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Level:
Intermediate Mid-High
Standards: 7.1.IM.A.1
Compare and contrast information contained in culturally authentic materials
using electronic information sources related to targeted themes.
7.1.IM.A.6 Compare and contrast the main idea, theme, main
characters, and setting in readings from age- and level-appropriate, culturally
authentic materials.
7.1.IM.C.4 Synthesize information found in age- and
level-appropriate culturally authentic materials.
Targets:
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Students will be able to compare and contrast
the differences between realist art and impressionist art through short answer
questions.
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Students will be able to analyze culturally
authentic material to better understand how societal changes had an effect on
art by conducting a final essay.
Name ____________________________________ Class
_______________ Date___________________
Directions: Read
and answer the following questions on a separate
sheet of lined paper. Use the documents provided (1-5) to complete your
answers. These questions have been based upon your ability to use and work with
historic documents. As you analyze the following, remember to take into account
the document’s history and the author’s point of view.
History Context:
Art has played a major role in telling the history of our
world. During the 19th century, art served as a symbol of the
changing of the time. As France moved on from the 1848 Revolution, they
transitioned from a time of romanticism and hierarchy to new ideas in science
and politics. What effect did these changes have on art?
Task: Discuss the
progress of art based on the change in society as France entered a new age of
science and politics known as the Industrial Revolution.
Part A: Short Answer
The following documents are related to the transition
between realist art and impressionist art during the 19th century. Both
science and politics played a major role in this progress. Examine each
document carefully and answer the question using complete sentences. Complete
these answers in English. Each answer will help you in Part B.
Document 1:
« Bonjour, Monsieur
Courbet »
Gustave Courbet
(1854)
Gustave Courbet
(1854)
1.
Explain the color and mood in this picture. Note
the subject’s facial expressions and fine details of the painting.
2.
Who is/are the subject of this painting? What
was the purpose of this? How is this different from art from the romanticism
era?
Document 2:
Excerpt from le
Musee D’Orsay on the Beaux-Arts
“In order to meet the
requirements of the Academy, which were taught at the École des Beaux-Arts
(School of Fine Arts) and asserted in the choice of laureates of competitions
and in the Salon jury, painters had to observe a certain number of principles.
These progressively became so rigid that little by little some artists and
critics rebelled against what had become a yoke.“
“In 1863, the jury proved so
severe (3000 pieces were rejected out of 5000 submitted by painters) that
Napoleon III authorized a “Salon des Refusés” (Salon of the Rejected).”
1.
Knowing the
popular topics of the time, what types of art would have been accepted by the
jury at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts?
2.
Why was art
rejected? What happened to the work of those artists?
Document 3:
Personal Account of
the Evolution of Paris
Henry Tuckerman,
American
1867
Source:
Impressionism: Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society
Robert L Herbert
1.
What is happening to Paris?
2.
Give two examples from Henry Tuckerman’s
experience to support your answer.
Document 4:
Boulevarde Montmartre, Morning, Cloudy Weather
Camille Pissarro
(1897)
1.
Explain how the subject from this painting
reflects the changes in society.
2.
How does this painting differ technically from
the painting in Document 1?
Document 5:
Letter to
Monet from Rodin (1897)
This letter, acquired in 2006, reveals the
artistic rapport and the friendship that united the two men. It is moving
testimony to the sculptor’s admiration for the painter and his oeuvre, a
feeling that Rodin seldom – perhaps never – expressed so clearly or so
elegantly : “the same feeling of fraternity, the same love of art, has made us
friends for ever… I still have the same admiration for the artist who helped me
understand light, clouds, the sea, the Cathedrals that I already loved so much,
but whose beauty awakened at dawn by your rendering touched me so deeply.”
1.
Based on your knowledge of Monet and Rodin, what
type of artists were they?
2.
Identify two examples from the document that
shows that they were close friends with similar interests. What did these
interests have to do with their friendship?
2.
