Art history
Par FLORENCE DUPRE-TRAMIER, publié le dimanche 21 octobre 2012 21:27 - Mis à jour le jeudi 31 décembre 2020 09:44
You'll find here a few links which might help you broaden your horizon and revise for the art history test you'll take in year 10 (3ème).
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Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): A Survivor from Warsaw, 1947
- Information from BBC GCSE Bitesize
- Learn about him and his music on BBC Music
- Exercise: Key words
Steve Reich (born 1936), City Life
- Steve Reich's biography (BBC Music)
- What is minimalism? (BBC Bitesize)
- "Different trains" Go and learn more about WWII on the BBC Primary History Webpage and in particular at the World at war page.
The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky
A wonderful website full of information and videos (www.keepingscore.org/)
The Marvel Universe: Captain America
- Where did the two creators of Captain America (Joe Simon and Jack Kirby) draw their inspiration for this character (BBC News)?
- Find out about Captain America's first appearance, weapons, powers, ... (Marvel Enterprises official site)
- Go and learn more about WWII on the BBC Primary History Webpage and in particular at the World at war page.
Street Art
- An organisation: Street Art London. Find out about exhibitions, lectures, festivals. Have a look at their gallery.
- Have a look at this video from the Tate in London
- Shepard Fairey's exhibition (London, 2012; http://www.theguardian.com)
- Banksy's work at auction in the USA ( BBC News); New York Times; His web site (banksy.co.uk)
- December 2015: Banksy in Calais (http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/) + his website (click on the image)
- A presentation about Banksy:
- Keith Harring(Musée d'art Moderne Paris)
Edgard Hopper (American 1882-1967)
- A scrapbook made by the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- A few pictures and drawings: The Museum of Modern Art =Moma, New York
- A close look at his paintings: the National gallery of Art of Washington
- Watch a promotional video of an exhibition (2011, Whitney Museum of American Art)
Andy Warhol (American 1928-1987)
- Andy Warhol's biography (BBC-History)
- Many pictures from The Museum of Modern Art- New York (= Moma), and a definition of Pop art.
- One of his most famous work, "Marylin Diptych"(1962) from the Tate (London). He painted it after the star's death. Have a look at it. Could he have painted it before her death?
- Andy Warhol's biography, career, early work, work (The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)