Back to the drawing board. 2nd Grade Core Knowledge Visual Art Component Lines and Movement, Looking at Art, Animals in Art, Abstract Art, and Architecture: The.
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Back to the drawing board. 2nd Grade Core Knowledge Visual Art Component Lines and Movement, Looking at Art, Animals in Art, Abstract Art, and Architecture: The Art of Designing Buildings Visual Art as a Core Knowledge Subject Lines and Movement Looking at Art n n Sculptures Landscapes Animals in Art n n Real Imagined Abstract Art Architecture: The Art of Designing Buildings n A Building of …you can also help [your student] learn some of the ways that we talk about art and introduce some wonderful works of art. In this way, your child will come to understand that, while art is doing, it is also seeing and thinking. By looking closely at art, and talking about it, your child will begin to develop a love of art and a habit of enjoying it in thoughtful, active ways. Although books can hope to provide some basic knowledge about art, nothing can replace: n visiting museums attending performances listening to recordings n encouraging children to sing, dance, paint, sculpt, playact for themselves n n -E.D. Hirsh Jr. from What a Second Grader Needs to Know Media Cast New videos that will help 2nd Grade this year include but are not limited to: Dropping in on n n n n n n n Romare Bearden Grant Wood Grandma Moses Matisse Rousseau Andy Warhol Picasso Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists n n n n n n n Mary Cassatt Michelangelo Rembrandt Claude Monet Vincent Van Gogh Leonardo Da Vinci Andy Warhol Wilton Art Programs n Animals in Art Horses Artists Today Art History Two illustrators Who is the Artist n Chagall, Klee, Magritte School Wide Art Show 2008-2009 The winners of the individual school art shows will be framed and displayed downtown at the Center for the Arts May 2. Think Outside the Box Stay in the Circle Sit Up Lean Forward Activate Your Mind Nod Your Head Track your Teacher. Safety First “Always come to school in clothes you are ready to learn in.” - Mrs. Cliburn 2nd Grade Teacher The law of the echo. “A book alone cannot adequately convey the experience of music or the impact of visual art. For the second grader, art should mostly take the form of doing: drawing, painting, cutting and pasting, working with clay and other materials. …do try to provide your child with materials and opportunities to be a practicing artist!” - E.D. Hirsh Jr. from What a Second Grader Needs to Know Portfolio Fold in half Write your name, grade level & school n in big block letters with the big markers Fill the Space – Be Creative My Portfolio My nd 2 Grade Student Portfolio Quarter 1 Looking at Landscapes You have already learned about two kinds of painting: n n Portraits Still Life Picture Now let’s learn about another special kind of painting called a landscape. The most important thing in a landscape is the scenery, which includes n n n The land The trees The sky. Looking at Landscapes When you look at a landscape painting, try to notice n n n n The weather The season The location The time of day A painter can put people in a landscape, but they are not the main focus of the painting. Looking at Landscapes The Oxbow This painting by the American artists Thomas Cole has a very long name, but it’s usually called “The Oxbow”. An oxbow is a U-shaped collar placed around the neck of an ox so that is can be hitched to a plow. n n Can you find something U-shaped in the scene? Do you see the bend in the Connecticut River? Looking at Landscapes You could almost divide this painting in two parts. n n One part shows the landscape close-up. The other shows the landscape far away. Looking at Landscapes Look at the left side of the painting, which show the close-up part of the landscape. n n n What is the weather like? Do you see the broken tree trunk? What you think might have happened to this tree? Looking at Landscapes Now look at the faraway landscapes on the right side of the painting. n What is the water like? Looking at Landscapes This painting shows two very different views of nature. On the left, close to us, nature is dark and cold. On the right, nature looks bright and peaceful. Looking at Landscapes View of Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a thunderstorm Now that you’ve looked carefully at the water in this painting, it’s real name won’t surprise you: n It’s called “View of Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a thunderstorm.” Looking at Landscapes Did you notice a person in this painting? n n n n It may be hard to find him. Look near the bottom A little to the right of the center. Who is it? An artist – It must be Thomas Cole painting a landscape! In this painting, it is easy to tell