Art and power

Art and power

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VOCAB AND METHODOLOGY

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ART AND POLITICS

What image do artists give of political leaders?

Kehinde Wiley

1963

1960

Norman Rockwell

Expressing opposition and contrast

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Graham Sutherland 1941

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Task: Click on the links, collect information and get ready to address the following issues: What image do portraits convey of politicians? Are portraits meant to establish their power? Can art act as a counterpower?

Yousuf Karsh 1942

Caricature /ˈkarɪkətjʊə/ = A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. (Source : Oxford Dictionary).

What about political cartoons and caricatures?

Art to show, to denounce, to celebrate

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Task:Present the photo of your choice: collect information and write your analysis, get ready to present it to the class

Making the invisible, visible: Photojournalism

1. Who could have taken this photo?2. Where is it from? 3. When is it from? 4. What was happening at the time this photo was taken?5. What does the photographer want to show us? What event? What for? 6. How do you feel when looking at this photo?

Get ready to talk about Political street art.

What's the message behind Banksy's?

Art to denounce, Art to make people move

MICHAEL STEWARTS

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Art to spread propaganda

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FINAL TASk1/Individual Oral task or Collaborative writing (framapad)Present a work of art of your choice and show how it denounces, celebrates or just makes visible,the invisible