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  • The Humanities
  • What is Art?
    • Why Art?
  • Artistic Literacy
  • Historical Units of Study
    • Ancient Mesopotamia
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Ancient Greece - IN PROGRESS
  • Thematic Units of Study
    • Fiber Arts
    • The Art of Terror >
      • Storytelling
    • The Art of Gratitude >
      • Extra Credit - StoryCorps
    • Faith and Spirituality >
      • Sacred Spaces
      • The Symbols
      • The Stories
      • Death and the Afterlife
      • The Holy Books
      • God Incarnate
    • Family
    • Wisdom of Wall-e
    • The Most Powerful
    • The Art of Portraiture >
      • Critical Vocab - Portraiture
      • Humans of New York
      • The Book of Bruce Springsteen
    • Social Commentary >
      • Social Commentary - Project
      • Critical Vocab - Social Commentary
      • Documentary Film
    • Art and the Environment
    • The 'Ideal' - IN PROGRESS
    • Mother and Child - IN PROGRESS
    • The Art of War >
      • "Saving Private Ryan" Discussion
    • Death and Dying
    • The Art of PEACE - IN PROGRESS
    • Judaism

1.  ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT

How is the environment used in art?
     (consider subject matter, technique, style, composition)
Why is the environment used in art?
     (consider message/meaning, theme, purpose)

ENVIRONMENT AS SUBJECT MATTER

YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip)

documentary_film.pdf
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Ansel Adams

John Muir

Georgia O'Keeffe

Hudson River School

hudson_river_school.pdf
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Nature in Chinese Art

Edward Burtynsky

Analysis of Environment as Subject Matter

Read carefully with pen in hand - highlighting that information that explains HOW and WHY environment is used in the artwork.
Identify THREE specific ways in which the artwork is similar to at least TWO of the artworks we have previously looked at during this unit.
Craft a short essay elaborating on those THREE similarities.
Turn in your work to edmodo.
jacob_van_ruisdael_depicted_the_dutch_landscape_with_precision_and_sensitivity.pdf
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the_haywain_-_john_constable.pdf
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antonio_canaletto.pdf
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2.  ENVIRONMENT AS MEDIUM

Robert Rauschenberg

John Cage

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Environmental Art/Earthworks
   

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Visit greenmuseum.org to find an artwork that you like.  Drop an image of it into your notes, including a full ID.  Briefly explain HOW it does or does not fit the description of environmental art/earthwork. 

3.  ENVIRONMENT AS INSPIRATION

Antonio Vivaldi

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vivaldi-spring.pdf
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vivaldi-summer.pdf
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vivaldi-autumn.pdf
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vivaldi-winter.pdf
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Jazz

Visit the above link.
Use the tab 'Places, Spaces, and Changing Faces'.
Choose ONE of the links identified on the map and thorougly explore.
Summarize the information you find there, focusing on HOW that particular environment impacted/inspired jazz music.

FINAL PROJECT

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