Carolyn C. Smith
Art Appreciation
Objectives
The students will
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1. identify feelings and moods.
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2. get an awareness of why painters and sculptors create pieces of art.
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3. create a piece of art work using tone or mood.
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4. study a piece of art work to develop feelings or tones.
Materials Needed
paper, pencils, pictures from magazines
Vocabulary:
fear, anger, happy, sad, anxious, tone, mood, synonym, abstract
Brainstorming Questions:
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1. What’s an artist? Do you think you are an artist? Why or Why not?
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2. What causes you to notice certain pieces of art?
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3. What causes an artist to become famous?
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4. Do you think any of your classmates or schoolmates may become famous artists? Why or why not?
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5. Do you know any famous artists. Name one.
Procedures
Introduce the vocabulary above. Point out to the students that each of the words used above has several synonyms which express the same feelings. Review the techniques of clustering. Have the students to take a close look at a picture and write as many mood words which come to mind as they observe it. After about two minutes have the students to discuss the picture using their lists as guides. Show the students a famous picture and have them to find some small detail in that picture which caught their attention. Do this activity several times using a variety of expressions. Allow the students ample time to discuss what they see and feel. It will amaze you how the students will begin to note minute details.
Related Activities
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1. Divide the class into groups of threes or fours. Give them a picture to observe. Encourage them to use the technique of clustering to write a brief description of that picture. Share their writings with the class.
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2. Have the students to use any one of the mood words of a previous lesson and make a sketch which would depict that mood. Encourage the students to give their work a title. Write a brief description of their work and add it to the Mini Afro-American Center which has been created in the room.