ART AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR LITERACY LAURIE CANFIELD

ART AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR LITERACY LAURIE CANFIELD 2011

ART CRITICISM IS A FOUR STEP PROCESS • • Description – “What do you see? ” Analysis – “How is it arranged? ” Interpretation – “What does it mean? ” Judgment – “Is it significant? ”

ART AS A BELL RINGER Project or display a piece of artwork Sample Questions: • Use the Feldman Model of Art Criticism to discuss this painting. • What do you think it sounds like in this picture? • Why is the man playing a violin? • Generating questions

COMPARE & CONTRAST THESE TWO STILL LIFE PAINTINGS Salvador Dali Paul Cezanne Nature Morte Vivante (Still Life--Fast Moving), 1956. Still Life with Basket of Apples, 1894.

WRITE 3 HAIKU POEMS ABOUT THIS PAINTING

DISCUSSION QUESTION: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEAUTY AND UGLINESS?

WHICH IS GREEK & WHICH IS ROMAN? DEFEND YOUR OPINION.

THE ANSWERS! • Bronze portrait • Bronze statuette of a statue of a boy, late veiled and masked 1 st century B. C. –early dancer, 3 rd– 2 nd 1 st century A. D. ; Early century B. C. ; Imperial, Augustan Hellenistic Roman Greek Bronze; H. 52 1/8 in. Bronze; H. 8 1/16 in. (132. 4 cm) length of (20. 5 cm) face 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

PENDANT MASK: IYOBA, 16 TH CENTURY NIGERIA; EDO, COURT OF BENIN Questions: For what purpose do you think this mask was created? What materials do you think it was made from? After answering these questions, come up with five of your own.

WHAT KINDS OF LINES DO YOU SEE? By Piet Mondrian

ORGANIC SHAPE MONSTERS • Have students use their monster as a springboard for writing. • What is the name of your monster? • Where is he/she? • What are his/her superpowers?

REFLECTION AND EVALUATION USING ARTIST’S STATEMENTS

ANIMALS OF THE NATURE COAST • Learn and Serve Grant • Students researched animals • Wrote and illustrated book

INSIDE “ANIMALS OF THE NATURE COAST” • • • • Dale the Dolphin I am a dolphin and my name is Dale. I am usually gray in color and my stomach is white. I must say I have a very sleek body. Some of my favorite places to live are in lagoons, harbors, bays, gulfs, and estuaries. When full-grown I can weigh up to 500 pounds and measure 8 feet long. My favorite items to eat are fish and crustaceans, such as shrimp. We practice catching food by throwing seaweed at each other. I am a bottlenose dolphin and breathe through my blow hole, not my nose. I do hold my breath underwater. Next time you see a dolphin you will see we can hold our breath a long time. In the past, dolphins have been endangered because sometimes they get caught in nets meant to catch other fish. Here is one more interesting fact about us that you may observe when you are on the water: If you see us scratching each other with our teeth or blowing bubbles through our blow hole, we are not happy.

MASTERPIECES OF LIT-ART-ITURE

BIO-POEMS • • • • A bio-poem is a short biography telling about the life of someone. Poem Structure and Example: Line 1: First name Vincent Line 2: Four traits volatile, impulsive, compulsive, eccentric Line 3: Related to his dear brother Theo Line 4: Cares deeply about painting, color, emotion Line 5: Who feels lost, in pain Line 6: Who needs friends, money, respect Line 7: Who gives everything to his art Line 8: Who would like to see his work acclaimed at last Line 9: Resident of France and the world Line 10: Last name van Gogh

OTHER IDEAS • • • “Field Trip” to look at art Have students present their artwork to the class Word Wall Essential Question Bulletin Board Art Career Video Response “Know the Artist” poster

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