TEACHING POETRY & AMERICAN ART
Introduction
Why Poetry and American Art?
Strategies
Disclaimer
About Me
Romanticism
Intro to American Romanticism (1820-1900)
John James Audubon
Thomas Cole
Asher Durand
Daniel Chester French
Winslow Homer
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
"Illuminated Gems of Sacred Poetry"
"Indian Summer: Autumn Poems and Sketches"
Realism / Social Realism
Realism
>
Intro to Realism (1900-1920)
George Bellows
Edwin Dawes
Thomas Eakins
Edward Hopper
Thomas Hovenden
John Sloan
Social Realism
>
Intro to Social Realism (1920-1940)
Walker Evans
Dorothea Lange
Ben Shahn
Regionalism
Intro to Regionalism (1920-1940)
Thomas Hart Benton
Maynard Dixon
Grant Wood
Modernism
Intro to Modernism (1910-1940)
Stuart Davis
Charles Demuth
Marsden Hartley
Georgia O'Keeffe
Harlem Renaissance
Intro to Harlem Renaissance (1920-1940)
Aaron Douglas
Meta Warrick Fuller
Jacob Lawrence
Faith Ringgold
Carl Van Vechten
Hale Woodruff
Abstract Expressionism
Intro to Abstract Expressionism / New York School (1940-1960)
Morris Graves
Red Grooms
Philip Guston
Grace Hartigan
Kenneth Patchen
Dorothea Tanning
Walasse Ting
Cy Twombly
Postmodern/Contemporary
Intro to Postmodern / Contemporary Art (1950-present)
Visual Poetry
Louise Bourgeois
Joseph Goldyne
Elizabeth Murray
Jeff Schlanger
Kiki Smith
Jaune Q. Smith
More Resources
Introduction
Why Poetry and American Art?
Strategies
Disclaimer
About Me
Romanticism
Intro to American Romanticism (1820-1900)
John James Audubon
Thomas Cole
Asher Durand
Daniel Chester French
Winslow Homer
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
"Illuminated Gems of Sacred Poetry"
"Indian Summer: Autumn Poems and Sketches"
Realism / Social Realism
Realism
>
Intro to Realism (1900-1920)
George Bellows
Edwin Dawes
Thomas Eakins
Edward Hopper
Thomas Hovenden
John Sloan
Social Realism
>
Intro to Social Realism (1920-1940)
Walker Evans
Dorothea Lange
Ben Shahn
Regionalism
Intro to Regionalism (1920-1940)
Thomas Hart Benton
Maynard Dixon
Grant Wood
Modernism
Intro to Modernism (1910-1940)
Stuart Davis
Charles Demuth
Marsden Hartley
Georgia O'Keeffe
Harlem Renaissance
Intro to Harlem Renaissance (1920-1940)
Aaron Douglas
Meta Warrick Fuller
Jacob Lawrence
Faith Ringgold
Carl Van Vechten
Hale Woodruff
Abstract Expressionism
Intro to Abstract Expressionism / New York School (1940-1960)
Morris Graves
Red Grooms
Philip Guston
Grace Hartigan
Kenneth Patchen
Dorothea Tanning
Walasse Ting
Cy Twombly
Postmodern/Contemporary
Intro to Postmodern / Contemporary Art (1950-present)
Visual Poetry
Louise Bourgeois
Joseph Goldyne
Elizabeth Murray
Jeff Schlanger
Kiki Smith
Jaune Q. Smith
More Resources
Best places to start
Abstract Expressionism: description from Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wikipedia entry on Abstract Expressionism
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see especially 'Style' and 'Action painting'
The New York School: brief description at poetryfoundation.org
Wikipedia entry on The New York School
Artwork behind title: Joe Brainard's "People of the World: Relax! (#2)" (detail)
