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Qsilv
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The Andalusian Dog x Dog on a Leash --Banuel/Dali 1929 film; Balla 1912 oil painting
I don't know that your kids would be ready for it (tho' imnsho, these days --yes!) but an interesting discussion could come of comparing the whole concept of movement... ephemeral memory and 2-D imagery... attempts at showing change and evoking resonant response.
From that same era came the literary works of Proust, dealing with arguably similar effects. It was all new. Which brings up the question of what are we spearheading currently? Can we tell?
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bugoy1
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Sure. I will try to keep it brief though. I could go on and on and on... 
One of the biggest changes is that instead of students hoping that they study the right works and know the titles, there will be a list of about 250 works. Those will be the ones that titles, artists and such are expected. Anything else is to build their knowledge base.
The new test will have less of the, "What are the titles of the two slides projected?" and more, "Give two examples of gender roles in Art. One example should be prior to 1500 and one after." So students will have to come up with more on their own but will not be expected to know as many titles as before.
Another change is that Art from Africa, the Americas, India, China, and Japan will be a bigger portion of the test. Also, students will be doing more of the "compare and contrast" using European Art and Non-European stuff.
Besides putting together all of the Power Point presentations of each unit, I have notes pages to produce, reviews to make and upload to my blog, and tests to create. In addition, I would love to use my review day before each test to play games. If you've watched the TV show "Hollywood Game Night", I'd like to do something like that using Art History. In fact, I could use the community's help.
One of the games they play is called, "Mash-ups". In the game they mingle two faces of celebrities that share a name. The last name of one is the first name of the other. For instance, Meg Ryan and Ryan Gosling would be "Meg RYAN Gosling". I have 6 ideas for Art mash-ups, but if I have 40 kids in class, I will likely have to break them into about 8 groups of 5. I wouldn't even have one example per team. (Yes, 40 is normal in Utah. The unofficial education motto is, "Stack 'em deep, teach 'em cheap!")
Here are the 6 I have:
1- "Birth of VENUS of Willendorf" (Botticelli & Paleolithic)
2- "Stary NIGHT Watch" (Van Gogh & Rembrandt)
3- "Blue BOY with a Top" (Gainsborough & Chardin)
4- "Arnolfini WEDDING feast" (Van Eyck & Breughel)
5- "Creation of ADAM and Eve" (Michelangelo & Durer)
6- "Raft of the MEDUSA Pediment (Gericault & Archaic Greek)
So if any of you have more ideas, please share! 
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chelydra
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I hope you can share with us some of what you're doing with the art history stuff, I mean the substance of it, and maybe a little about how and why the standards changed, what we're supposed to know that we didn't before. If you don't mind, and haven't totally overdosed on the subject.
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