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Essential questions based on the Expressionism readings

1. Why did artists turn away from previous ideas about art and begin creating works in an Expressionist style? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Explain the goal of Expressionism. Include ways you can identify works from this art movement? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. This reading identifies many Elements of Art & Principles of Design from Expressionism. Please choose 2 and describe how they are used in the artwork you read about.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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In this area, paste a color printed image of your favorite piece of artwork from the

Expressionism image bank provided.

Title: ____________________________________________

Artist: ___________________________________________

Date: ____________________________________________

Medium: _________________________________________

Why did you chose this as one of your favorites?

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Focus questions based on the Expressionism readings

1. Post-Impressionism influenced the early Expressionist artists. What similarities and differenc-es are evident in the work of the Post-Impressionists and Expressionists?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is one thing you read about Expressionism that was interesting or thought-provoking? How could you apply this to your own work? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In this area, paste a color printed image of one of your favorite pieces of artwork from

the Expressionism image bank provided.

Title: ____________________________________________

Artist: ___________________________________________

Date: ____________________________________________

Medium: _________________________________________

Why did you chose this as one of your favorites?

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Artist Study

Subject Matter

(What did they paint?)Characteristics/Style

(How did they paint?)Artist

In this area, paste a color printed image of one of your favorite pieces of artwork from

the Expressionism image bank provided.

Title: ____________________________________________

Artist: ___________________________________________

Date: ____________________________________________

Medium: _________________________________________

Why did you chose this as one of your favorites?

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Edvard Munch

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Notes & NarrowingLook thorugh the Expressionism image bank located on the server or teacher webpage.

In the space below, write down all of the works of art that you like. Note the artist’s name and the title of the work. List any you see in the image bank that you like, are inspired by, or want to learn more about. From there, narrow the list to your 3 favorites. These will be the images

you print and write about on the previous pages.