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The Ashcan School of Artists. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Assignment criteria added by Mr. Steve Miller Kearns HS Kearns, Utah. Robert Henri Arthur B. Davies Maurice Prendergast Ernest Lawson William Glackens Everett Shinn John Sloan George Luks.
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The Ashcan School of Artists Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Assignment criteria added by Mr. Steve Miller Kearns HS Kearns, Utah
Robert Henri Arthur B. Davies Maurice Prendergast Ernest Lawson William Glackens Everett Shinn John Sloan George Luks “The Apostles of Ugliness” The New York Realists “The 8”: + George Bellows
Ashcan School – Show the real America The Ashcan School was not an organized group. Their unity consisted of a desire to tell some truths about the city. Robert Henri "wanted art to be akin to journalism. He wanted paint to be as real as mud, as real as the clods of horse-manure and snow, that froze on Broadway in the winter."[1] The first known use of the "ash can" terminology in describing the movement was by Art Young, in 1916.[2] The term was later applied to a group of artists who portrayed urban subject matter, primarily of the gritty life of New York's working class neighborhoods.
Conservative in style, they were revolutionary in content. • Departure from the staid portraitures and genteel landscapes of the late 19c. • The intent of the artists was not social commentary.
Characteristics of the Ashcan School • Gritty, urban scenes: - find beauty in the drab and ugly aspects of life. • The less desired images.
Notes App Assign – list 5 examples of gritty scenes you could photograph. • 1. Example – trash pick-up • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5.
Characteristics of the Ashcan School 3. Portrayal of urban vitality. 4. Reality, Non-posed, people in their lives.
Characteristics of the Ashcan School 5. Captured the spontaneous moments in everyday life. 6. Fun, work, boredom, culture, who we are on a regular day.
Assign: Spontaneous Culture • 1. Touch Football • 2. Dance, Play, Choir Practice • 3. School Activity • 4. • 5.
Characteristics of the Ashcan School 7. Illustrated the process of Americanization. 8. Show what Americans do that is different from other cultures.
Characteristics of the Ashcan School 9. These artists rebelled against the sentimental landscapes of 19c storybook illustrations. 10. Show everyday life of the 99% - the common people.
Unique to American Culture: • 1. Thanksgiving Dinner • 2. Football • 3. Black Friday • 4. • 5. • (or your own ideas)
Assignment: You are the photographer.Task – you need to create a collage of photographs that you have taken yourself.1. All photos need to be in Salt Lake County2.. Go to the app store and download “Collage”3. Remember: all photos should fit one of the following categories: gritty, ugly, life activity, no two of the same type scenes, never a posed photo.4. Then in your notes app – write down the social comments about what story you are telling with your photo collage.5. Note: every picture has candid shots of people.
Due by December 5th1. Submit by email: Photo Collage of 10+ images2. Submit Written by email: What story do your photos tell in 100 or more words via a notes app3. All submitted to me at my email address4. smmiller@graniteschools.org a. subject line – you must put your class period in the subject line space5. Counts as an assessment of 150 points. Anything submitted to my email after December 5th will be worth no more than +75 points. No paper submissions can be accepted.
