Submitted by: Stephanie Corder,
AZ
Academy~ U.S. Virgin Islands
UNIT: Art History Research - Cross Curricular
Grade Level: 6th grade (middle school)
Summary:
Students
select an artist of their choice, research, then create a
composition of an area of their school "in the style of"
the artist of their choice. They write a report to share with the
class. Shown: Welcoming Stairway in the style of Chagall
Materials:
Open media (within reason)
18 x 24 paper
Visual resources/prints for a variety of artists from several time
periods
Objectives:
Students create a drawing of an area of the
school and render it in the style of one the artist presented
(from art prints - Stephanie used her table artists). For a cross
curricular lesson, students are expected to write a report to
share with the rest of the class in order to obtain understanding
of several famous styles of art.
Procedures:
- Engage students in the discuss regarding
the various artistic styles of artists presented in
reproductions, giving background information on each artist
(students select artist from the group presented)
- Students create four thumbnail of the
school working to show inspiration of chosen artist's
style, for instance, a student studying Chagall would
work to draw the school in a surrealistic manner.
- Student and teacher will choose the best
of the thumbnails to finish in medium of student's choosing.
Language Arts Assignment:
Students write a one page paper to be
presented orally, describing their artist's background, their
artistic style and what made it important. As a finishing touch,
students explain how they incorporated their artist's style into
their art project.
Submitted by: Stephanie Corder,
AZ
Academy~ U.S. Virgin Islands
UNIT: Artist Research Project
Lesson: Artist Research - Choice of Media
Title: Art in
the Style of…
Grade Level: High School
Below
are two activities that should be fun to do…only select ONE
for your assignment. You may do the other ones in your spare time
(smile). If you wish,
you may do more than one assignment for extra credit.
Parody
or Satire
A work that imitates the characteristic style of another work,
either for comic effect or ridicule. Parody is a basic metaphor or
comparison. Also known as appropriation, content, caricature,
homage, and satire.
Homage
- Special acknowledgment or respect shown or expressed publicly to
persons whose influence an artist wishes to honor. You
can show this by duplicating a famous work in its entirety or by
using key elements of an artist’s style in recognition of them.
Past iche
- A work of art
made by imitating and combining several styles of other artist’s
works. Often a pastiche is made in order to ridicule the style of
the artist it imitates.
Materials:
Paper
Open
Media: acrylic, oil pastels, etc.
Procedure:
- Day
One: Decide what kind of painting or drawing you are doing and
sketch out final design to begin completion next week.
- Day
Two: Begin
rendering design.
- Day
Three: Continue
painting, drawing etc.
- Day
Four: Complete
project with self assessment.
[Art
Room of Stephanie Corder]
