Tag: abstract

  • Cycle 3 Week 4- Abstract American Flag

    Cycle 3 Week 4- Abstract American Flag

    Since we are studying American artists later this year during the “Great Artists”, I wanted to incorporate some famous American abstract artists into this lesson as well.  I’ve included examples of paintings by Calder, Rothko, and Johns. Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) created a painting called “Flag”, which, simply, is of the American flag.…

  • Cycle 2 Week 4- Abstract Native American Salmon

    Cycle 2 Week 4- Abstract Native American Salmon

    For week four, the lesson combines Native American art (timeline card “Early Native Americans”) and abstract art.  First, let’s define abstract.  It is a category of art that represents imagery in a simplistic or distorted manner.  Under this category is non-objective art, which takes out the recognizable image completely, and we are left with just…