Project Overview:
Very few ideas are truly original. Ideas are often repurposed and reimagined. Artists influence each other through the use of similar techniques, subject matter, and artistic concepts.
In this project, students will spark their creativity with a character remix, combining two comic, cartoon, or video game characters. Later they will view paintings of contemporary artists and prominent artists from the 20th century. Groups of students will interpret the possible inspiration behind each of the works and presented their theories to the class. They will also discuss what mediums may have been used to create the paintings. Further research will include various paintings from the 20th and late 19th centuries including Pop, Street art, Cubism, Dada, Neo-impressionism, and Surrealism. Students will then find an inspiration piece that they would use to create an original painting. Students will choose their subject for a portrait in a similar style or technique of the inspiration piece. All paintings will be completed in acrylic on canvas board.
- “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Pablo Picasso (painter)
- “The immature poet imitates; the mature poet plagiarizes.” T.S. Eliot 1920
- “Lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.” — Igor Stravinsky (composer 1967)
- 1892 The author was W. H. Davenport Adams, and his words may have influenced the version that T. S. Eliot published in 1920.
In this project, students will spark their creativity with a character remix, combining two comic, cartoon, or video game characters. Later they will view paintings of contemporary artists and prominent artists from the 20th century. Groups of students will interpret the possible inspiration behind each of the works and presented their theories to the class. They will also discuss what mediums may have been used to create the paintings. Further research will include various paintings from the 20th and late 19th centuries including Pop, Street art, Cubism, Dada, Neo-impressionism, and Surrealism. Students will then find an inspiration piece that they would use to create an original painting. Students will choose their subject for a portrait in a similar style or technique of the inspiration piece. All paintings will be completed in acrylic on canvas board.
Resources and Documents:
Influence, Homage & Originality (Painting Description)
Benchmarks: Influence Benchmark #1: In complete sentences please prompt the following in an 8.5"x11" or 11"x8.5" jpeg
Benchmark #2: Homage Infographic In complete sentences please prompt the following in an 8.5"x11" or 11"x8.5" jpeg
Benchmark #3: Originality Painting Acrylic Painting on 11x 14 canvas panel
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