Resources:
Renaissance Prints; Assorted Shorewood Collection
Online: Age of Discovery, Renaissance
Art, Parody
Video: Florence - Cradle of the Renaissance
The
Renaissance Connection - interactive educational web
site. View Flash or html version (Flash is much more fun). With
the simple click of a mouse button, travel 500 years into the
past to discover many Renaissance innovations revealed through
the Allentown Art
Museum's Samuel H. Kress Collection of European art. Quality
interdisciplinary lesson plans included - geared from middle
school.
Teacher Preparation:
Collect a number of
Renaissance portraits - either post card sizes or from the
Internet. I had a number of images printed to abut 4" by
6". Make transparency grids on photocopier.
Motivation:
1. Video: Florence:
Cradle of the Renaissance
2. Video: Masters
of Illusion
3.
Shorewood Art prints of da Vinci, Fra Angelica, Giotto,
Raphael, and others
4. Assorted postcard color prints
of Renaissance art
5. Demonstrations of upside down
drawing and grid drawing
6. Demonstrations of painting
and collage techniques
7. Demonstrate added 3-d elements,
frame possibilities
8. Internet
research and Leonardo da Vinci CD ROM.
Procedures:
1. View
video Florence:
Cradle of the Renaissance
2. Critique
works of Renaissance Artists- select one image to write about-
include elements and principles of design vocabulary (chapter 2
in text). Include
"feeling" words
3. Select
one Renaissance work as inspiration for portrait print.
Draw portrait on 9x12 paper by turning card upside down
-- cover image, revealing only one inch at a time -- draw
contours very slowly
4. Choose
same image - of select a different image -- place 1" grid
overlay over postcard print -- select an area of interest
approximately 4" x 6"
5. Draw
a grid in proportion on larger paper - each 1" block will
equal a 3" or 4" block on larger paper--depending on
size of original print. See Grid
Lesson - two examples are shown).
6. Draw
what you see in each block -- go slowly paying close attention
to each block
7. Gesso
corrugated cardboard to seal surface (allow to dry)
8. Transfer
drawing to board using carbon paper (tape drawing with two small
pieces of masking tape)
9. Plan
background--May use wall paper, magazine cut-outs for landscape,
photographs of home (scanned into computer), any scanned
landscape or digital image from the Internet. May paint
background if desired.
10. Complete
background (remember Renaissance characteristics)
11. Paint
and collage figure--remember to bring up-to-date in some way.
Make a parody. Students
may use own face (digital photo) and own hands (digital photo).
Add lace and fabric trims - beads - etc. if desired. Accent with
squeeze paints and paint markers, if desired.
Evaluation:
Student
self-evaluation.
Student
critique, Writing assignment
(take home exam)
Grade
form - composition, painting, color plan, parody, craftsmanship,
originality, effort
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