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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Revealing Process

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the method of collage in art in part of a study of Dada and Surrealist art. In this art analysis lesson, students explore how artists incorporated materials from everyday life into their art works. Students complete...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transforming Everyday Objects

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students consider criteria for art and explore three works of art that challenge their definitions. In this art analysis lesson, students consider their definitions of art and how Dada and Surrealist artists challenged the conventions....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Portraiture

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the conventions of portraiture and the technique of photo-montage. In this art analysis lesson, students define portraiture and analyze the pictured pieces of art. Students make a photo-montage portrait or caricature as...
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Interactive
Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Joan Miro: Painting and Anti Painting 1927 1937

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Museum of Modern Art's online exhibition of the works of artist Joan Miro between 1927 and 1937. Shows the use of acidic color, grotesque disfigurement, and the use of collage and ready made materials that Miro is known for.
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Website
Other

Sandy Skoglund Art Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter the bizarre world of installation artist Sandy Skoglund. You will be captivated by her odd creations and amazed at her imagination. Watch videos of behind the scenes footage and read interviews and essays about her work.
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Handout
Other

Peak: Max Ernst

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but interesting biography of Ernst is given here.
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Website
Other

Kaunas University: Salvador Dali Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a timeline of Dali paintings. Each image is complemented with notes, general inforamtion, and quotations by Dali.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Meret Oppenheim, Object (Fur Covered Cup, Saucer, and Spoon)

For Students 9th - 10th
The story behind the creation of "Object", an ordinary cup, spoon, and saucer wrapped evocatively in gazelle fur, has been told so many times its importance in modernist history transcends the fact it might be of dubious authenticity....
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Graphic
CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Marc Chagall: I and the Village

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from CGFA provides the painting of Chagall entitled "I and the Village", which represents his finer works of the period.