Ms. Hunter's Art Classes-WINTER 2005

History of Mixed Media

Answer the following in your own words:

1. Mixed Media is usually associated with what time period in art history?

2. Explain how artists from the following times combined media in their paintings:
-earliest (prehistory)
-early Italian
-16th century
-17th century Holland

3. Explain how the following artists used mixed media:
-Leonardo da Vinci
-William Blake
-Edgar Degas
-Gustav Klimt

4. What was Braque's and Picasso's contribution to art in the early 20th century?

5. What is a found object? What is a ready made?

Collect examples of mixed media artworks from 3 of the following artists from the 20th century:

-Max Ernst
-Paul Klee
-Pablo Picasso
-Robert Rauschenberg
-Hannah Hoch
-Joseph Cornell
-Romare Bearden
-Kurt Schwitters
-Anselm Keifer
-Your choice



Copy/ print and glue into your DWB.
Explain how the artist(s) used mixed media to create the work.

Recording Information about Artworks

You will need:
Handout-Photocopies from Mixed Media

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