historical collage. kara walker: historical narrative video video
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HISTORICAL COLLAGE
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The Silhouette• Silhouette: A view of an object or a
scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. The term was initially applied in the 18th century to portraits or other pictorial representations cut from thin black card.
• Beginning in Europe in the 1700’s. It was a form of amusement for royalty.
• The silhouette became even more popular in the 1800’s and extended to the rich and famous. The art form also began to reach everyday people due to traveling artists that visited small towns and fairs.
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Excavated from the Black Heart of a Negress 2002
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Darkytown Rebellion 2001
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The Third of May Goya 1808The resistance of the Spanish to Napoleon’s army.
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George Washington Crossing the Delaware Leutze 1851
General Washington was leading his troops to surprise the English with what would later be known as the Battle of
Trenton.
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Collage• Collage is a technique of an art
production where the art work is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new piece of art.
• A collage may sometimes include newspaper clippings, ribbons, colored papers, portions of other artworks, text, photographs, found objects, and more.
• http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/collage-art#23
(on the Wiki Page)
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glued-on patches which added to their canvases It "collided with the surface plane of the painting."
Compotier avec fruits, violon et verrePablo Picasso (1912)
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Your Assignment• You will research a historical event that is
important to you, be able to explain why• You will depict the event by using silhouette and
collage while also showing your event in a style of a narrative.
Today• Research and find out what historical event you would
like to depict• Come up with at least two sketches of how you are
going to depict the historical event using silhouettes and collage
• Create a list of materials you will need for your collage