Ways of Seeing‘everything in the

history of the world is hidden in it’s art’

What influences art?

What makes art look the way it does?

What causes art styles to change?

How does art go from this, to this?

Task:

Arrange the cards in chronological order from earliest to latest

 

B

E HA

G I

C

L

J

D

F

K

Discuss:

1. What date is the oldest painting?

2. What date is the most recent painting?

3. Identify the first painting with abstract elements?

4. List three reasons to support your answer to number 3

5.Which is the first entirely abstract painting?

Cubism

What were the influences on cubism?

Why did it happen?

Look at the worksheet: circle the things that you think influenced Cubism

Darwin's Theory of Evolution 1859, telephone 1876,

phonograph 1887, filament light bulbs 1879, machine gun 1882, first synthetic fibre 1882, steam

turbine 1884, coated photographic paper and first sky

scraper 1885, first DC electric motor 1873, Kodak box camera,

Dunlop pneumatic tyre and movie camera 1888, diesel

engine 1893, cinematograph and grammar phone 1889, x

rays and rocket drive 1895, Wright brothers first powered flight 1903, Einstein's theory of

relativity 1905

Population of London

• 1750 650,000

• 1851 2,651,939

• 1901 6,506,889

• 2001 7,172,036

Age of Discovery

New Art

New Society

New Rules

New Perspectives

What have you learned?