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Pages for this Topic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lesson Plan Summaries Online Resources - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1: Describing the Real 2: Cartoon Commentary 3: Picture Portraits Related Artists - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eleanor Antin Walton Ford Ann Hamilton Trenton Doyle Hancock Tim Hawkinson Kerry James Marshall Elizabeth Murray Pepón Osorio Raymond Pettibon Kara Walker Online Resources - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20th Cent. Abstraction Abstract Express...1 Abstract Express...2 Abstract Express...3 Realism - Art Lex Jackson Pollock Arshile Gorky Willem de Kooning Piet Mondrian Kasimir Malevich Caravaggio Diego Velázquez Francisco de Zubarán Cartooning Political Cartoons Dr. Seuss Presidential Cartoons History of Portraiture Evolution of Portraiture Self-Portraits Lesson 1—Fact or Fiction above: photo by Antin Lesson 2—Cartoon Commentary above: comic book by Marshall Lesson 3—Picture Portraits above: sculpture by Hawkinson Submit a lesson plan or student art work		Movements in art continually develop and innovate the ways we see, understand, and appreciate visual imagery. Two radically different, yet complimentary traditions within representation are abstraction and realism. These terms are used not only used to describe and interpret visual art, but also to illustrate language, concepts, and attitudes. Both terms employ notions of accuracy and likeness in their definitions. Abstraction and realism allow us to look critically at how we construct meaning about people, places, and things through visual art forms—such as portraits and cartoons—but also in other descriptive systems—such as historical and fictional texts. Online Resources: Abstraction & Realism The Move Towards Abstraction in Art and Early Abstract Art • http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/tl/20th/abstract.html   20th Century Abstraction • http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/   Wassily Kandinsky • http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/auth/marc/   Franz Marc Abstract Expressionism and Abstract Expressionist Artists • http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/abstractexpr.html   Art Lex • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/abstract-expressionism.html     Art Cyclopedia • http://artnetweb.com/abstraction/abexpress.html   Artnet • http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/auth/pollock/   Jackson Pollock • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/gorky_arshile.html   Arshile Gorky • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/de_kooning_willem.html   Willem de Kooning Abstract Artists • http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/auth/mondrian/   Piet Mondrian • http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/auth/malevich/   Kasimir Malevich Realism in Art and Realist Artists • http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/realism.html   Art Lex • http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/realism/   I Biblio • http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/caravaggio/   Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio • http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/   Diego Velázquez • http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/zurbaran/   Francisco de Zubarán The following Web sites are cited in the individual lesson plans: The History of Political Cartoons • http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/   A source to search subjects, cartoonists, and view several examples • http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/PUCK/part1.html   A brief history of political cartoons • http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/   “Dr. Seuss Went to War”—a catalog of political cartoons by Dr. Seuss • http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/cartoon.html   A historical account of cartoons, politics, and the presidency The History and Evolution of Portraiture • http://www.netkin.com/portraits/history/history1.php3   The history of portraiture • http://www.go-star.com/framer/portraiture.htm   The evolution of portraiture • http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/self-portrait.html   Art-historical examples of self-portraits

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