Art History and Global Perspectives · Art History

Modernism and Abstraction

Exploring the shift from representing reality to expressing internal feelings and ideas.

Key Questions

  1. 1If an artwork doesn't look like a 'thing,' how can it still have a clear meaning?
  2. 2Why did modern artists decide to break the traditional rules of painting?
  3. 3How does this piece make you feel and why, even if you can't identify the objects in it?

Common Core State Standards

NCAS: Creating VA.Cr1.2.4NCAS: Responding VA.Re8.1.4
Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Visual & Performing Arts
Unit: Art History and Global Perspectives
Period: Art History

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