Marc ChagallStained glass windows

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

• He lived to be 98 years young!

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

• He lived to be 98 years young!• Chagall was not allowed to go to the

regular Russian school because of his Jewish background – instead he attended an all Jewish religious school until high school

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

• He lived to be 98 years young!• Chagall was not allowed to go to the

regular Russian school because of his Jewish background – instead he attended an all Jewish religious school until high school

• He was the oldest of NINE children!

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

• He lived to be 98 years young!• Chagall was not allowed to go to the

regular Russian school because of his Jewish background – instead he attended an all Jewish religious school until high school

• He was the oldest of NINE children!• As part of the modern art-Fantasy movement Chagall created works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

• He lived to be 98 years young!• Chagall was not allowed to go to the

regular Russian school because of his Jewish background – instead he attended an all Jewish religious school until high school

• He was the oldest of NINE children!• As part of the modern art-Fantasy movement Chagall created works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints

• He enjoyed using acrobats, clowns and circus people as his subjects in many of his pieces to create a dream-like, fanciful escape

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

• He lived to be 98 years young!• Chagall was not allowed to go to the

regular Russian school because of his Jewish background – instead he attended an all Jewish religious school until high school

• He was the oldest of NINE children!• As part of the modern art-Fantasy movement Chagall created works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints

• He enjoyed using acrobats, clowns and circus people as his subjects in many of his pieces to create a dream-like, fanciful escape

• Chagall focused on intense colors and how the glass allowed those colors to bring light into a space to create the overall effect

Marc Chagall

• Jewish artist born in Vitebsk – part of the Russian Empire back in 1887

• He lived to be 98 years young!• Chagall was not allowed to go to the

regular Russian school because of his Jewish background – instead he attended an all Jewish religious school until high school

• He was the oldest of NINE children!• As part of the modern art-Fantasy movement Chagall created works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints

• He enjoyed using acrobats, clowns and circus people as his subjects in many of his pieces to create a dream-like, fanciful escape

• Chagall focused on intense colors and how the glass allowed those colors to bring light into a space to create the overall effect

• Chagall’s difficult life as Jew in Russia heavily influenced his artwork

Marc ChagallPeace 1964, Memorial and United Nations Building

What do you see?

Marc ChagallPeace 1964, Memorial and United Nations Building

What do you see?• Expressive colors -

to match what Chagall was feeling – what colors make you feel happy? sad?

Marc ChagallPeace 1964, Memorial and United Nations Building

What do you see?• Expressive colors -

to match what Chagall was feeling – what colors make you feel happy? sad?

• Lines - connecting the glass panes

Marc ChagallPeace 1964, Memorial and United Nations Building

What do you see?• Expressive colors -

to match what Chagall was feeling – what colors make you feel happy? sad?

• Lines - connecting the glass panes

• Overlapping colors - to create new colors

Marc ChagallPeace 1964, Memorial and United Nations Building

What do you see?• Expressive colors -

to match what Chagall was feeling – what colors make you feel happy? sad?

• Lines - connecting the glass panes

• Overlapping colors - to create new colors• Fanciful figures – notice the people flying and

floating in the air like you might experience in a dream

Marc ChagallPeace 1964, Memorial and United Nations Building

What do you see?• Expressive colors -

to match what Chagall was feeling – what colors make you feel happy? sad?

• Lines - connecting the glass panes

• Overlapping colors - to create new colors• Fanciful figures – notice the people flying and

floating in the air like you might experience in a dream

• Abstract shapes – notice the different cut-outs within the blue background creating shapes that are familiar but not exact

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

Has anyone seen this piece at the art museum?

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

Has anyone seen this piece at the art museum?This is a great piece to go see at the Chicago Museum of Art in the city! We are really lucky to have such a great art museum so close to us!

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

Has anyone seen this piece at the art museum?This is a great piece to go see at the Chicago Museum of Art in the city! We are really lucky to have such a great art museum so close to us!

Now let’s talk about basic colors and what happens when you mix them…

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are:

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

• What happens when you mix blue and yellow?

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

• What happens when you mix blue and yellow?

• You get green!

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

• What happens when you mix red and blue?

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

• What happens when you mix red and blue?

• You get violet!

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

• What happens when you mix red and yellow?

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

• What happens when you mix red and yellow?

• You get orange!

Marc ChagallAmerica Windows 1977, Chicago Institute of Art

• Primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow

• When you mix two primary colors together, you get the Secondary colors…

• What happens when you mix red and yellow?

• You get orange!• So the Secondary colors are green,

orange, and violet!

Marc Chagall• The next set of colors are the Tertiary colors

– pronounced tur-shee-er-ee – which means mixing a primary color and a secondary color together

Marc Chagall• Check-out this color wheel to see what

we mean -

Marc Chagall – stained glass windowsNow it’s time to make your own window pane of stained glass!

