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CHOOSE 2 ARTISTIC STYLES TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Pop Art, the art of popular culture, exploded onto the art scene in England in the late 1950's. Enjoy this 10 minute video about Pop Artists of the 20th century, from Andy Warhol to Keith Haring to areas around the globe. You might also explore local, York County artist Jeff Koons, to see a Pop artist of today at work.
American Contemporary artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, is one of my favorite artists. You may remember her work of flowers, especially poppies, and desert bones. Enjoy the video and/or the website.
French Impressionism is an artistic style of paintining characterized by unmixed, small strokes of color to simulate reflected light. The Impressionist's movement took place during the late 1800's. Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir are two famous Impressionists.
Cubism, pioneered by Pablo Picasso, is an artistic style characterized by natural forms being depicted as geometric planes.
The High Renaissance is marked by an explosion of creative genius. The greatest artists ever known, Leonardo da'Vinci and Michelangelo, exemplified this artistic style.
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Creating a Retrospective Artist Poster
The poster shown below is made through an online poster generating website called Glogster. Choose to use Glogster or Power Point to create your artist poster. You will find the neccesary worksheets, rubrics and samples at the bottom of this module.
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This unit of study will teach you to use the elements of line/contour, space and value in an illustration to demonstrate the principle of contrast. Wow, that sounds difficult! Actually, in simpler terms, we will use shading to make things look like they are 3 dimentional. We will start out small and build on our skills slowly. You will be amazed how easy value study can be!
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Check out the photostory below to see more student generated value study illustrations from 2010-2011.
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African-American “Face Jugs” – 3D Form and Function
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The African-American face jug originated in the mid-1850’s in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. A form of Folk Art created by slaves and freedmen, the face jug, or “ugly jug” served many purposes, though ultimately was an expression of the African slave culture of the times. Use the videos, Power Point and example face jugs located within this Moodle module to be inspired to create your own personal face jug.
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Copy the African-American Face Jug - Inspiration Sketch pdf to use for "art notes"; inspirational sketches that show the forms and features that you would use in the creation of your own face jug.
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Watch the videos and the Power Point to learn facts and folklore and to gain a deeper knowledge of face jug forms and features.
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Open the detailed plan to follow the steps for creating your own face jug.
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Be inspired!
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DESIGNING A PERSONAL LOGO
The Graphic Design Unit of Study will focus on the principle of Unity. Through repetition of the elements of design you will create a custom logo by customizing and combining text and vector graphics.
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Heraldry and the art of the"Complete Achievement"
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VISUAL UNITY - Composite Drawing - BETTY LaDUKE
Unity is easily achieved through repetition of the elements of design; line, shape, color, texture, value, space and form. The activities and project related to this lesson, a "composite drawing", will help you to remember to create a sense of visual unity in all of your work.
A successful artist is able to pursue a vision that takes a person places where they would never expect.
Sharing the joy, sharing the pain, that is what artists do.
Betty LaDuke
Traveling aound the world with Heifer International, Betty LaDuke, has been able to capture the cultures of other countries and peoples in her paintings. We will use LaDuke's paintings from travels to Africa and South America to inspire a "composite drawing" that demonstrates a sense of visual unity through repetition of the elements of design.
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A Mandala is a geometric design, often symmetrical, that represents the universe from the human perspective. The word Mandala is Sanskrit for circle. Sanskrit is an ancient language of India. Mandala can have spiritual significance and are very personal in nature. We will create a personal Mandala that represents "your universe".
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The Japanese Tea Ceremony
Harmony-Respect-Purity-Tranquility
Kazu Yamada - Japanese Tea Ware Ceramist and Potter
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