1. Selfie Portrait Project
Symbols Of Me

2. Analyzing Art
What do we look at when analyzing art and interpreting its meaning ?
Materials used
Color
Objects
Signs
Time References
Odd juxtaposition ( two or more objects/images that are placed next to each other to create a meaning/story
Style ( how an artist creates an image over and over again, using the same elements of design of content
Texture

3. Sigmund Freud-Psychologist
Study of Human Behavior
Study of Dreams-Worked with soldiers suffering from PTSD WWI
Symbols have meaning-Surrealist artists used Freud’s theories to create artwork.

4. Surrealism
Art movement that uses juxtaposition of symbols from Freuds theories to communicate ideas.
Post WWI
Art based on symbols

5. What Symbols Does Frida Use? Why
film

6. Frida’s Accident Her Reaction

7. Frida Kahlo

8. Identity

9. Team Discussion Dispatch Questions
1.Make a T-chart in your note book. 2. On the Left, list all objects in Frida Kahlo Image, at least 10. You may do this with a partner, each person makes their own chart 3.On the right, make an educated guess, using what you know about your own culture, about what each symbol might mean in the image.

10. Summarize
After class discussion, summarize what the meaning of the painting might be, based on your interpretation of the symbols and class discussion. 1 paragraph.

11. FRIDA

12. Frida Film Answer the Following Questions:
List at least 3 events that change Frida’s life. Make a T CHART. Describe the painting that is a reaction to her experience. Do this for all three events. Find the name of the painting on the internet.
List at least three symbols from each painting that is a direct reaction to an event in her life. Describe the meaning of the three symbols for each painting. 3 symbols for each of the 3 paintings.

13. Representation Symbols represent meaning
The meaning of a symbol can be an emotion, a philosophy, a way of thinking or any concept.

14. Identity How a person represents themselves
A person can have mulitiple identities…student, daughter, feminist, scholar, adventurer
You can use symbols to represent identity

15. Brainstorm My Identities Symbols of each Identity
Where do I have power in this identity? What places? With what groups?

16. Symbols Brainstorm FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 1 2 3 SYMBOLS 1 2 3 MY IDENTITY
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COLORS 1 2 3
TEXTURES 1 2 3

17. WASTELAND

18. WASTELAND
What photography project did the artist create? What community was he working with? Why did he choose this community?
How did the artist involve the community in the creation of the artwork? How did he ensure the community’s voice was heard?
What symbols did the artists use in the portraits? What facial expressions?
Choose one specific portrait. Describe 3 symbols used to create the portrait. What was the artist saying he or she was by using these symbols.
Describe the facial expression used in the portrait you chose. What does the facial expression say about who the person is? Write one paragraph describing what the portrait is about and what the artist is saying who the person in the portrait is.