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Entrance to the Anne Frank Zentrum (Anne Frank Centre) in the Haus Schwarzenberg in Berlin.
Objective
Objective
Create a work of art that memorializes something that is important to you.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
A memory is something remembered from the past; a recollection.
A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for the memory of something. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects, sculptures, statues, fountains and parks.
Memento Mori is an object or artwork that serves as a warning or reminder of death, such as a skull.
Nostalgia is the sentimental yearning for the return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for the memory of something. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects, sculptures, statues, fountains and parks.
Memento Mori is an object or artwork that serves as a warning or reminder of death, such as a skull.
Nostalgia is the sentimental yearning for the return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
Guiding Questions
Guiding Questions
Who is someone you could potentially memorialize and what did they mean to you?
How did it feel when you lost someone or something close to you?
Do you associate a memory with a specific object?
Have you ever heard of Memento Mori? Explain where and in what context.
What do you think happens when people or things pass away?
What aspect of your memory will play a role in your art?
What is your favorite memory from the past? Explain.
What is your least favorite memory from the past? Explain.
How do life experiences affect the reasons why artists create art?
How can you incorporate people, objects, places or memories of personal relevance into your art?
How did it feel when you lost someone or something close to you?
Do you associate a memory with a specific object?
Have you ever heard of Memento Mori? Explain where and in what context.
What do you think happens when people or things pass away?
What aspect of your memory will play a role in your art?
What is your favorite memory from the past? Explain.
What is your least favorite memory from the past? Explain.
How do life experiences affect the reasons why artists create art?
How can you incorporate people, objects, places or memories of personal relevance into your art?
Possible Project Options:
Bring attention to something that has changed or no longer exists.
You can memorialize:
people- parents, siblings, grandparents, etc.
animals- pets
places- The Twin Towers, family home, etc.
events- Holocaust, wars, COVID quarantine, terrorist attack, etc.
Student Examples
Memorialized her dog.
Memorialized her mother.
Angels memorialize loved ones who have passed.
Artists that Memorialize:
Artists that Memorialize:
Adrian Brandon
Adrian Brandon
Stolen
(1 year = 1 minute)
Fake
Fake
Response to Corona Virus
Charles S Anderson (CSA)
Charles S Anderson (CSA)
Drunk Driving
William Kentridge
William Kentridge
William Kentridge draws upon tragedy as subject matter for his work but believes that drawing itself can be a compassionate act.
José Guadalupe Posada
José Guadalupe Posada
Mexican Día de los Muertos, 'Day of the Dead'
- Dia De Los Muertos
Michael Volpicelli
Michael Volpicelli
"Voices of Compassion"
Michael saw that you could use words to create a portrait of a person, creating value with different amounts of layering and cross hatching to create the different values in the piece.
Century 16 Theatre Shooting, 2001
Aurora now has a monument to the lives lost in the 2012 Aurora Theater Shooting. “Ascentiate” is a sculpture of 83 large metal birds dedicated to both the victims and the survivors.
Made by a Holocaust survivor.
This bronze sculpture - representing only a portion of the International Monument at Dachau.
Holocaust
Dachau. Memorial with "Never Again" in five languages.
Photo credit: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.
Holocaust Memorial at California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Brittany Martin
Brittany Martin
Millersville
WW2
Holocaust
Before
Before
After
After
Bronze Shoes
Intaglio Print
WW2
Resources & Links
Resources & Links
Art History
Art History
Egyptian society was based on the concept of harmony which had come into being at the dawn of creation and sustained the universe. All Egyptian art is based on perfect balance because it reflects the ideal world of the gods. The same way these gods provided all good gifts for humanity, so the artwork was imagined and created to provide a use. Egyptian art was always first and foremost functional. No matter how beautifully a statue may have been crafted, its purpose was to serve as a home for a spirit or a god.
Toward the end of the 14th century AD, a handful of Italian thinkers declared that they were living in a new age. The barbarous, unenlightened “Middle Ages” were over, they said; the new age would be a “rinascità” (“rebirth”) of learning and literature, art and culture. This was the birth of the period now known as the Renaissance.
On the Mexican holiday known as the Day of the Dead (el Día de los Muertos), families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration. A blend of Mesoamerican ritual, European religion and Spanish culture, the holiday is celebrated each year on November 1-2.
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