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Dreaming with Marc Chagall

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Students scrutinize the early twentieth-century artists who dealt with expressionism and abstraction, especially Marc Chagall. This four lesson unit examines the life and work of Chagall and supports the student creation of works similar to the artist be

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complementary colors, colors, secondary colors, watercolors, painting, abstract art, primary colors, sketching, fantasy, tracing, cubism, graphs, proportions

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abstract, complementary colors, cropped, cubism, distorted, exaggerated, fantasy, gouache, grid, juxtaposed, primary colors, proportion, scale up, secondary colors, sketch, surreal, tracing, watercolors, visual and performing arts
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Grade
7th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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For Teacher Use
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Year
2003
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