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6 days
Lesson:
Students will learn how to use Photoshop and select different images found online
and arrange them in a creative way to create a portrait.
Content Standard 3 3.3 Identify and describe trends in the visual arts
and discuss how the issues of time, place, and cultural influence are
reflected in selected works of art.
Common Core
Standard:
Big Question:
Objectives
Art History:
Food as a Symbol
-Use of food in art can go far back in history
-Egyptian drawing of food were discovered by archaeologists
-It was believed that those drawings of food would be used to nourish those in the
afterlife
Food as a Metaphor
-Food often used in Renaissance paintings to depict Biblical stories and themes
-Metaphor of food (ie: the forbidden fruit in The Fall of Man, bread and wine in
The Last Supper)
-Food often a metaphor for celebration, life
Food in Culture
-Food, an ordinary substance, can be used to make powerful statements about our
culture
-Pop Artist Andy Warhols use of food in his art made a strong statement about
commercialism in the late 20th century
-Making something ordinary, extraordinary
Food Artists Today
-Carl Warner: surreal foodscapes
-Jim Victor: butter, chocolate, and cheese sculptures
Artist Focus: Giuseppe Arcimboldo
-https://youtu.be/dLqwBf_tzWk
-Renaissance artist born in Milan
-city known as the cradle of naturalism
-eventually became court painter to Emperor Maximilian II
Art Meets Science
-Emperor was extremely passionate about the studies of botany and zoology
-Brought scientists and philosophers from all over Europe to his court
-As result, Arcimboldo had access to all kinds of rare flora and fauna
-His work showed off his skill as a naturalist, his precision as an illustrator, and his
vivid imagination
To Learn More
http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org
http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/Education/learning-resources/an-eye-forart/AnEyeforArt-GiuseppeArcimboldo.pdf
http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/Education/learning-resources/an-eye-forart/AnEyeforArt-GiuseppeArcimboldo.pdf
Major Themes: Composition, Problem Solving
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Principles:
Materials
needed:
Anticipatory
Set
Teaching Strategies
Day 1. Pass out worksheet for
brainstorming of food to create different
facial features. (15 minutes)
Pass out magazines, scissors, and glue to
each workstation and begin portraits
(25minutes)
Entrance ticket: What do you know about
how is food as a subject matter is being
portrayed in art history? (10 minutes)
Day 2 .Go over the art history PowerPoint
presentation. (30 minutes)
Set up and explain how to play the game of
Kahoot with questions from PowerPoint.
(20 minutes) link to game:
Student Activities
Day 1. Students will complete a brainstorming
worksheet of food. (15 minutes)
Students will cut out images of food for first portrait
collage. (25 minutes)
Have students fill out entrance ticket. (10 minutes)
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/51b12458f7d7-4980-9453-dbf2e4bd31a9
Assessment
plan:
Closure:
Have students create an art gallery by hanging their projects and begin post it note
critique.