Introduction
The web provides access to thousands of works of art. The aim of this web hunt is to explore some American art, gather some information about the artists, and understand the historical context of the art.
Guiding Question
Your challenge is to come up with multiple answers to this question: In what ways do visual artists reveal the atmosphere and attitudes of their times?
Questions
1.
When
did the artist work? Where did he or she work?
2.
What
art movement is the artist associated with?
3.
How
did the critics respond to the artist's work then?
4.
How
do critics respond to the artist's work now?
5.
What
work is the artist remembered for? (At least two per artist)
6.
What are three significant events that made headlines during the
artist's time period?
7.
What
else was going on at the time the artist worked, in terms of technological
innovations, literature, etc.?
Internet Resources
Thomas Moran
(1837-1926) (1) (2)
Charles Russell
(1864-1929) (1)
Winslow Homer
(1836-1910) (1) (2) (3)
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1895-1937) (1) (2) (3)
(4) (5)
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) (1) (2) (3)
George Bellows
(1882-1925) (1) (2)
Jacob Lawrence
(1917-2000) (1)
(2)
Archibald Motley
(1891- 1981) (1) (2) (3)
Georgia O'Keefe
(1887-1986) (1) (2) (3) (4)
Thomas Hart Benton
(1889-1975) (1) (2)
(3)
Edward Hopper
(1882-1967) (1)
(2) (3) (4) (5)
Grant Wood (1892-1942) (1) (2) (3) (4)
(5)
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) (1) (2) (3)
WPA Muralists (1930s) (1) (2) (3) (4)
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) (1) (2) (3)
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) (1) (2) (3)
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) (1) (2) (3)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) (1)
(2)
(3)
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) (1) (2) (3)
John Trumbull (1756-1843) (1) (2) (3)
George Caleb Bingham
(1811-1879) (1) (2) (3)
George Catlin (1796-1872) (1)
(2) (3)
James Audubon (1785-1851) (1)
(2) (3) (4)
Matthew Brady (1823-1896) (1) (2) (3) (4)
Frederick Remington (1861-1909) (1) (2) (3)
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) (1) (2)
John Singer Sargent (1) (2)
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-) (1) (2) (3)
James Whistler (1) (2) (3)
Mary Cassatt (1) (2) (3)
David Sloan (Ashcan
School) (1)
(2) (3)
James Van Der Zee (1) (2)
(3)
Douglas Aaron (1)
Childe Hassam (1)
(2)
Walker Evans (1) (2) (3)
Ben Shahn (1) (2)
Diego Rivera (US
works) (1)
(2) (3)
Margaret Bourke
White (1) (2) (3)
Claes Oldenburg (1) (2) (3)
Willem de Kooning (1) (2) (3)
Mark Rothko (1) (2)
Andrew Wyeth (1) (2) (3)
Richard Diebenkorn (1) (2)
Hudson River (1) (2) (3)
Ashcan (1) (2) (3)
Realism (1) (2) (3)
Social Protest (1) (2)
Regionalism (1) (2) (3)
Smithsonian American Art collection
Search database for images by artist.
Activities
1.
Select
an artist and write a short synopsis of his or her life and comment on how the
art speaks of the times.
2.
Compare
two artists from different periods. Comment on the changes paralleling the
changes in American self-consciousness.
3.
Select
a painting or photograph and write a paragraph that sets it in a historical
context.
Mike Monley,
Teacher,and Christopher
Louie, AP student, collaborated to develop this web hunt.