that the landscape is more important than the person. “Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature’s unrealized ends.” – Aristotle Looking at Landscapes Look at a landscape by the Spanish artist called El Greco. This picture “View of Toledo”, shows us the city of Toledo in Spain where the artist lived four hundred years ago. View of Toledo Looking at Landscapes Can you point out n n n n n A river? A bridge? Many buildings? What the weather is like? What time of the day the artist is showing? Looking at Landscapes It might be daytime with the sky darkened n n By a thunderstorm Or maybe it’s nighttime with moonlight breaking through storms clouds Either way, the sky casts a spooky light over the whole scene. What kind of mood or feeling do you have when you see this painting? “Painting, because of its universality, becomes speculation.” – El Greco Looking at Landscapes Landscapes don’t have to be of real places. They can also be a places you imagine. The French artist Henri Rousseau [on-REE rooSO] never visited a tropical jungle, but he did many paintings like this one. Looking at Landscapes Rousseau learned about jungle plants and animals like monkeys and lions from n n n Encyclopedias Science books Visits to the zoos Henri Rousseau Looking at Landscapes He did not try to copy them in a lifelike way. Look at the plants. Rousseau n n Painted many plants Made them very big. Does this landscape look like a place you would want to visit? Looking at Landscapes Before you answer, did you notice the animals? Rousseau’s jungle is n n n n Colorful Dreamlike Beautiful Dangerous “When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself “Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!” – Henri Rousseau The Starry Night Look at the painting called “The Starry Night”. Painted by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh [van GO]. The Starry Night The Starry Night What do you notice n First in the painting? n In the top half? n In the bottom half of the painting? The Starry Night Van Gogh’s sky is full of circles. Use your fingers to follow some of the curving lines that Van Gogh painted in the sky. The sky seems to be moving and swirling around, awhile the town below is calm and still. The Starry Night Van Gogh applied the paint in bold, thick strokes. Even though this is just a picture of the painting, you can almost feel its rough texture. “…sometimes the [painted] strokes come with a sequence and a coherence like words in a speech or a letter...” – Vincent van Gogh Quarter 2 Abstract Art We call realistic art like n n Durer’s Young Hare Audubon’s bird pictures Realistic art looks very n n Real Lifelike There’s a different name for art like n n Picasso’s Bull Head Matisse’s The Snail. We call such art abstract art. Abstract Art Abstract art n n n n n Does not look exactly like the real thing. Reminds you of things you've seen. Makes you see something in a new way. Does not show you every little detail. Draws your attention to the basic lines and shapes. Abstract Art Have you ever had a dream full of crazy things happening? Marc Chagall Some people think this painting looks like something from a dream. Look at this abstract painting by the Russian painter Marc Chagall [sha-GALL]. Abstract Art What do you see in this other painting by Chagall? You can recognize some of the things in this painting, such as n n A woman milking a cow. A man and a woman walking near a group of buildings. But how are the things in this painting arranged? n n n Some of them are upside down Some are much bigger than others. Some like the woman milking the cow, are in very strange places. And what about the colors? What colors seem unusual to you? Abstract Art Chagall called this painting I and the Village. He painted it just after he left the small village in Russia where he grew up and moved far way to Paris, France. Do you think he missed home? I and the Village Abstract Sculpture Sculpture can be abstract too. Look at this sculpture by Constantin Brancusi [bran-KOOzee], an artist from Romania. What does it look like to you? The title may help you see what the artist was thinking. Brancusi also did many sculptures of birds. n n The first ones he did still looked somewhat like birds. Later ones did not look much like a bird at all. The Endless Column Abstract Sculpture Brancusi made it n n n n n Tall Thin Pointed Gently curving shape that seems to soar. With a shiny metal surface reflects the light and seems almost weightless. Like “The Endless Column” his bird sculptures did not show you the image of a bird with a beak and feathers, it does n n Show you something about a bird in flight. Gives the feeling of rising into the air in one quick swoosh! Constantin Brancusi “…what they call ‘abstract’ is in fact the purest realism, the