Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Advanced Art Imaginary Landscape


ADVANCED ART IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE


STUDENTS WILL USE A TEMPLATE BASED ON ALBRECHT DURER'S RHINOCEROS.
TRACE THE TEMPLATE ONTO A SHEET OF WATERCOLOR PAPER.  CHOOSE A THEME  AND FIND A MINIMUM OF 7 ELEMENTS (AS MANY MORE AS YOU MAY NEED) TO REPRESENT THE VARIOUS SHAPES THAT MAKE UP THE RHINO.  THE ARRANGEMENT MAY BE VERY SURREALISTIC AS IN THE WORK OF RENE MAGRITTE AND SALVADOR DALI.
EX: USE VARIOUS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LIKE WATERMELON, APPLE, ORANGE, GRAPES ETC...FINAL PIECE WILL BE IN FULL COLOR USING WATERCOLORS AND COLORED PENCIL ON WATERCOLOR PAPER.
BACKGROUND WILL REMAIN WHITE TO ENHANCE THE SHAPE OF THE RHINO.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/durer_albrecht.html
http://www.magritte.com/
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/dali_salvador.html

Monday, October 10, 2016

Ceramics 2 Jomon

Students will draw on past experience with coils and use that construction technique as a basis for building three different Jomon (meaning cord pattern) pieces of pottery. This work primarily occurred between 10,000-1000 BC and perhaps even earlier as seen in the links.

 After gathering references and sketching, students will throw three pots on the wheel with white clay and create adornments with coils to represent the stylistic trademarks from this era.

Answer the following in your comment to this entry:

What were characteristics of the Japanese culture during this period?
What were characteristics of the ceramic work during this period?
Who is John George Taylor (J G Taylor) and what was his significance in our understanding of the Jomon period of art?

Define:

neolithic
cord-marked

Copy and paste the following links and after reading, answer the three questions above and define the two terms by commenting on this entry.  Due by Monday Oct. 17th 8 a.m.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jomo/hd_jomo.htm
http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/iraqur.htm