1. STUDIO ARTS
2015
Year 10

2. Unit 1 CUBISM: Still Life
This unit focuses on the art movement Cubism and the Cubist artist Georges Braque.
You will look at how Georges Braque interpreted the world around him, exploring
the ordinary, everyday things that made up his reality, such as music and his
personal possessions, and how this influenced his artworks.
You will use various sources of inspiration to generate ideas, and develop your own Cubist
artworks. You will also explore a wide range of materials and techniques to try and copy the
Cubist style.

3. Materials and Techniques
Art Movement
Cubism (type of modern art)
Artist
Georges Braque
Theme
Still Life
Materials and Techniques
Sketching, Drawing, Pastel Work, Colouring, Colour Blocking, Blending, Tonal Shading
Art Elements
Shape, Tone
Art Principles
Abstraction, Contrast, Rhythm, Composition
Vocabulary
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4. TRADITIONAL
MODERN
CONTEMPORARY
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5. Unit 1 EXPLORING AND RESPONDING Cubism
Georges Braque ( , French)
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6. Exploring and Responding: DISCUSSION, Cubist Artworks
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7. Analysing and Describing
Exploring and Responding: DISCUSSION, Cubist Artwork
Analysing and Describing
Cubist Artworks
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8. Unit 1 EXPLORING AND RESPONDING: QUESTIONS
1. Explain some of the stylistic methods of early Cubism.
2. In what style did Georges Braque paint before Cubism? (explain your answer)
3. Describe Braque’s use of tone, perspective, viewpoint and texture in Still Life with a Pitcher. Make notes in the form of a brain storm before writing your response.
4. A characteristic of Modernism is the avant-garde, that is, finding new ways of expressing yourself and wanting to be original. In seeking the avant-garde, artist moved away traditional art and realism, either by developing theories or expressing their personal feelings. Both approaches eventually led towards artists creating more abstract (unrealistic) artworks. How does Braque’s art making practice fit with these Modernist ideals?
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9. perspective, viewpoint and texture in Still Life
Question 3: BRAINSTORM
Tone
Perspective
Braque’s use of tone,
perspective, viewpoint
and texture in Still Life
with a Pitcher.
Texture
Viewpoint
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10. Unit 1 EXPLORING AND RESPONDING: COMPARE AND CONTRAST
5. Compare and contrast a still life by Georges Braque with one by Jean-Simeon Chardin. You may wish to use a Venn diagram to organise your thought before writing a detailed answer.
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