reality of which is not represented by external form but by the idea behind it, the essence of the work.” – Constantin Brancusi Quarter 3 Animals Real or Imagined Let’s look at some different pictures of animals. Some artists want us to know exactly what an animal looks like. They are careful to include every detail and to get the colors exactly the way they are in nature. Animals Real or Imagined The German artist Albrecht Durer [DUR-er], who lived about five hundred years ago, painted the picture called “Young Hare”. Doesn’t it look real? It seems as though the bunny might wiggle its nose and hop away at any moment. Young Hare Animals Real or Imagined Can you see how Durer used n n Separate, short brush strokes Touches of white to imitate the fluffy texture of the hare’s fur? “If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens if one is idle.” – Albrecht Durer John James Audubon The nineteenth-century American artist John James Audubon [AH-da-BAHN] also wanted to make very lifelike pictures of animals, especially birds. He traveled throughout North America from Florida to Canada studying and sketching birds. He became famous when his illustrations were published in a book called Birds of America. John James Audubon Look at Audubon's picture of passenger pigeons. The one on the lower branch is a male and the other one is a female. n n Do they look alike? How do their colors differ? Passenger Pigeon Paul Klee Durer and Audubon wanted their pictures of animals to look like real animals. But others artists try to show us animals in a new or unusual way. Paul Klee Look at this painting by Paul Klee [clay] called “Cat and Bird”. Klee had many cats, including a pet tomcat named Fritzi, who inspired this painting. But does this painting show what Fritzi really looked like? Cat and Bird Cat and Bird Klee painted n n n Only the cat’s head The cat’s head huge The cat’s eyes that are much bigger than life, and an unusual shade of green. Klee did not try to show the cat’s soft fur, the way that Durer painted the fur of the young hare. Instead Klee used only simple lines and shapes. Student artwork inspired by Paul Klee’s “Cat and Bird” Cat and Bird Look for these shapes in the painting: n n n n Oval Diamond Triangle Circle. Look at the shape Klee used for the tip of the cat’s nose – a heart? n Why do you think he might have put a heart in this painting? Also, you probably noticed what Klee painted on the cat’s forehead – a bird! n n Why do you think he did that? What do cats like to do to birds? “Art does not reproduce the visible, it makes visible.” – Paul Klee Pablo Picasso Now let’s look at a sculpture by Pablo Picasso. What do you think it’s a sculpture of? Do you see an animal? If you don’t, look again and think about the title of the sculpture. Pablo Picasso Does the title help? By using his imagination, Picasso turned everyday objects into a piece of art that makes us see n n n The lines of a head The shapes of a head The animal in a new and interesting way. Picasso also did a sculpture of a bull’s head by using just bicycle parts: n n Handle bars Seat Title: “Untitled” “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” – Pablo Picasso Matisse’s Snail Henri Matisse You can see the bull’s head in Picasso’s sculpture, but you might have a little trouble at first seeing the animals in some of Matisse’s pictures. Henri Matisse was a French artist, Henri Matisse [on-REE ma-TEECE]. Matisse called one of his pictures The Snail. It is made from cut-out pieces of colored paper stuck on a white background. At first it might look like a bunch of colored shapes. His picture of a snail doesn’t show you what a snail looks like in a real life – instead, it shows how much the shape is made up of a spiral line. Student cut paper project inspired by Matisse’s “Snail” “An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.” – Henri Matisse A Modern Museum Have you ever been to a museum? n n They’re wonderful places to visit. You’ll find beautiful works of art. When Frank Lloyd Wright, an American architect, was asked to design a new museum, he decided to make the building itself a work of art! A Modern Museum The Guggenheim Museum is n n In New York City. It has an unusual shape! The outside n n Looks like a teacup Is made of four circular disks. The Guggenheim Museum A Modern Museum The inside n n n n n A ramp spirals up to the top. The top has a tall opening in the center. To see the paintings on display, you walk along the rim. It is like walking inside a big sculpture. Every step you take gives you a different view of the museum. Inside the Guggenheim Museum “The mother art is architecture.