What’s The Big Idea About Where We Live?
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What’s The Big Idea About Where We Live? People relate to the place they live. Mary Baum November 2011
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What’s The Big Idea About Where We Live?. People relate to the place they live. Mary Baum November 2011. Impression of My Home. Analyze paintings of Claude Monet's home at Giverny and Van Gogh's home at Arles. Create a picture of your home using color to emphasis expression. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What’s The Big Idea About Where We Live?People relate to the place they live.
Mary BaumNovember 2011
Impression of My Home
Analyze paintings of Claude Monet's home at Giverny and Van Gogh's home at Arles.
Create a picture of your home using color to emphasis expression.
Academic Painting
Jean-Léon Gérôme French 1824-1904Self-portrait 1866
Frederic Edwin ChurchAmerican, 1826-1900The Heart of the Andes 1859
Impressionism
Pierre-Auguste RenoirFrench 1841-1919Sailboats at Argenteuil 1874
Mary CassattAmerican 1844-1926Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt 1880
Rebel Portraits
Jean-Léon Gérôme French 1824-1904Self-portrait 1866
Mary CassattAmerican 1844-1926Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt 1880
Rebel Landscapes
Pierre-Auguste RenoirFrench 1841-1919Sailboats at Argenteuil 1874
Frederic Edwin ChurchAmerican, 1826-1900The Heart of the Andes 1859
Claude MonetFrench 1840-1926Painted outdoorsCaptured light and
shadowColor science:
Instead of mixing he put pure colors right on the canvas: a tiny stroke of blue next to a dot of yellow for green
Vincent Van GoghDutch, 1853-1890Worked quicklyColors had
symbolic meaningsUsed strong colors
straight from the tube
Applied paint very thickly, leaving obvious brush marks
Monet’s HomeMonet struggled to
earn enough money to keep his family living in their home.
He valued his style of painting more than the money he needed to pay the rent.Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873
Van Gogh’s HomeVan Gogh’s family
were disgraced by his failure to earn a living and sent him away.
He felt this house was a new start where he could paint with his friend.Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, 1853-1890The Yellow House, 1888
Impression of Your HomeGrading CriteriaCreative CompositionExpressive color schemeShow brush strokesCraftsmanshipTime management
Claude vs. Vincent
Image and Information Sources:
• Art Institute of Chicago www.artic.edu• http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=1&resource=16554•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism
•http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/20010828
•http://www.marycassatt.org/Portrait-of-Alexander-J.-Cassatt,-c.1880.html
• http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=173
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_1899_Nadar_crop.jpg•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_van_Gogh_photo_cropped.jpg
• The Usborne Introduction to Modern Art, Rosie Dickins
•http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/guide-to-impressionism/guide-to-impressionism/*/viewPage/3
• http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/moma/the-starry-night
