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click on level for description (Mastery) (Secondary) (Mastery) (Secondary) Introduce Andy Warhol to the class
through a PowerPoint presentation.
Have reproductions of 'Soup
Cans,' ' Marilyns,' and
'Green Coca-Cola
Bottles' available as you discuss/define pop art. During the
PowerPoint, pause as needed to fill in details the student may have left
out - discuss a definition of pop art and cultural art. Mention that
Warhol had many people working for him to produce his works, and discuss
the questions, "What is art?" and "What is an artist?"
Before the discussion, be familiar with two benchmarks, so that your
information and questions are directed toward these: 1) Describe
the origins of specific images and ideas and explain why they are of value
in their artwork and in the work of others, and 2) Describe the functions
and explore the meaning of specific art objects within varied cultures,
times, and places.
Unit
title*
Warhol-style 4-Photo Print Project
Subject
area*
Art
Secondary
subject
Technology
Grade*
11th and 12th
Duration/time*
Five class
periods
Overview*
Students are introduced to Andy Warhol's
work through a student-made Power Point and a class discussion about pop
art and Warhol's style. Using digital cameras and photo-editing
software, students produce a 4-quadrant "canvas" that they then
paint with appropriate colors/contrasts.
Technology
overview*
Level 1:
Students will access information.
Students use the Internet to find examples of
Warhol's portraits.
Level 2:
Students will collect data for research.
Students use a digital camera and Photosuite software
to take an image of themselves and convert it to a grayscale four
quadrant collage
Level 3:
Students will analyze information.
Students examine examples of Warhol's work for ideas
about applying his style of color choice and contrast to their own
portraits.
Level 4:
Students will synthesize and communicate information.
Some students will make a PowerPoint presentation
about Andy Warhol's life and work; all students will produce a work
that applies Warhol's style.
Focus questions*
What is pop art and what is its
significance? How can the
style of Andy Warhol be applied to self portraits? How can current
technologies be used to produce a Warhol-style artwork?
Content
standards and benchmarks*
Michigan Content Standards and
Benchmarks for Visual Arts:
Fine Arts.IV.1.HS.1 Apply materials, techniques and processes with
sufficient skill, confidence and sensitivity that personal intentions are
carried out in the artwork.
Fine Arts.IV.2.HS.3 Describe the origins of specific images and
ideas and explain why they are of value in their artwork and in the work
of others.
Fine Arts.IV.4.HS.2 Describe the functions and explore the meaning
of specific art objects within varied cultures, times, and places.
Content
standards and benchmarks*
Technology
standards and benchmarks*
National
Educational Technology Standards for Students (iste):
9-12.3. Use technology tools and resources for managing and communicating
person/professional information.
9-12.4.7 Routinely and efficiently use online information resources
to eet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications,
and productivity.
Technology
standards and benchmarks*
Resources*
Andy
Warhol, 1996,written and illustrated by Mike Venezia, from the Getting
to Know the World's Greatest Artists series, Children's Press, Grolier
Publishing, New York, ISBN 0-516-26075-8
Andy Warhol Museum http://www.warhol.org/
About Art History http://arthistory.about.com
Andy Warhol@ the NGA http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?32670
Marilyn Image - allows you to experiment with color choice and contrast -
very cool - http://webexhibits.org/colorart/marilyns.html
Materials needed: digital camera, blank disc, Photosuite software,
computer, printer, copier paper, copy maching, acrylic paint, brushes,
water, paper toweling, and brushes. Also, pictures of Andy Warhol's
photos/paintings of Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.
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Lesson
Plan(s)*
When a student presents a PowerPoint (for a different unit on art
history), he/she is required to play background music that expresses
similar ideas or is a reflection of the time period of the artist.
During the first run through a presentation, I do not like there to be a
lot of talking and verbal information - I prefer that the class just
absorb the images. Students had already viewed the Warhol
presentation before I used it as a discussion tool.
Explain to students that they will be creating self-portraits in the style
of Warhol, using his sense of color and repetition. They will also
be using several media: photography, paper, and paint. They
will use several technologies to prepare the "canvas" for
painting.
Students will need to prepare the quadrant "canvas." There
are variations in this method, depending on your technology. These
are instructions for Photosuite
on a PC.
Example
student materials
Female
student's work
Assessment*
I use a generic Rubric
for Grading Individual Art Projects, and then compile a student's
score on an Art Project Grade
Report. As students are working on the project, I have listed on
the board the particular skills I will be looking for as they do the
project. For this project, the skills were:
contrast, color choice (choose complementary colors), following steps, and
neatness/brushwork.
Reflection
This project helped students
understand Soup-Can-as-Art a little better. Also, through the art
history project in which they each studied an artist, they had become
aware that many artists do self-portraits, and they enjoyed trying a
self-portrait.
Home
activities
Photograph
from Walker Museum of Art in Minneapolis
We conducted a number of fundraisers during the year and were able to
travel to Minneapolis in the spring with the drama class. Students
were thrilled to find an original Warhol work.
Credits
Lynn Mariin, Art Teacher, Bark-River
Harris High School, P.O. Box 350, Harris, MI 49845
