Themes:

Materials & Process

These lessons can focus on art mediums and processes. Students may discuss the effects of various artistic processes and the innovations and variations in these processes.


Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954-55; Pablo Picasso. Goat Skull and Bottle. 1951

Lesson ideas include:
Specific Mediums, Experimentation, Breaking Tradition, Form and Textures, Process

Robert Rauschenberg. Bed. 1955

Sample Lesson Activity

Explore how artists push the boundaries of different media by debating in small groups whether Bed is a painting or a sculpture.