Part B: Essay Task
Using the five documents above, your answers to the
questions and your knowledge of impressionism, complete an essay discussing the
progress of art from realism to impressionism. Keep in mind societal changes of
the time. Include an Introduction, support paragraphs and a conclusion. Make
sure to create a thesis statement in the introduction paragraph and carry it
out through your paper. Please complete this assignment in English, using
complete sentences.
Outline of Possible
Answers:
Document 1:
1.
Explain the color and mood in this picture. Note
the subject’s facial expressions and fine details of the painting.
a.
Colors are subtle
b.
Lines are precise
c.
Includes a lot of fine detail
d.
Mood is empty or dry
i.
Very little emotion can be derived from this
painting
2.
Who is/are the subject of this painting? What
was the purpose of this? How is this different from art from the romanticism
era?
a.
Subjects are everyday people
b.
Subjects are neither higher class or lower class
c.
Subjects are wearing casual clothing
d.
Using “common people” as subjects made a
statement against government which stated that all things had a right to be
portrayed
e.
This idea tore away from the common romanticism
thoughts that only nobles, historically accurate events or religious figures
could be portrayed
f.
Romanticism era focused on idolizing others
g.
Romanticism put a romantic twist on almost all
arts
Document 2:
1.
Knowing the
popular topics of the time, what types of art would have been accepted by the
jury at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts?
a.
Art that fell
under the common categories of people or places
b.
Art that was
accepted by the jury had to follow strict principles set forth by the Ecole des
Beaux Arts
i.
The Ecole des
Beaux Arts made specific principles which they based their instruction on
ii.
Onlt those
paintings which followed these guidelines exactly were accepted
2.
Why was art
rejected? What happened to the work of those artists?
a.
Art that followed
no guidelines was always rejected
b.
The jury believed
that only their type of art was acceptable
c.
Napoleon
created a “Salon des Refusés” for those
pieces of art which were rejected
d.
Many artists who
were rejected gave up on becoming a successful artist
Document 3:
1.
What is happening to Paris?
a.
Paris is going through an Industrial Revolution
b.
Times are changing, Paris is becoming more
modernized
2.
Give two examples from Henry Tuckerman’s
experience to support your answer.
a.
“The Prefect has cut through streets, demolished
whole quarters, made spaces and substituted modern elegance for old squalor.”
b.
“In the midst of the ‘improvements,’ like to
recall the Paris of the time before the Empire; to turn from foreign clubs and
cosmopolitan corso, from American gossip and Imperial receptions, from gas and
glitter and the immense crowds...”
c.
“The spirit whereof yet gleams from the savage
eyes of many a surly ouvrier (worker), on his long walk from his work to the
suburbs.”
Document 4:
1.
Explain how the subject from this painting
reflects the changes in society.
a.
The subject is the city
b.
Immense number of people
c.
Industrialization
i.
Horse and buggy
ii.
Street lights
iii.
High rise buildings
2.
How does this painting differ technically from
the painting in Document 1?
a.
Blurred brush strokes
b.
Dull colors
c.
Blending of colors
d.
No defined lines
e.
More general subject
i.
One can identify the different pieces (people,
horse-drawn carriages, buildings, trees, etc…) without the amount of detail
that the realist painting had
ii.
More of an impression, more interpretive, than
the exact detail and specific subject of the realist painting
Document 5:
1.
Based on your knowledge of Monet and Rodin, what
type of artists were they?
a.
Both artists were impressionists
b.
They were both rejected from L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts
2.
Identify two examples from the document that
shows that they were close friends with similar interests. What did these
interests have to do with their friendship?
a.
“The same love
of art, has made us friends forever”
b.
“I still have
the same admiration for the artist who helped me understand light, clouds, the
sea, the Cathedrals that I already loved so much.”
c.
“Mon vrai Monet…”
d.
Because Rodin and Monet were both rejected from
the Ecole des Beaux-Arts,
they thrived together with the development of impressionism
e.
They both gained success under the impressionist
ideas and techniques
f.
Had impressionists not banded together, the
style of art would have never came to be
i.
Impressionism was a group answer to the
rejection to the Ecole des
Beaux-Arts
ii.
Impressionism made a statement to the government
iii.
Art become a feeling and emotion rather than
just an image
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