1. Social Action through Art

2. Renaissance Murals Murals were considered the highest form in painting because their purpose was to illustrate religious lessons to people who could not read. At this time most people did not have any formal education.

3. Mexican Revolution Artist Diego Rivera studied Renaissance murals and used what he had learned to help educate illiterate people about national ideals. Here he is illustrating Mexican history in a mural at the Presidential Palace.

4. Contemporary Murals Artist Diego Rivera studied Renaissance murals and used what he had learned to help educate illiterate people about national ideals. Here he is illustrating Mexican history in a mural at the Presidential Palace. Muralist/artist Judy Baca organized over 400 teenagers in Los Angeles to paint a mural over 2,400 feet. The mural’s images represented the history, culture, and diversity of the cities population.

5. Graffiti In the city of Pompeii that was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius political graffiti was found on the walls dating to 79 AD. The word graffiti comes from the word to scratch.

6. Graffiti This pieces of graffiti art. In this case it means that the artist painted on a public structure— probably without permission. After the Berlin wall came down some pieces such as this one was placed in a museum to save the art.

7. Graffiti Banksy is the name given to a British graffiti artist, political activist and painter. He combines humor with social messages. His identity is unconfirmed, but his work can be found all over the world.

8. Social/Civil Rights Many social and civil rights groups used public demonstrations as a means to demand change.

9. Social/Civil Rights Posters are an important medium because they can reproduced fairly inexpensively and displayed in public places.

10. Political Posters Rummaging around in the BIG CLOSET

11. Propoganda Posters Rummaging around in the BIG CLOSET

12. Social Issue Campaigns Advertising-like methods are used to get social issue messages across to the public. They use all forms of media that they know their audience pays attention to.

13. Social Issue Campaigns: Protest Slogans are created to communicate a message very quickly.

14. Promote and Protest/Persuade Posters are used to both promote and to protest/persuade others of your opinion.

15. Social Action through Art: Assignment You are going to create 2 posters. 1 TYPE ONLY Poster on a social issue of your choice 1 to protest or persuade on a social issue of your choice Art as Social Action movie