Themes:

Places

Explore the different ways artists represent place. Students might discuss how artists create a sense of place, their environments, and the different kinds of spaces we inhabit.

Joan Miró. The Hunter (Catalan Landscape). 1923–24; Giorgio de Chirico. Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure). 1914

Lesson ideas include:
Landscapes and Cityscapes, Community, Public and Private Spaces, Buildings

Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43

Sample Lesson Activity

Examine how artists represent space abstractly. Explore Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie, which was inspired by New York City, by drawing a place of your own using only the colors, shapes, and lines you think represent the experience of that place.