ART AS A SPRINGBOARD
FOR LITERACY
LAURIE CANFIELD
2011
ART CRITICISM IS A FOUR STEP
PROCESS
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Description – “What do you see?”
Analysis – “How is it arranged?”
Interpretation – “What does it mean?”
Judgment – “Is it significant?”
ART AS A BELL RINGER
Project or display a piece of
artwork
Sample Questions:
• Use the Feldman Model
of Art Criticism to discuss
this painting.
• What do you think it
sounds like in this picture?
• Why is the man playing a
violin?
• Generating questions
COMPARE & CONTRAST THESE TWO
STILL LIFE PAINTINGS
Salvador Dali
Paul Cezanne
Nature Morte Vivante (Still Life--Fast
Moving), 1956.
Still Life with Basket of Apples, 1894.
WRITE 3 HAIKU POEMS ABOUT
THIS PAINTING
DISCUSSION QUESTION:
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEAUTY AND
UGLINESS?
WHICH IS GREEK & WHICH IS ROMAN?
DEFEND YOUR OPINION.
THE ANSWERS!
• Bronze portrait
statue of a boy, late
1st century B.C.–
early 1st century
A.D.; Early Imperial,
Augustan
Roman
Bronze; H. 52 1/8 in.
(132.4 cm) length of
face 5 1/8 in. (13
cm)
• Bronze statuette of a
veiled and masked
dancer, 3rd–2nd
century B.C.;
Hellenistic
Greek
Bronze; H. 8 1/16 in.
(20.5 cm)
PENDANT MASK: IYOBA, 16TH CENTURY
NIGERIA; EDO, COURT OF BENIN
Questions:
For what purpose do
you think this mask
was created?
What materials do
you think it was
made from?
After answering
these questions,
come up with five of
your own.
WHAT KINDS OF LINES DO YOU SEE?
By Piet Mondrian
ORGANIC SHAPE MONSTERS
• Have students use
their monster as a
springboard for
writing.
• What is the name of
your monster?
• Where is he/she?
• What are his/her
superpowers?
REFLECTION AND EVALUATION USING
ARTIST’S STATEMENTS
CLASS
CODE
Self-Portrait, 4th Grade Art
My
Artwork
ARTIST:
Class Code: _________________
Mark di Suvero Sculpture,
4th Grade Art
My
A r tw or k
TITLE OF WORK:
DATE CREATED:
DATE CREATED:
MEDIUM/MEDIA:
LOCATION:
ARTIST:
TITLE OF WORK:
MEDIUM/MEDIA:
Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Inverness, FL
An Artist’s Statement
In my fourth grade Art class at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, I learned about the
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She is very famous for painting_______________________.
I illustrated my own __________ _________________ using oil pastels. I learned that a
self-portait is a _______-dimensional artwork that is created by using ___________
________________ to create the images in the artwork.
I am the focus or emphasis of my self-portrait. I am wearing ___________________
because ______________________________________________________________________.
I also included __________________________to communicate ________________________
about myself.
Frida also used her backgrounds to tell a story. I chose ________________________to be
in my background because it shows ________________________________________________ .
Now that my self-portrait is complete, I can see how artists can use art to communicate
their emotions and ideas! I think I did _____________________ because
______________________________________________________________________. The only
thing I would change to make my artwork even better is ________________________________
____________________________________ because ___________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
An Artist’s Statement
LOCATION:
Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Inverness, FL
In my fourth grade Art class at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, I learned
about the American artist Mark di Suvero. He is famous for creating
monumental abstract sculptures using__________. I have created my own
______________ in his style using the following materials:
________________________________________________.
I have written this Cinquain Poem about my sculpture, which is entitled
______________________________.
__________________
One word- What you are talking about (noun)
____________, ____________
Two words-Describing it (adjectives)
_____________, _____________, _____________
Three words-Describing it (adjectives)
_____________, _____________, _____________, ______________
Four words-Describing it (adjectives)
________________
One word-What you are talking about (noun)
ANIMALS OF THE NATURE COAST
• Learn and Serve
Grant
• Students
researched animals
• Wrote and
illustrated book
INSIDE
“ANIMALS OF THE NATURE COAST”
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Dale the Dolphin
I am a dolphin and my name is Dale. I am usually gray in color
and my stomach is white. I must say I have a very sleek body.
Some of my favorite places to live are in lagoons, harbors,
bays, gulfs, and estuaries.
When full-grown I can weigh up to 500 pounds and measure 8
feet long.
My favorite items to eat are fish and crustaceans, such as
shrimp. We practice catching food by throwing seaweed at
each other.
I am a bottlenose dolphin and breathe through my blow hole,
not my nose. I do hold my breath underwater. Next time you
see a dolphin you will see we can hold our breath a long time.
In the past, dolphins have been endangered because
sometimes they get caught in nets meant to catch other fish.
Here is one more interesting fact about us that you may
observe when you are on the water: If you see us scratching
each other with our teeth or blowing bubbles through our blow
hole, we are not happy.
MASTERPIECES OF LIT-ART-ITURE
BIO-POEMS
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A bio-poem is a short biography telling about the life of someone.
Poem Structure and Example:
Line 1: First name
Vincent
Line 2: Four traits
volatile, impulsive, compulsive,
eccentric
Line 3: Related to
his dear brother Theo
Line 4: Cares deeply about
painting, color, emotion
Line 5: Who feels
lost, in pain
Line 6: Who needs
friends, money, respect
Line 7: Who gives
everything to his art
Line 8: Who would like to see
his work acclaimed at last
Line 9: Resident of
France and the world
Line 10: Last name
van Gogh
OTHER IDEAS
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“Field Trip” to look at art
Have students present their artwork to the class
Word Wall
Essential Question Bulletin Board
Art Career Video Response
“Know the Artist” poster
LAURIE CANFIELD
• www.survivetheartroom.weebly.com
• www.pleasantgroveart.weebly.com
• canfieldl@citrus.k12.fl.us
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