing the judgments advanced by art critics as well as one's own analysis and critique.

Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening:
1.2 Reading Critically in all content areas
1.2.11A Read and understand essential content of informational texts and documents in all academic areas

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5


Research
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DeKooning - Woman VI  

 

 

Willem DeKooning, Woman VI
1953 Oil on Canvas
36 x 46 ¼ in.
Gift of G. David Thompson
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Handouts needed
for Step 4:

The following handouts are
included in the Lesson PDF:

Introduction to
Artworks and Styles

Historical &
Cultural Context

Formal Methods
& Artists’ Ideas

Critical Response

Procedure:

In order to have an informed opinion one must have rich knowledge about the subject of the critique, in this case rich knowledge about the artworks. The four handouts included here will help students to comprehend and analyze the historical and cultural context in which the artworks were made and the artists’ methods and use of formal principals and conceptual ideas, as well as the critics who have already published opinions about the work.

1. Print and photocopy the four handouts. Students should read each handout in order and answer the Comprehension and Analysis questions.

Many of our Learning Lab teachers used this time to explore production activities in class addressing formal principles of design with their students.

2. Discuss the student responses to the questions after each reading.

3. Save the student responses to Comprehension and Analysis questions to aid in writing the final critique in Step 5.

 
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