Art—Year 6—Idols

Key Knowledge Art Vocabulary

techniques

movement

perspective

reflection

shadow

lines

interpretation

carve

shape

mould

materials

shape

texture

tone

shade

form

shading

light

surrealism

Salvador Dali

Rene Magritte

Max Ernst

dreams

random

Timeline

1400

Expressionism

1905-present

1900 2000

Abstract Art

1910-present

Cubism

1910-1930

Surrealism

1920-present

Pop-Art

1950-1970

Post-modernist Art

1980-present

1800 1700 1600 1500

Pointillism

1884-1900

Realism

1840-1880

Neo-Classicism

1750-1880

Post-Impressionism

1885-1910

Impressionism

1870-1900

Baroque Art

1600-1700

Renaissance

1400-1520

Romanticism

1765-1880

Pop Art

Pop Art means popular art. It uses images

and icons that are popular in the modern

world. This includes famous celebrities, rock

stars, comic books and any other popular

items. There are a number of ways that

artists use these items to create art such as

repeating the item over and over again,

changing the colour and texture of it and

putting different materials together to make

a picture.

Key People

Andy Warhol (1928 -1987) used commercial images and repeated them over and over again. He used printing techniques (silkscreen and lithography) to produce his artwork.

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) made artwork inspired by comics. He used a technique called ‘Ben Day Dots’ to build up colour and texture like a comic book.

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) was a painter and collage artist. To create his collages, he used images from magazines to compose his work. Some of his works include both paint and images together.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 -1988) started his career as a graffiti artist. He then developed his painting style of scribbling, vague symbols and diagrams.

Richard Hamilton

Fashion Plate

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Untitled

Roy Lichtenstein

Nurse

Andy Warhol

Campbell’s tomato soup