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Year 6 · Art and design · Artists through history · Lesson 3

Cubism, Pop Art and comparing movements

Cubism (Picasso, Braque) and Pop Art (Warhol, Lichtenstein), comparing four art movements, and writing about artworks using content, form, process and mood, with original sketches.

Whiteboard video lesson: Cubism, Pop Art and comparing movements

13-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Describe Cubism
  • Describe Pop Art
  • Compare art movements
  • Write about an artwork

The method

  1. Content.
  2. Form.
  3. Process.
  4. Mood.

Key words: Cubism, Picasso, Pop Art, Warhol, viewpoint, content form process mood.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

When did Cubism begin?

  1. Step 1: 1907

Answer: about 1907

Question 2

Name the two artists who started Cubism.

  1. Step 1: P, B

Answer: Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

Question 3

What is the key idea of Cubism?

  1. Step 1: Viewpoints

Answer: showing many viewpoints at once