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Big Idea 3: Interpretations of art are variable.
Students identify a work of art.
Students analyze how formal qualities and/or content of a work of art elicit(s) a response.
Students analyze how contextual variables lead to different interpretations of a work of art.
Students justify attribution of an unknown work of art.
Students analyze relationships between works of art based on their similarities and differences.
Unknown image; Attributed to Mondrian, De Stijl,
c. 1930-40s
Mondrian uses only primary colors plus back and white. Images are completely non-objective and often have names like "Composition red, Yellow, Blue". Part of the De Stijl movement that sought a higher, almost spiritual meaning to art instead of representing recognizable objects.
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