1. The 1923 Armory Show

2. In You Composition Books
Take a minute to look over page 4 and 5
- What do you think this article is going to be about? How can you tell?

3. Discussion Questions (what does it really mean?)
• Why was the armory Show so important? 
• Why did the association of American painters and Sculptors
organize the armory Show?
• What is cubism and why were audiences upset at cubist art?
• Why were so many people who
attended the armory show upset by Duchamp’s painting on page 5?
Rebel – To go against, to disagree
Exhibit – a show
Vocabulary words (create your own sentence)

4. Head Turning Portraits
Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
How does Henri Matisse stylize his portrait on page 6?
Describe what the common academic style of America was.
What makes the sculpture by Constantin Brancusi on page 7 an example of abstract art?
Why do you think Brancusi exaggerates only the most important features of his friend Margit Pogany?
Bonus Question: How did Picasso and Brancusi use color to create abstraction in their works?

5. Picking Winners Which art shows the most style
Which art shows a good use of abstraction
Which art shows great effort!
Which art shows that you understood the reading
3 prizes!

6. Presentation Questions
On a separate sheet of paper, you will answer these questions in complete sentences, then paste it onto the back of your artwork.
What is the Title of your Abstract Artwork?
How do you think you used abstraction in your artwork?
What were some of techniques you used to create motion?
How does your artwork show your own personal style?