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Quarter 4 “Drawing is taking a line for a walk.” – Paul Klee Taking a Line for a Walk When you draw a picture, notice the different lines you use. Let’s say you want to draw a tree. n n You might start with the trunk by drawing two straight lines. Lines that go up and down are called vertical lines. You see vertical lines in n n n n Tree trunks Telephone poles Fence posts Skyscrapers Taking a Line for a Walk If you want to draw the ground under the tree: n n You draw a line across the bottom of the page. Lines that run from side to side are called horizontal lines. You see horizontal lines in n n n A mattress The edge of a table On the horizon Taking a Line for a Walk And you might want to draw a ladder leaning up against the tree. n Lines that lean are called diagonal lines. You see diagonal lines in n n n Slides Hills Ramps Taking a Line for a Walk Think of where you might see different kinds of line. n n n Horizontal Vertical Diagonal You probably know the names for other kinds of lines, too. Lines can be thick or thin. In this pictures: n n Which lines are thick? Which ones are thin? Different Kinds of Lines Horizontal Vertical Diagonal Zigzag Curved Spiral Wavy Picasso’s Mother and Child Let’s look at a beautiful painting called “Mother and Child”. It was painted by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. • Picasso Take your finger and follow the line in the picture. Do you find n n More straight lines? More curved lines? The many curving lines add to the gentle feel of this picture. Mother and Child Invisible Lines Sometimes an artist can suggest a line rather than actually painting one. In Mother and Child the tilt of the mother’s head suggests a lines. Look at the tilt of the mother’s head. If you could draw a line to follow the tilt of her head, would the line be n n Horizontal? Diagonal? Invisible Lines Now look at the child’s body. The same diagonal line extends from the mother’s head along the child’s body. Picasso united mother an child with a single suggested line to show how close they feel to each other. What else in the painting shows how close they feel? “Unfinished, a picture remains alive...” – Pablo Picasso Line and Movement The Great Wave of Kanagawa Nami-Ura Imagine this picture is part of a movie. n n n What will happen next? What is the great wave about to crash on? Can you spot the men huddled together in wooden fishing boats? This painting is called “The Great Wave at Kanagawa Nami-Ura” by the Japanese artist Hokusai [Hoe-coo-sye]. Line and Movement Hokusai has drawn the great wave n n n As if it were alive. With curling fingers. Reaching out to grab the boats. Do you see the many curving lines in the picture? n n Put your finger on the top of the water on the right side of the picture. Now mover your finger to the left, following the curving line up and under the big wave. Line and Movement Do you see how the line n n Pushes up and on the top of the water on the left side of the page Follow the curve along the top of the great wave. This line seems to want to keep going. What kind of shape would it make? “Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.” – Robert Henri Looking at Sculptures You can walk around a sculpture or statue. It’s not flat like a picture. Things like n n Chairs Tables Things that aren’t flat are said to have mass. Your body has mass. Sculptures have mass. Sculpture can be made of n n n Stone Wood Metal Looking at Sculptures The Discus Thrower. Lets’ look at a stone sculpture from ancient Greece called the “Discus Thrower”. This statue shows a man who is trying to throw a discus farther than anyone else. A discus n n Looks like a big Frisbee Made out of metal. Finds the discuss in this picture. Although the Discus Thrower is sculpture, not a drawing, it still has lines. How? Zigzag Lines The sculpture forms a Zigzag line! Even though this statue does not move the zigzag line helps show energy or action. Throwing a discus takes a lot of energy. A discus may look like a Frisbee, but it’s much heavier. Hold a big book in one hand. Now try to stand like the Discus Thrower. n Bend your knees. n Move your arms to one side of your body. n Look over your shoulder. Can you feel that your body would have to work hard to throw a discus. “Every time I make a sculpture it breeds ten more, and then time is too short to make them all.” – David Smith Flying Horse Copy of Flying Horse Now let’s look at a sculpture often called “Flying Horse”. n n It was found in a tomb in China It is about two-thousand years old. Flying Horse This sculpture n n Was made of a heavy metal called bronze Seems light. Why does it seem light? n n n n n Look at the legs. See how thin they are? How many legs are in the air? All the weight of the horse is perfectly balanced on one hoof. This makes the sculpture seem as if It’s floating It’s flying! What do you think the arm is doing