ARTISTIC REBELLION
Project Overview
"The arts entail various branches of creativity consisting of, but not limited to,painting, literature, music and dance. Research indicates that arts education has asignificant impact on cognitive abilities that are used in all areas of life and thatcreative expression can improve mental and physical health. From a historicalstandpoint, art has been used to generate awareness and motivate people to action whichdemonstrates that the value of art is not only intrinsic to the artist but can affect theexternal viewer in complex and life changing ways." - Mrs. Clark
Final Products
Timeline
Classical Period1200 AD - 1400 AD
During the Classical Period, sculptors wanted to show people and animals from all sides and angles. Sculptors wanted people to be able to walk around their sculptures and admire every part of them. They still carved decorations into walls, but they produced more large, free-standing sculpture.
Renaissance Period1400 AD - 1600 AD
During the Renaissance, artists were able to create art that was even more realistic than the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Renaissance artists were the first to use perspective in their art.
Baroque1600 AD - 1700 AD
Renaissance painters created a lot of portraits and religious paintings. Baroque painters did the same. In order to make their biblical scenes familiar to people, artists used real people as models for their religious figures. Baroque artists wanted to show life the way it really it was.
Art Brut1800 AD - 1870 AD
“Art brut” means “raw art.” It is used to describe art created by talented artists that didn’t live in society. It is known as the art of the insane. The wasn’t used until the mid-1940s and it was later used to refer to other forms of outsider art.
Impressionism1870 AD - 1890 AD
The impressionists painted most of their paintings outdoors and liked to recreate natural objects like trees, fields, and oceans. They would often take their materials outdoors and paint what they saw.
Pointillism1880 AD - 1900 AD
Pointillism describes the image created when a painter uses the point of his brush to dab small dots of random color onto his canvas that, when viewed from a distance, appeared as a picture.
Art Nouveau1890 AD - 1905 AD
Art Nouveau usually consists of curvy lines with smooth surfaces. The object will look like it has grown from nature. Often, artists used natural objects for inspiration such as seashells, flames, trees, flowers, and animals.
Fauvism1900 AD - 1920 AD
Color was the most important aspect of a fauvist painting. For example, when painting a portrait of a woman with very dark hair, a fauvist might choose to use blue in the hair to show just how dark it was. He might use yellow for the skin instead of a carefully mixed bronze. Shadows might be drawn in greens and purples instead of grey.
Cubism1907 AD - 1914 AD
Cubists wanted to show the most important parts of the things they painted. They wanted to show all the sides of an object in the same picture. Some cubist paintings were extremely abstract. At first, cubists used very little color in their paintings. They used mostly browns, greys, and blues.
Dadaism1916 AD - 1920 AD
The Dadaists wanted to make things seem crazy and absurd. They meant for us to rethink common items so that we might rethink our world.
De Stijl1917 AD - 1920 AD
Artists simplified their paintings as much as possible until they were left with only lines and simple colors. They used only red, yellow, and blue, and black, white, and grey.
Surrealism1924 AD - 1930 AD
Surrealists wanted to free their minds of rational thought, to write or paint the ideas that came to their minds.They did not want their art to make sense.
Pop Art1960 AD - 2012 AD
Pop art presented images from popular culture such as advertisement, news, etc. Pop art can be any every day item that is drawn in a noisy and colorful way. Pop Art is short for Popular Art.
During the Classical Period, sculptors wanted to show people and animals from all sides and angles. Sculptors wanted people to be able to walk around their sculptures and admire every part of them. They still carved decorations into walls, but they produced more large, free-standing sculpture.
Renaissance Period1400 AD - 1600 AD
During the Renaissance, artists were able to create art that was even more realistic than the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Renaissance artists were the first to use perspective in their art.
Baroque1600 AD - 1700 AD
Renaissance painters created a lot of portraits and religious paintings. Baroque painters did the same. In order to make their biblical scenes familiar to people, artists used real people as models for their religious figures. Baroque artists wanted to show life the way it really it was.
Art Brut1800 AD - 1870 AD
“Art brut” means “raw art.” It is used to describe art created by talented artists that didn’t live in society. It is known as the art of the insane. The wasn’t used until the mid-1940s and it was later used to refer to other forms of outsider art.
Impressionism1870 AD - 1890 AD
The impressionists painted most of their paintings outdoors and liked to recreate natural objects like trees, fields, and oceans. They would often take their materials outdoors and paint what they saw.
Pointillism1880 AD - 1900 AD
Pointillism describes the image created when a painter uses the point of his brush to dab small dots of random color onto his canvas that, when viewed from a distance, appeared as a picture.
Art Nouveau1890 AD - 1905 AD
Art Nouveau usually consists of curvy lines with smooth surfaces. The object will look like it has grown from nature. Often, artists used natural objects for inspiration such as seashells, flames, trees, flowers, and animals.
Fauvism1900 AD - 1920 AD
Color was the most important aspect of a fauvist painting. For example, when painting a portrait of a woman with very dark hair, a fauvist might choose to use blue in the hair to show just how dark it was. He might use yellow for the skin instead of a carefully mixed bronze. Shadows might be drawn in greens and purples instead of grey.
