MODERN ART AND IDEAS 2 1893-1913
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MODERN ART AND IDEAS 2
1893-1913
AGuide for Educators
Department of Education at The Museum of Modern Art
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FAUVISM AND EXPRESSIONISM
Artists included in this guide:
André Derain, Paul Gauguin, Vasily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka,
Käthe Kollwitz, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Henri Matisse, Emil Nolde, August Sander.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
A NOTE TO EDUCATORS
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USING THE EDUCATORS GUIDE
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SETTING THE SCENE
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LESSONS
Lesson One: Rise ofthe Modern City
Lesson Two: Portraiture
Lesson Three: ArtistsJourneys
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FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION
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GLOSSARY
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES
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M
oMA SCHOOL PROGRAMS
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1. Kirk Varnedoe, AFine Disregard , (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990), 22.
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ANOTE TO EDUCATORS
This is the second volume in the Modern Art and Ideas series, which explores the history of
modern art through The Museum of Modern Arts extensive collection. While traditionalart
historical categories are the seriesorganizing principle, these parameters are used primarily as
ameans ofexploring artistic developments and movements in conjunction with theirsocial
and historical context. This guide is informed by issues posed by the selected works in a variety
of mediums (painting, drawing, prints, and photography), but its organization and lesson
topics are tailored to the public school curriculum, with particular application to social
studies, visual art, history, and language arts. Lessons are accompanied by writing, research,
and hands-on, art-basedactivities that encourage students to make connections between
the visual arts and other disciplines.
The works featured in this guide span the years 1893 to 1913, a period marked by rapid
industrialization and population growth, as well as ...
vasily kandinsky s education