1. Presentation for Lesson Two of the What’s The Big Idea About Where We Live unit. Create a relief house structure that reflects the simplified geometric qualities in the art of Piet Mondrian, Hans Hofmann and Walter Gropius. My House Abstract Expectancy

2. Piet Mondrian  Mondrian’s Art to Music http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=i5kZL6_9 20g http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=i5kZL6_9 20g Composition in Brown and Gray (Gemälde no. II / Composition no. IX / Compositie 5) Piet MondrianPiet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944) Reception

3. De Stijl  Mondrian started the de Stijl (Dutch for The Style) movement and publication with Theo van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld  The representation of the universal, dynamic pulse of life, also expressed in modern jazz and the metropolis, was Mondrian’s point of departure. Composition with Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, and Gray Piet MondrianPiet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944) Discuss Handout Selective Perception

4. Broadway Boogie Woogie Piet MondrianPiet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944 Selective Perception

5. Hans Hofmann  Hofmann’s artwork http://www.hanshofmann.net/art /art.html http://www.hanshofmann.net/art /art.html  Push and Pull with Color http://www.pbs.org/hanshofman n/push_and_pull.html http://www.pbs.org/hanshofman n/push_and_pull.html Hans Hofmann American, born Germany, 1880-1966 The Golden Wall, 1961 Selective Perception / Semantic Encoding

6. Abstract Artist  Nature lover  A new type of Landscape  His paintings always echo the reality found in nature, but its structure rather than its appearance  Look outside Combinable Wall I and II Hans Hofmann 112½ x 84½" Oil on Canvas 1961 Discuss Handout Selective Perception

7. Hans Hofmann American, born Germany, 1880-1966 Otium cum Dignitade, 1964 Selective Perception

8. Walter Gropius  German Architect  Between WWI and WWII  Founder of Bauhaus School of Design Selective Perception / Retrieval

9. Discuss Handout Bauhaus  http://www.moma.org /interactives/exhibitio ns/2009/bauhaus/Ma in.html http://www.moma.org /interactives/exhibitio ns/2009/bauhaus/Ma in.html

10. Relief House Structures  Simplify the form and colors of your home to create a clean design.  Show an understanding of the simplified geometric qualities seen in the work of Mondrian.  Show an understanding of the push and pull affect of color as seen in the work of Hofmann.  Complete a cluster web diagram to explain how your work is influenced by the work of these artists. Art Activity Instruction Semantic Encoding / Expectancy / Generalization

11. Image and Information Sources: Art Institute of Chicago www.artic.eduwww.artic.edu MOMA www.moma.orgwww.moma.org Google Images www.hanshofmann.net http://char.txa.cornell.edu/art/decart/destijl/decstijl.htm Engaging the Adolescent Mind Through Visual Problem Solving, Ken Vieth