Study for Artist's Quiz

Robert Indiana, Joan Miro, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Stuart Davis, M. C. Escher, Wassily Kandinsky

To prepare for the Quiz next week, using the first 20-30 minutes of class find the following information for each of the Seven Artists we have studied in class:

Time Period (when this artist created most of his work) - look on-line

Two works of Art (most noted for) - look on-line

Two interesting facts - get these from the posters

Use any tool you wish to organize this information: flash cards, graphic organizer, notes

Save  in a safe place and bring to the next class. We will go over this information so that everyone has the correct information.

If you do not finish in the allotted time period, please finish this outside of class by: Noack P3: Monday, 9/20 & P5: Tuesday, 9/21  Houston: P2B: Tuesday, 9/21 & P4W: Wednesday, 9/22

List of Artists:

Robert Indiana

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/indiana_robert.html

MOMA Indiana information

Another Indiana link

Henri Matisse

http://www.henri-matisse.net/cut_outs.html

Joan Miro

http://joanmiro.com/

http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Miro.html

http://www.spanisharts.com/reinasofia/miro.htm

Stuart Davis

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/davis/

Piet Mondrian**

http://www.pietmondrian.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian

M.C. Escher

http://www.mcescher.com/

Wassily Kandinsky

http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/