What’s The Big Idea About Where We Live?People relate to the place they live.

Mary BaumNovember 2011

Impression of My Home

Analyze paintings of Claude Monet's home at Giverny and Van Gogh's home at Arles.

Create a picture of your home using color to emphasis expression.

Academic Painting

Jean-Léon Gérôme French 1824-1904Self-portrait 1866

Frederic Edwin ChurchAmerican, 1826-1900The Heart of the Andes 1859

Impressionism

Pierre-Auguste RenoirFrench 1841-1919Sailboats at Argenteuil 1874

Mary CassattAmerican 1844-1926Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt 1880

Rebel Portraits

Jean-Léon Gérôme French 1824-1904Self-portrait 1866

Mary CassattAmerican 1844-1926Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt 1880

Rebel Landscapes

Pierre-Auguste RenoirFrench 1841-1919Sailboats at Argenteuil 1874

Frederic Edwin ChurchAmerican, 1826-1900The Heart of the Andes 1859

Claude MonetFrench 1840-1926Painted outdoorsCaptured light and

shadowColor science:

Instead of mixing he put pure colors right on the canvas: a tiny stroke of blue next to a dot of yellow for green

Vincent Van GoghDutch, 1853-1890Worked quicklyColors had

symbolic meaningsUsed strong colors

straight from the tube

Applied paint very thickly, leaving obvious brush marks

Monet’s HomeMonet struggled to

earn enough money to keep his family living in their home.

He valued his style of painting more than the money he needed to pay the rent.Claude Monet

French, 1840-1926The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873

Van Gogh’s HomeVan Gogh’s family

were disgraced by his failure to earn a living and sent him away.

He felt this house was a new start where he could paint with his friend.Vincent van Gogh

Dutch, 1853-1890The Yellow House, 1888

Impression of Your HomeGrading CriteriaCreative CompositionExpressive color schemeShow brush strokesCraftsmanshipTime management

Claude vs. Vincent

Image and Information Sources:

• Art Institute of Chicago www.artic.edu• http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=1&resource=16554•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism

•http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/20010828

•http://www.marycassatt.org/Portrait-of-Alexander-J.-Cassatt,-c.1880.html

• http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=173

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_1899_Nadar_crop.jpg•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_van_Gogh_photo_cropped.jpg

• The Usborne Introduction to Modern Art, Rosie Dickins

•http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/guide-to-impressionism/guide-to-impressionism/*/viewPage/3

• http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/moma/the-starry-night