Cubism1907 AD - 1914 AD
Cubists wanted to show the most important parts of the things they painted. They wanted to show all the sides of an object in the same picture. Some cubist paintings were extremely abstract. At first, cubists used very little color in their paintings. They used mostly browns, greys, and blues.
Dadaism1916 AD - 1920 AD
The Dadaists wanted to make things seem crazy and absurd. They meant for us to rethink common items so that we might rethink our world.
De Stijl1917 AD - 1920 AD
Artists simplified their paintings as much as possible until they were left with only lines and simple colors. They used only red, yellow, and blue, and black, white, and grey.
Surrealism1924 AD - 1930 AD
Surrealists wanted to free their minds of rational thought, to write or paint the ideas that came to their minds.They did not want their art to make sense.
Pop Art1960 AD - 2012 AD
Pop art presented images from popular culture such as advertisement, news, etc. Pop art can be any every day item that is drawn in a noisy and colorful way. Pop Art is short for Popular Art.
Visual Piece
Written Piece
“What’s The Forecast?”
Raindrops keep falling on my head
If I were an ant would I be dead
I’ve always wondered, but no one knows
How do the ants feel when it snows
What about in April showers
Do they hide under the flowers
When the clouds turn cold and grey
Do they prepare for a painful spray
When water falls at full speed
And hits the ants, do they bleed
Can they sense winter’s chill
And quickly evacuate their hill
Falling water that seems so light
Must fill the ants with enormous fright
When the water causes a flood
Can they escape or are they stuck in the mud
I complain about being cold and soaking
When the ants on the ground are probably choking
Can they dodge the bullets falling near
It must be difficult when the raindrops are clear
Perhaps it’s not too bad when there’s only a drizzle
Good thing the drops are not hot or they would sizzle
Maybe they train to avoid being hit
But what happens to ants that are new and unfit
I’m sure they see storms as a threat
After all who likes to be frigid and wet
Next time it begins to rain
I will know better than to complain
It might be hard for humans to drive
But I bet it’s harder for the ants to survive
Raindrops keep falling on my head
If I were an ant would I be dead
I’ve always wondered, but no one knows
How do the ants feel when it snows
What about in April showers
Do they hide under the flowers
When the clouds turn cold and grey
Do they prepare for a painful spray
When water falls at full speed
And hits the ants, do they bleed
Can they sense winter’s chill
And quickly evacuate their hill
Falling water that seems so light
Must fill the ants with enormous fright
When the water causes a flood
Can they escape or are they stuck in the mud
I complain about being cold and soaking
When the ants on the ground are probably choking
Can they dodge the bullets falling near
It must be difficult when the raindrops are clear
Perhaps it’s not too bad when there’s only a drizzle
Good thing the drops are not hot or they would sizzle
Maybe they train to avoid being hit
But what happens to ants that are new and unfit
I’m sure they see storms as a threat
After all who likes to be frigid and wet
Next time it begins to rain
I will know better than to complain
It might be hard for humans to drive
But I bet it’s harder for the ants to survive
Spoken Word
Cutting The Cord
Committing ourselves for 10, 20, 30 years
We’re always stressed about getting and keeping white collar careers
Doctors, lawyers, business executives
Life paths that make me crave sedatives
Every day we train and we train
But what do we really gain?
I’d rather spend my days pursuing dreams
And things that have never been seen
Except for on a television screen
I want to film it for myself
Edit it
Maybe add a song
Send it home and show off just how good I can do on my own
Thank you for the support
And thank you for the direction
But I think it’s time to cut the cord
And loosen the connection
Committing ourselves for 10, 20, 30 years
We’re always stressed about getting and keeping white collar careers
Doctors, lawyers, business executives
Life paths that make me crave sedatives
Every day we train and we train
But what do we really gain?
I’d rather spend my days pursuing dreams
And things that have never been seen
Except for on a television screen
I want to film it for myself
Edit it
Maybe add a song
Send it home and show off just how good I can do on my own
Thank you for the support
And thank you for the direction
But I think it’s time to cut the cord
And loosen the connection
Reflection
We were given a lot of freedom with the Artistic Rebellion project. From the very start, we were able to pick our artistic groups based on our own interests. Once assembled in those groups, we were given time to decide what our final art piece would be. I felt very passionate about the subject we chose, Women's Rights, and I feel that motivated me to create an elaborate final product; duct tape statues. Mrs. Clark provided us with ample time to work on our pieces and it was up to us to be productive. I feel that I could have been more productive at the very start of the project and I didn't realize just how time consuming our art piece would be. When Exhibition time came around, I was consumed by stress. I was constantly thinking about what had to be done to finish on time, and quite frankly I was worried that my group would not. However, as the days passed, we really pulled things together and managed to create a final product that we all were proud of. We were given the opportunity to present our work to the public during Exhibition and I feel that our entire Artistic Rebellion group did an amazing job. From this project I have learned to never underestimate my workload, and that all great leaders know how to delegate. These are two strategies that I will continue to work on during the projects that are yet to come.