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Article: Classroom use of the art print.(self-portraits)
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- Arts & Activities
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- December 1, 2004
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Joan Miro (Spanish; 1893-1983). Self-Portarit (Young Man in a Red Shirt), 1919 Oil on canvass; 28 1/4 x 23 1/8. Musee Picasso, Paris.
THINGS TO LEARN
* In order to appreciate the art of Joan Miro, students need to know something about the art movement called Surrealism.
Surrealism began about 80 years ago soon after the horrors of World War I had ended. Instead of painting objects in the world around them, surrealist artists found their inspiration in dreams, and those feelings and emotions that people have deep inside them. Their goal was to achieve a greater truth from these ideas and feelings than was possible from looking at the everyday ...