- Read Pages: 382-387, 392-394 (de Kooning, Pollock, and Rothko), 326-329, 412-414 (Giacometti), and 435-437 (Bacon) in History of Modern Art by Arnason, 7th edition.
- Fully explore the Post-WWII Reaction websites below.
- Jackson Pollock’s philosophy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGVuJ3q8fuQ)
- Willem de Kooning’s Woman I painting (https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/modernity-ap/v/willem-de-kooning-woman-i-1950-52)
- Giacometti’s City Square sculpture (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pSOOgJz44o)
- Francis Bacon’s work (https://www.francis-bacon.com/paintings)
- Mark Rothko and Spirituality (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/by-topic/art/anecdotes-of-the-spirit/6500/)
- Watch your instructors’ video lecture on Post-WWII Reaction. (https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/post-war-american-art/abex/a/abstract-expressionism-an-introduction?modal=1)
1. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
2. Mark Rothko
3. Jackson Pollock
4. Lee Krasner
5. Joan Mitchell
6. The Impact of Abstract Expressionism
Write a 2-3 page summary on the artists covered above and describe Abstract Expressionism, the two parts of the movement and Art in Post-WWII Europe. Devote a portion of your summary to examining the historical context each artist/group was working in, and how artists from Units 5 and 6 related to the way they worked. Please utilize the readings, the videos assigned this week, and the lecture to demonstrate your knowledge. You will be graded based on your thorough utilization of materials as well as your ability to personally assess the art and artists with your educated opinion.Please use all materials at your disposal.
