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Art History Class inspired by
Paul Klee

 
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This class studied the work of Paul Klee, who was an accomplished violinist as well as an artist. Students listened to Bach Inventions and Mozart concertos while they drew with markers. Some were inspired by Klee's magic number squares (where each column has the same total value). Others drew whimsical animals or abstract drawings. Colored pencils and markers in abstract backgrounds, regular and colored pencils.
See Classes & Lectures for more information on this and other art history classes.

On this page:

Adina * Alexandra * Christopher * Emma (work in progress) * Hannah * Sydney *Trevor * Zaffira (work in progress)

Modern Art History Syllabus

  Description Activity
1. Author Emile Zola and Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Auguste Renoir, and Claude Monet Watercolor Painting
2. Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Toulouse-Lautrec. Colored Pastels
3. Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh Impasto Painting, thickened tempera with sand
4. Georges Seurat, Paul Signac Pointillism — dot paintings with markers
5. Camille Pissaro, Paul Cézanne, techniques that led to Cubism Pastels and oil pastels
6. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braques, Juan Gris, Cubism Cubism: Collage and mixed media
7. Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse Papercuts and Collage
8. Wassily Kandinsky and his theory of color and sound Improvisational painting to music using watercolors
9. Paul Klee Colored pencils and markers
10. Dada — Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, and others. Dadaist portrait collages
11. Surrealism — Yves Tanguy, Marcel Jean, and Salvador Dali Surrealism
12. Surrealist collages — Giorgio de Chirico and Rene Magritte Surrealist collages
13. Surrealism and symbolism — Joan Miró Surrealism and symbolism
14. Alexander Calder Wire sculpture
15. Henry Moore Clay sculpture
16a. Louise Nevelson Stabiles
16b. Louise Nevelson Found object sculpture
  Romare Bearden Collages

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Adina

Adina
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Alexandra

Alexandra

Alexandra
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Christopher

Christopher
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Emma
(work in progress)


Emma
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Hannah

Hannah
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Sydney

Sydney
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Trevor

Trevor

Trevor
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Zaffira
(work in progress)


Zaffira - work in progress
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