Young Writers Society

(I'm doing this for English, but I'm not sure it's right. Could someone help me out.)

Formal Outline

Introduction

Introduction:(Thesis) Switching from Europe to America during the 1950’s abstract expressionism helped make America a major field for art and influenced artists of the modern day.

Body

I. Roots of abstract expressionism
A. Cubists
1. Was formed during the late 1800’s
2. Cubists were the first to break down paintings into pieces
a. Cubist art was called “Intellectual” because it was always planned
b. Cubists “painted” objects with hard and sharp-angled boxes
3. The most famous cubist artist was Pablo Picasso from Spain. (1881-1973)
B. Surrealism
1. The next step towards abstract expressionism
2. The form was taken as a form of cubist
a. Cezanne
b. Claude Monet
C. True Form
1. The form of abstract expressionism as we know it began during WWII
2. It took form during the 40’s when a group of artists to a diverse form
3. Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee were considered the first true abstract expressionists.
II. Technique
A. Brush forms
1. Throwing
2. Splashing
3. Spilling
4. Slapping
5. Dripping
6. Surface qualities
a. Textures
b. Brushstrokes
c. Space in between
B. Styles
1. Imagist painting
a. Fluid strokes
b. Delicate shapes
2. Action painting
a. True abstract art
b. It used dramatic gestures
i. Splashing
ii. Dripping
3. Color field painting
a. Simple elements
b. Blocks of colors
C. Emotion
1. Artist
a. Emphasizes the emotional life of the artist
b. Usually feelings of explosive energy
2. Visual
a. Was shown through color.
b. How it was distributed on the canvas
c. Quality of the paint
i. Thickness
ii. Texture
III. Inspiration
A. Over all
1. Themes(Ranged)
a. Violence
b. Simple, quiescent
2. Ancient/primitive cultures
B. European
1. Many found inspiration from past European artists.
2. Many of the pieces were done by Picasso
a. Leger
b. Matisse
C. American
1. Museum of Modern Art
2. Albert Gallatin’s Museum of Living Art
IV. Famous Artists
A. Others
1. Willem de Kooning
2. Franz Kline
3. Philip Guston
B. Jackson Pollock
1. The most famous action painter
2. He used Knives and sticks to drip paint onto his canvas
3. There was no structure to his paintings
4. Pollock would walk around saying:
“I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides, and literally be in the painting.”
5. Pollock developed dripping
6. Influenced by his older brother
7. He studied at with Thomas in New York City at the Art Students League
8. He went to Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles
9. Pollock worked on the Federal Arts project in 1931 to 1935
10. He struggled with his forms
a. Cubism
b. Surrealism
c. Pictorial technique
11. Pollock’s art began to mature through 1950
12. Attention
a. Through radical techniques
b. Wasn’t always good
i. Nick name “Jack the dripper”
13. Paintings
a. Number 1(1948)
b. Full Fathom Five(1947)
c. Autumn Rhythm(1950)

looks good to me, but I don't know much about art.

It's just the format of the thing I want to make sure is good.

I think it's good, but I'm not so sure about the introduction part. I don't think those are in real outlines, but I'm not sure. Maybe if you called it "plot overview" or something, but I think "Introduction" is a misleader

My teacher is very strange and that's how she wants it. Over all it seems like I did what she asked and was exeptible over all. i guess i got a little parinoied because this paper counts as 100% as our first 5 weeks and 40-50% over all for the marking period. Any way, thanks you two for looking at it.

Introduction is fine. If you wanted to get picky, you could do it like this:

Intro
A. Thesis:

But, as long as it's all indented correctly (which I know you can't do on the board), you should be fine. Good luck!!

I just wonder if Introduction and Body are listed separately because that's what your teacher requires? I've always done:

I.Intro
A. Thesis
II. First topic of discussion
A. sentence one
B. sentence two
III. Second topic
A.
B.

etc. and included the introduction with the rest of the outline. And do you have a conclusion? Because it just kind of ends after Pollock.

But in all, like snap said, looks good