u4 april 17 american art before wwii

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Engage

[5 mins] Review your notes from U4: April 06–What is Modernism? What is one thing you remember from the material covered for that topic?

Explore

[10 mins] Read about the American artist assigned to your group below. Write down which artist you read about.

Groups 1–3

https://lawrencemigration.phillipscollection.org/culture/introduction

Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series, 1940-41, 60 panels, tempera on hardboard (even numbers at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, odd numbers at the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.)

Groups 4–6

https://whitney.org/collection/works/1022

Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1931-32, tempera and gouache on canvas mounted on composition board, 84 × 48 inches (Whitney Museum of American Art)

Explain

[15 mins] Write at least one answer to each question. To what social issue was the artist responding? How did the artist use elements of art and principles of design? What was the artist communicating about the social issue? Does this have any relevancy to similar current social issues?

Elaborate

[10 mins] Write an answer for each question. How does the artist’s choice for depicting the social issue match Modern art or avant-garde practices? In other words, how modern are these works of art?

Evaluate

What did you learn about art studying this artist?