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Aaron Douglas—Painter
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View examples of his paintings: Aaron Douglas.
Study for God’s Trombones, Aspects of Negro Life
(a series).
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Discuss and answer questions:
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What
themes
did Douglas use in his paintings?
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What
style
of painting did Douglas utilize?
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What medium did he use?
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Art Process: Apply themes, style and medium to art process.
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African and black American history and religion.
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Geometric shapes, hard edge, silhouetted figure, light and dark values of color.
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Paint in tempera, watercolor, or oil.
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Meta Warrick Fuller—sculptress
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View examples of her sculpture: Meta Warrick Fuller.
Ethiopia Awakening
,
Talking Skull
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B.
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Discuss and answer questions:
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What
themes
did Fuller use in her sculpture?
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What
style
of sculpture did Fuller utilize?
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What medium did she use?
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C.
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Art Process: Apply themes, style and medium, to art process.
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African folktales and themes, figure of African and black American men, women, and children.
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Emotional expressionistic human figures, life and death concerns.
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Sculpt in plaster, bronze and clay. (Clay is most accessible.)
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Palmer Hayden—Painter
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View examples of his paintings: Palmer Hayden.
Fétiche et Fleurs
,
The Janitor Who Paints
,
His Hammer in His Hand
(from the John Henry series).
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B.
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Discuss and answer questions:
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What
themes
did Hayden use in his paintings?
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2.
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What
style
of painting did Hayden utilize?
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3.
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What medium did he use?
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C.
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Art Process: Apply themes, style and medium to art process.
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African art, black American folklore, everyday black life.
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Realistic, exaggerated features, comedy and tragedy of black life.
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Paint in tempera, watercolor or oil.
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William Johnson—Painter
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A.
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View examples of his paintings: William Johnson.
Self Portrait
,
Jesus and the Three Mary’s
,
Café.
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B
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Discuss and answer questions
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What
themes
did Johnson use in his paintings?
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What
style
of painting did Johnson utilize?
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3.
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What medium did he use?
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C.
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Art Process: Apply themes, style and medium to art process.
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Scenes of Harlem, black subjects, black Christianity, black historical figures.
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Expressionistic, flat geometric, brilliant color.
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Paint in tempera, watercolor or oil.
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James Lesesne Wells—Printmaker and Painter
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View examples of his prints (woodcuts and linoleum block prints): James Lesesne Wells.
Ethiopia at the Bar of Justice, Phoenix Ascending
,
The Vamp
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Discuss and answer questions:
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What
themes
did Wells use in his prints?
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What style of printmaking did Wells utilize?
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3.
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what medium did he use?
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Art Process: Apply, themes, style and medium to art process.
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Egyptian, African, myths, religious and social messages.
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High contrast of light and dark, linear, brilliant color.
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Create linoleum blocks and/of woodcuts and print with inks.
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