Marc Chagall – stained glass windowsNow it’s time to make your own window pane of stained glass!• First create your black frame by connecting

two short pieces of black cardstock and two long pieces – use your glue sticks in the corners to connect these – lay it aside to dry

Marc Chagall – stained glass windowsNow it’s time to make your own window pane of stained glass!• First create your black frame by connecting

two short pieces of black cardstock and two long pieces – use your glue sticks in the corners to connect these – lay it aside to dry

• Draw a design using the black markers on the white tissue paper. Use up the whole sheet, making big, thick, curvy and straight lines that create different abstract shapes

*****Think of a dream-like picture and express your feelings through the colors you choose*****

Marc Chagall – stained glass windowsNow it’s time to make your own window pane of stained glass!• First create your black frame by connecting

two short pieces of black cardstock and two long pieces – use your glue sticks in the corners to connect these – lay it aside to dry

• Draw a design using the black markers on the white tissue paper. Use up the whole sheet, making big, thick, curvy and straight lines that create different abstract shapes

• Cut a variety of shapes from the colored tissue paper

Marc Chagall – stained glass windows• Turn white tissue paper over and use the

decoupage to glue the shapes onto your white tissue paper

Marc Chagall – stained glass windows• Turn white tissue paper over and use the

decoupage to glue the shapes onto your white tissue paper

• Experiment with the colors you create by overlapping your shapes – look for secondary and tertiary colors

Marc Chagall – stained glass windows• Turn white tissue paper over and use the

decoupage to glue the shapes onto your white tissue paper

• Experiment with the colors you create by overlapping your shapes – look for secondary and tertiary colors

• Fill your entire page and upon completion, put a final coat of decoupage over the entire paper

Marc Chagall – stained glass windows• Turn white tissue paper over and use the

decoupage to glue the shapes onto your white tissue paper

• Experiment with the colors you create by overlapping your shapes – look for secondary and tertiary colors

• Fill your entire page and upon completion, put a final coat of decoupage over the entire paper

• Lay your frame onto your desk and put a coat of glue around the edge

Marc Chagall – stained glass windows• Turn white tissue paper over and use the

decoupage to glue the shapes onto your white tissue paper

• Experiment with the colors you create by overlapping your shapes – look for secondary and tertiary colors

• Fill your entire page and upon completion, put a final coat of decoupage over the entire paper

• Lay your frame onto your desk and put a coat of glue around the edge

• Place your stained glass window creation white side down (wet side up) onto the frame to adhere

Marc Chagall – stained glass windows• Turn white tissue paper over and use the

decoupage to glue the shapes onto your white tissue paper

• Experiment with the colors you create by overlapping your shapes – look for secondary and tertiary colors

• Fill your entire page and upon completion, put a final coat of decoupage over the entire paper

• Lay your frame onto your desk and put a coat of glue around the edge

• Place your stained glass window creation white side down (wet side up) onto the frame to adhere

• Write your name on the back of your creation and set out to dry!

Let’s review –• Expressive color – color that represents

feeling

Marc ChagallStained Glass

Let’s review –• Expressive color – color that represents

feeling• Abstract shapes – shapes that represent

something in the real world, but allow for the viewer to make their own interpretation of the shape

Marc ChagallStained Glass

Let’s review –• Expressive color – color that represents

feeling• Abstract shapes – shapes that represent

something in the real world, but allow for the viewer to make their own interpretation of the shape

• Overlapping colors and shapes – creating new shapes and colors by overlapping your original shapes

Marc ChagallStained Glass

Let’s review –• Expressive color – color that represents

feeling• Abstract shapes – shapes that represent

something in the real world, but allow for the viewer to make their own interpretation of the shape

• Overlapping colors and shapes – creating new shapes and colors by overlapping your original shapes

• Primary colors – red, blue, and yellow

Marc ChagallStained Glass

Let’s review –• Expressive color – color that represents

feeling• Abstract shapes – shapes that represent

something in the real world, but allow for the viewer to make their own interpretation of the shape

• Overlapping colors and shapes – creating new shapes and colors by overlapping your original shapes

• Primary colors – red, blue, and yellow• Secondary colors – made by mixing two

primary colors, orange, violet, and green

Marc ChagallStained Glass

Let’s review –• Expressive color – color that represents

feeling• Abstract shapes – shapes that represent

something in the real world, but allow for the viewer to make their own interpretation of the shape

• Overlapping colors and shapes – creating new shapes and colors by overlapping your original shapes

• Primary colors – red, blue, and yellow• Secondary colors – made by mixing two

primary colors, orange, violet, and green• Tertiary colors – made by mixing a primary

and a secondary color together

Marc ChagallStained Glass

Discussion Questions:• If you could name your picture, what would you

name it?• Where in your house do you think you will hang

this piece of stained glass artwork?• What is a primary color?• Name a primary color• What is a secondary color?• Name a secondary color• What did you like most about this project?• Can you think of other places you have seen

stained glass before?• What do you like about another student’s stained

glass creation?

Marc ChagallStained Glass