in this sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin [rowDAN]? The Thinker See how he rests his chin on this fist. Have you ever sat this way? This sculpture is called “The Thinker”. Rodin modeled this sculpture n n In clay first Then had it cast in bronze Several copies have been made of it n n Some small Others twice as big as a real man! The Thinker Posing for a Sculpture Look at how Rodin posed the figure. Try to sit this way with your right elbow resting on your left knee. Is this a comfortable pose? Do you have to strain your muscles to hold this position? The strained pose includes n n n The powerful muscles Stern expression Showing that thinking can be hard work! “The sculptor does not fall below the poet in realism.” – Auguste Rodin Architecture: The Art of Designing Buildings Inside the Guggenheim Museum Architecture is the art of designing and planning buildings. A person who designs buildings is called an architect. The Parthenon The Parthenon Here is a photograph if a very famous building in Greece called “The Parthenon” [PAR-thuh-non]. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks built the Parthenon as a temple to honor the goddess Athena. You can see that the Parthenon has been worn down through the years. The Parthenon This is a model of what the Parthenon looked like when it was first built. Now, think about the kinds of lines you’ve learned about. n n Do you see how the roof and the steps of the Parthenon make long horizontal lines? Do you notice all the up and down vertical lines made by the many columns. The Parthenon The columns n n Hold up the roof. Point upward to the sky. Why does that seem right for a temple? Symmetry Now look at this drawing of the front of the Parthenon. There is a vertical dotted line right down the middle to help you see something about the way this building is designed. n n n Count the number of columns on the let side of the dotted line. Count the number of columns on the right side of the dotted line. You get four columns on each side. Symmetry When something is the same on both sides of an imaginary line running down the middle, we say it is symmetric [sih-MET-rik]. We call the imaginary line running down the middle, we say it is symmetry [SIM-ih-tree]. The Parthenon is a symmetric building. Symmetry Other symmetric figures include. n n n A valentine heart. Picasso’s sculpture of a bull’s head. Where else can you see symmetry? In art? In buildings? In nature? If you look in a mirror are you are symmetric? Can you think of something else that’s symmetric? Buildings inspired by the Greeks: Monticello The ancient Greeks n n Monticello Designed beautiful buildings. Had many architects who learned from them in later years. For example, in America You can find many buildings with columns. Are there any buildings with columns where you live? Thomas Jefferson designed columns at his home, Monticello. “I am Epicurean. I consider the genuine doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.” – Thomas Jefferson A Building of Curves This building is n n n A temple Called “The Great Stupa” In Sanchi, India The Great Stupa Different Lines in Architecture Think of what you know about different kinds of lines. Look again at The Parthenon. Then look at the picture of The Great Stupa. Different Lines in Architecture What big differences do you see? n The Parthenon is mostly straight lines Many vertical Some horizontal Some diagonal n The Great Stupa has many curved lines. If you walked around it , you would walk in a circle. A line running from one side of the Stupa across the top to the other side would be a half circle. A Building of Curves A sphere has the same shape as a ball. In architecture, this shape is called a dome. The outside of a dome may remind you of the shape of hills. People in India say that when you walk around the Great Stupa, you are walking the Path of Life around the World Mountain. A Beautiful Castle Himeji Castle (White Heron Castle) You’ve looked at one building with straight lines and one with curved lines. Now lets look at “Himeji [hih-MAY-gee] Castle” in Japan. A Beautiful Castle The castle is n n n Made of wood Covered with white plaster Was built over four hundred years ago During a time when the Japanese were often at war. What do you think the castle’s barred windows and gates were for? A Beautiful Castle There is something unusual about the design of Himeji Castle. n n n Each story is smaller than the one below it. The overall shape of this building is like a triangle with it top cut off. This shape and the curving roofs make the castle seem to point upward. Himeji Castle is n n Called “White Heron Castle” Reminded people of a favorite bird, the white heron in flight. “Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Story Time