Picasso Superheros
8th grade lesson overview:
In this lesson I taught students about Picasso's cubism art style. Students learned about Picasso's cubism in portraiture. They discovered that the human figure was Picasso's prime subject and the figures appear distorted. Picasso's portraiture is based on interpretation and understanding of the model. For this project the students took a fun twist on cubism by creating portraits of superheroes.
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Below is a slideshow of the PowerPoint I created for this lesson. To see the slideshow, click on the image.
Essential questions:
-What is portraiture?
-Can you describe what Pablo Picasso's portraits look like?
-How do Picasso's paintings reflect the person in the portrait?
-What is Cubism?
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Objectives:
1) Through a PowerPoint presentation on cubism and portraiture, students will correctly define cubism.
2) After a demonstration on how to create a cubism inspired portrait, students will successfully create a super hero portrait using cubism.
