

Student Organizer
Activity One
List of movements to research:
- Impressionism
- Post-Impressionism
- Expressionism
- DaDa
- Some of the following: Die Brücke, Fauvism, Cubism, Bauhaus,
Harlem Renaissance, Surrealism
- Abstract Expressionism
- Pop Art
- Minimalism
- Conceptual Art
- Post-Modern Art
Provide the following information about your movement (and anything
else you found interesting):
- Time period the movement encompasses
- A brief summary of the most important ideas behind the movement
- Historical influences that led up to this movement, or a mention
of what came before this movement
- If the movement was a reaction to something, what was it?
- The purpose of the movement--what was it trying to say about art
- Media used by artists of the movement e.g., paint, photography,
ready-made objects
- Major artists or founders of the movement
- Characteristics of the artwork representing this movement
- Initial reaction of the public to the movement
- Two to three pieces of art work from this movement (Xeroxes, printouts
from the Internet), along with why they are representative
of this period
Art history sites for research
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