Art and power

Art and power

VOCAB AND METHODOLOGY

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ART AND POLITICS

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What image do artists give of political leaders?

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

Expressing opposition and contrast

1960

1963

Graham Sutherland 1941

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Norman Rockwell

Kehinde Wiley

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What about political cartoons and caricatures?

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).

Art to show, to denounce, to celebrate

Making the invisible, visible: Photojournalism

Check your understanding

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?

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

Art to denounce, Art to make people move

What's the message behind Banksy's?

Get ready to talk about Political street art.

Read the text and answer the questions in red.

MICHAEL STEWARTS

Art to spread propaganda

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

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