FOR WRITING
Producing a Report
*compare and contrast drawings from the colonias and other
areas of conflict represented in the exhibit such as Kosovo
Producing a Response to Literature
"*if you could interview one of the artists in the exhibit,
what kinds of questions would you have for him or her?"
Producing a Narrative Account
*select a picture in the exhibition: draw or write about the
next thing that will happen; show or write about what
happened immediately before this scene.
Producing a Narrative Procedure
* keep a running record of your minute-by-minute
impressions of the work in this show
Producing a Persuasive Essay
"* in a 1937 speech in defense of Republican Spain, Paul
Robeson declared, ""Every artist, every scientist, must
decide now where he stands. He has no alternative...there are
no impartial observers. Through the destruction, in certain
countries, of the greatest of man's literary heritage...the artist,
the scientist, the writer is challenged...The artist must elect to
fight for Freedom or for Slavery."" Write an essay agreeing
or disagreeing with this statement."
"*compare a representational and an abstract work of art
about conflict, such as Goya's The Third of May, 1808 and
Robert Motherwell's Elegy to the Spanish Republic. List the
elements of design (line, color, shape, texture, space) in
order of their importance in each picture; explain your
choices."
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
FOR WRITING
UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURAL DIMENSIONS
AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ARTS
Producing a Report
"*locate a reproduction of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty
leading the People, painted over 100 years before the
pictures in this show. Compare Delacroix's personification of
liberty to the foreground figure in Aeriel Bombardment,
featured in this show. What lines, shapes and gestures do
both artists use to create a symbol of resistance and courage?
How has each artist used formal means to combine the grim
realities of battle with the inspiring symbol?"
Producing a Response to Literature
Producing a Narrative Account
