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ART AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR LITERACY

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 RINGERProject 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

Nature Morte Vivante (Still Life--Fast Moving), 1956.

Paul Cezanne

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 statue of a boy, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.; Early Imperial, AugustanRomanBronze; H. 52 1/8 in. (132.4 cm) length of face 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

• Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer, 3rd–2nd century B.C.; HellenisticGreekBronze; H. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)

PENDANT MASK: IYOBA, 16TH CENTURYNIGERIA; 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

CLASS CODE

In my fourth grade Art class at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, I learned about the

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She is very famous for painting_______________________. I illustrated my own __________ _________________ using oil pastels. I learned that a

self-portait is a _______-dimensional artwork that is created by using ___________ ________________ to create the images in the artwork. I am the focus or emphasis of my self-portrait. I am wearing ___________________ because ______________________________________________________________________. I also included __________________________to communicate ________________________ about myself.

Frida also used her backgrounds to tell a story. I chose ________________________to be in my background because it shows ________________________________________________ .

Now that my self-portrait is complete, I can see how artists can use art to communicate their emotions and ideas! I think I did _____________________ because ______________________________________________________________________. The only thing I would change to make my artwork even better is ________________________________ ____________________________________ because ___________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________.

An Artist’s Statement

Self-Portrait, 4th Grade Art

ARTIST:

TITLE OF WORK:

DATE CREATED:

MEDIUM/MEDIA:

LOCATION: Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Inverness, FL

My AArrttwwoorrkk

Class Code: _________________

In my fourth grade Art class at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, I learned

about the American artist Mark di Suvero. He is famous for creating monumental abstract sculptures using__________. I have created my own

______________ in his style using the following materials: ________________________________________________.

I have written this Cinquain Poem about my sculpture, which is entitled ______________________________.

__________________ One word- What you are talking about (noun)

____________, ____________

Two words-Describing it (adjectives)

_____________, _____________, _____________ Three words-Describing it (adjectives)

_____________, _____________, _____________, ______________ Four words-Describing it (adjectives)

________________ One word-What you are talking about (noun)

An Artist’s Statement

Mark di Suvero Sculpture, 4th Grade Art

ARTIST:

TITLE OF WORK:

DATE CREATED:

MEDIUM/MEDIA:

LOCATION: Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Inverness, FL

My AArrttwwoorrkk

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

LAURIE CANFIELD

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