1. ARTISTIC REACTIONS TO WAR AND THE MODERN WORLD
History Alive! Activity 4.4
BETWEEN THE WARS UNIT
CHAPTER 26 - SPIELVOGEL

2. WARM UP – TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH
WRITE ONE PARAGRAPH (AT LEAST 3-5 SENTENCES) EITHER SUPPORTING OR REFUTING THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION ON YOUR NOTECARD:
ART SERVES NO PURPOSE IN TODAY’S SOCIETY

3. Vassily
Kandinsky;
Improvisation No. 30; oil on
Canvas, 1913,
43 by 43 inches

4. Carlos Carra’s Manifesto for Intervention,
Collage on cardboard, 1914, 15 by 12 inches

5. Fernard Leger’s
Le Remorqueur,
Oil on canvas, 1920,
41 by 52 inches

6. Rene Magritte’s
On the Threshhold
Of Liberty, oil on
Canvas, 1929, 45 by
52 inches

7. Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, oil on canvas, 1937, 11.5 by 25.5 feet

8. Max Ernst’s Europe After the Rain II, oil on canvas, 1940-42, 21
Max Ernst’s Europe After the Rain II, oil on canvas, , 21.5 by 58 inches

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10. Writing Prompt – Europe Between the Wars
IN WHAT WAYS AND TO WHAT EXTENT DID EUROPEAN PAINTINGS REFLECT THE DISILLUSIONMENT IN SOCIETY BETWEEN 1919 AND 1939? USE AT LEAST TWO PIECES OF ARTWORK TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION.
Respond to the prompt on a separate sheet of paper with the following:
Full thesis (answer question and road map)
Outline for essay completion
- a full topic sentence for each supporting paragraph
- identify piece of artwork and why it meets the criteria