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Denise Taglienti
d_taglienti@newton.mec.edu
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Dali
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Wyeth
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Teacher Page |
| The Process |
| 1. Work independently (or if there are not enough
computers get together with your assigned partner)
2. Print out the worksheet (you may want to make a copy for each of you) 3. If you are working with a partner compose the definitions collectively. Each of you should choose one artist for each "ism" and that artists paintings for the gallery Use your browsers back button to
return to this page from all the links.
3. Start by looking at the article The "Ism's"of Art Follow the directions for giving a password on the opening page and the article should appear. Make note on the worksheet of some of the other kinds of ""Ism's"" 4. Impressionism Take the Guided Tour. There are idea and picture tabs at the bottom of the page for additional supplementary information (This site will only work if Flash Player is installed on your computer) Make any notes on the definition of Impressionism on the worksheet. Web Museum and Artcyclopedia are two other resources for you to check out to polish up your definition and begin to identify impressionist artists and their work. Compose a definition and write it on the worksheet. Make note in the spaces provided as to the different Impressionist artists that may be mentioned . You will research them later. 5. Surrealism Read Alan Maks' article on Surrealism. What do you think about this kind of thinking ? Make notes on worksheet Artcyclopedia , Andre Bretons description and this Portland State University site are also good resources for the definition and to begin identifying artists and their work of the Surrealistic style. Compose a definition and write it on the worksheet. Make note in the spaces provided as to the different Surrealistic artists that may be mentioned and any of their artwork that you like. You will research them later. 6. Realism Check out the Artlex and Web Museum sites to begin your definition on Realism and start to identify artists and their work. The Open Directory Project and this Realism Painters list are good places to find the names and works of artists Compose a definition and write it on the worksheet.
Make note in the spaces provided as to the different Realist artists
that may be mentioned. You will research them later.
7. Decisions Decisions Use the following web sites to choose the two artists from each "ism" that you will recommend to the Symphony for their gallery. Check to see if their is biographical information at the site and make any necessary notes on the worksheet. Do the museums have any work by your chosen artists in their collection ? Museum of Modern Art, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Scroll down on this page and use the sites search engine. Enter a style of painting or an artists name 8. Refining Bibliographical Information
and Identifying works
9. Choosing Painting Mark Hardens Artchive This site is where you can find Images of artists work as well as some bibliographical information. Mark Hardens site allows the copying of images for Educational purposes. You must give him credit however. When you open the site be sure to scroll down the page and open and read the image use link. 10. Gather Images Create a new folder on your computer. Label the folder Images. Use this folder to copy and paste copies of paintings from The Artchive (Mark Hardens site) that you would like to include in the Gallery. Save them as JPEG format. Remember to choose two paintings by each artist. You may want to think about a painting or two for the opening page of your Powerpoint Presentation also. 11. Powerpoint Presentation
12. The following pages should
include a table of contents, a description of each of the three "Ism's",
A biographical piece on each artist and copies of the two paintings
chosen for each artist.
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| Evaluation |
For a printable version click
here
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