Unit Title: The Art World Post WW2
Course: Modern Art History
Unit Length: 4 weeks
Date Created:
State Standards / Common Core Standards
25.A.4 Analyze and evaluate the effective use of elements, principles and expressive qualities in a composition/performance in dance, drama,
music and visual arts.
25.A.5 Analyze and evaluate student and professional works for how aesthetic qualities are used to convey intent, expressive ideas and/or
meaning.
25.B.4 Analyze and evaluate similar and distinctive characteristics of works in two or more of the arts that share the same historical period or
societal context.
26.A.5 Common for all four arts: Analyze and evaluate how the choice of media, tools, technologies and processes support and influence the
communication of ideas
26.A.4e Visual Arts: Analyze and evaluate how tools/technologies and processes combine to convey meaning.
26.B.5 Common for all four arts: Create and perform a complex work of art using a variety of techniques, technologies and resources and
independent decision making
26.B.4d Visual Arts: Demonstrate knowledge and skills that communicate clear and focused ideas based on planning, research and problem
solving.
RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks
attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.
RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or
technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.
Unit Overview
Unit Components
Vocabulary
Action painting
Color field painting
Screenprinting
Concepts
Abstract Expressionism
Pop Art
Minimalism
Conceptual Art
Contemporary Art
Skills
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Critique works of art
Distinguish among
works from a variety of
time periods
Analyze different
artistic styles
Create a linoleum print
based on pop art
Media
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Linoleum (or similar
material)
Carving and printing
tools
Ink
Paper
Pencil
Learner/Performance Objectives: The student will . . .
Assessments/Evidence
Yes/No
Formative Assessments
1. Identify and use unit vocabulary
2. Describe and analyze cultural movements that influenced concurrent art.
3. Identify and describe characteristics of Abstract Expressionism.
4. Identify and describe characteristics of Pop Art.
5. Identify and describe characteristics of Minimalism.
6. Identify and describe characteristics of Contemporary and Conceptual art.
7. Create a linoleum block print based on Pop Art and contemporary culture.
8. Compare and contrasts artworks of different artists and time periods.
9. Develop an understanding of artists’ motivations for creating work.
10. Evaluate the effectiveness of artists’ techniques.
11. Analyze the influence of prior artistic movements moving forward.
Daily discussion with Socratic
questioning
Sketchbook drawings demonstrating an
understanding of artistic techniques
Paragraphs critiquing various works of
art
Summative Assessments
Paper comparing and contrasting works
from two of the artists studied
Linoleum block print
Multiple choice unit test
Unit:
Resources/Materials
Art History, Volume 2 by Marilyn Stokstad
Janson’s History of Art
PowerPoint presentations
Various handouts