8th Grade Unit

POP CULTURE HOMAGE7th Grade Unit

8th Grade Unit

Sunday In The ParkGeorges Seurat

What does it mean to pay Homage?

Why do artists pay homage to other artists?

Do we only homage to artist from way back in the past?

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Lesson 1: Art History Research

You are going to make your own pop culture homage to a famous painting.

• Find a famous painting that you like.

• Before you even read what it is about, try to interpret it for yourself.

Lesson 1: Art History Research

Questions to ask yourself when interpreting:

•What title would you give to this painting? What made you decide on that title?

•What do you think is going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea? •What do you think this painting is about? How did you come up that idea? •Pretend you are inside this painting. What does it feel like? •Why do you suppose the artist made this painting? What makes you think that?

Interpretation Practice

Guernica by Pablo Picasso It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain, by German and Italian warplanes at the order of the Spanish Nationalist forces on 26 April 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.

Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace.

Lesson 1: Art History ResearchYou are going to make your own pop culture homage to a famous painting.

1. Write down on a sheet of lined paper:a. The name of the artistb. The period the artist worked in (impressionist, renaissance,

etc)c. The media that the artist used (acrylic paint, oil paint,

sculpture, etc)d. A brief description of the painting or artwork

Lesson 1: Art History Research

•This week you will also begin doing sketches of the character/s that you would like to include in your pop culture homage.

•Try to sketch them from different angles.

Lesson 2: Pop Culture Homage Pencil Drawing

Think of a character/s that you would like to put into your painting.

You have two choices for this assignment:

A: Recreate the painting as it is and add your character/s to that painting in a way that makes sense with the original content.

B: Recreate the essence of the painting within the world of your character/s. (similar to the Simpson’s homage to M.C. Escher)

Option A

Option B

Lesson 3: Pop Culture Homage Painting

This week you will paint your pop culture homage paintings

Lesson 3: Pop Culture Homage Painting

Yellow + Red = Orange

Yellow + Blue = Green

Blue + Red = Purple