Identity and Symbolism
- Digital Self Portrait Collage
Human uses objects to represent stories and emotions. This is called symbolism. Some artists explore self identity through materials, shapes, and composition on a two dimensional surface as a collage.This Unit will introduce collage artist Hannah Höch and her Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum as the main focus. Student will research her collage in relation to identity. The element of art is shape. Students will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to complete their digital portrait collages. They will practice using the selection tools to separate an image, crop and resize. They will also practice using their mouses to draw simple shapes and fill in colors or texture.
Lesson 1: History and Culture
Students will be able to:
• Describe art movement Dada and the background where it occurred.
• Summarize Hannah Höch’s life as a woman at the time, and how she created her artworks.
• Analyze Hannah Höch’s Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum, the symbols she used to represent woman’s image.
Lesson 2: Visual Literacy
Students will be able to:
• Identify and describe the symbolism of the circle, the cross, the spiral, the triangle, and the square.
• Explain the meaning and effects of shapes in Hannah Höch’s Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum.
• Generate ideas for their own artwork.
Lesson 3: Art Production—Skill Building
Students will be able to:
• Apply the lasso tools (Lasso Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool, and Magnetic Lasso Tool) to select and resize (Command+T) images.
• Apply the selection tools (Object Selection Tool, Quick Selection Tool, and Magic Wand Tool) to quickly separate an image.
• Draw shapes using the shape tools, as well as change the color and texture of the shapes created.
Lesson 4: Art Production—Artwork
Students will be able to:
• Utilizing the tools introduced in the last lesson in their artwork.
• Develop at least three(3) rough sketches.
• Search for at least three(3) images for their artworks.
• Include all the images to complete a digital self-portrait collage.
Lesson 5: Art Criticism
Students will be able to:
• Identify and describe the four steps of the Feldman Model—description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
• Describe and analyze an artwork in order to determine its meaning and success.
• Present an oral critique of their artwork.
Hannah Hoch life and art presentation made with Powtoon