Artists across time

Artists Across Time

BY JESSICA HUDGINS

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About The Author

Hi, I’m Jessica Hudgins. I attend Indiana University and am studying to be an elementary and special education teacher. I wrote this interactive ebook for one of my education classes. I love works with kids and watching them grow. One of the things I want to structure my classroom around is hands on activities to get the kids involved in what they are learning. I believe that students retain information better if they do something memorable with it which often involves getting up and interacting with students. I also believe that technology is become a great tool that should be incorporated in classrooms everywhere. I made this book as a way to incorporate both of these aspects by using interactive widgets to make the students more engaged in what they are reading.

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How To Use Book Guide

This book uses Bookry for many of its interactive parts. You will come across different icons and if you click on them it will put up a page where you can complete whatever task is being asked of you. Some of the widgets are fun games and others are short quizzes or asking your opinion about something.

You will come across small white boxes with a question and answer choices several times throughout the book. To use this interactive element click on the bubble next to the right answer and then click check answer.

Throughout the book there are picture with hidden captions if you double click on the picture the caption will pop up. Every picture in the book has a caption so if you don’t see a caption for a picture double click it.

If you see this icon click on it because you are going to take a quiz about the different things you have learned. There are some multiple choice questions where you click on the bubble next to the right answer. There are also short answer question s where you type your response in the space provided.

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If you see this icon get excited because you are going to be playing a maze game. All you have to do is navigate the man through the maze. Pay attention to what it says above each maze to help you find your way.

If you see this icon click on it to answer opinion based questions about what you just learned. Just read the question and type your response in the space provided.

If you see this icon get creative. When you click on it it will bring up a blank page with color and pen size options on the side. This lets you draw a picture. Just follow the instructions at the top of the icon.

If you see this icon click on it. You are going to drag picture where they are suppose to go. Make sure to read the directions above the icon to know what you are doing.

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C H AP TE R 1

Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait two relationships and didn’t hold a steady job. Throughout his life he traveled around europe. He was born in Holland, studied art in Belgium, helped his brother in Paris and went to art school in Arles. In 1888 Van Gogh accidentally cut off a portion of his ear lobe and started having fits of madness. He was eventually sent to an asylum to get help where he drew his famous painting “Starry Night”. In 1890 they released

Vincent Van Gogh was 27 years

him from the asylum and a cou-

old when he decided to become

ple months later he shot himself.

an artist. Before that he was in

Dutch Period- very dark, somber-toned, sharply lit ( had highlight) areas of white or pale colors

Impressionist- Developed independently by each artist, Van Gogh used bold and intense had colors, many of the styles to do with light and color.

Rubens (Japanese prints)- Printmaking, similar to woodblock printing, a piece of wood where you would carve out a design or picture and then use ink to stamp it onto a paper.

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Cafe Terrace at Night

The Bedroom “It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to.... The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures."

- Van Gogh

In 1888 Van Gogh painted “Starry Night” one of his most famous works of art. He did this painting when he was in the asylum. The contrast of the blues and the yellow-orange moon and stars is one or the reasons why this painting is so visually appealing.

Starry Night 1888

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Vincent Van Gogh used many different genSunflowers

res such as landscapes, which are normally a field or a picture of land, portraits which are people and can include yourself, and still lifes which are objects set up a certain way. Van Gogh’s still lifes were normally of a vase of flowers on a table. he normally did portraits of himself or of peasants.

Van Gogh: In His Own Words

Self Portrait

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Rene Magritte

The Son of Man 1946

Rene Magritte is one of the most famous Surrealist painters. Surrealism is a juxtaposition of images which means taking ordinary objects and rearranging them to creative an alternate meaning or a deeper meaning.

Surrealist artist thought this style of art released a creative potential from the unconscious mind. Magritte’s sense of humor helped create some of his most famous paintings.

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Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. ” - Rene Magritte Magritte created this painting during World War ll after fleeing his country when Nazi Germany invaded.

This painting expresses the emotions Magritte was feeling during that time. This painting depicts all of magritte’s hardships in life that have left him alone.

When he fled from the Nazis he also his wife behind Homesickness 1940

because of a fight they were having. The lion represents

Georette, which would have been a key thought in Magritte’s mind just as it is a key element in the picture. Magritte draws himself as an angel leaning over a bridge to show his depression as he reviews his life.

Impressionistic-a style or movement depicting the visual impression of a moment, Normally adapted slightly different for each artist but Magritte didn’t do this type long enough to find one Futurism- drawing an idea about the future, depicting what they think the future will know like on paper

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Surrealist- take everyday objects and arrange them in an abnormal

La Therapeute 1941

Question 2 of 2 In the painting “Homesickness� the angel is looking away because...

A. He is sad B. He misses his wife C. He is deep in thought.

D. All of the above

Check Answer

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M.C. Escher Self Portrait 1929 M.C.Escher is one of the most famous graphic artists. He is mostly known for his “impossible� art. It is called this because it twists and turns sometimes into other objects. It can hurt your eyes and brain if you look and think about some of his pieces too much. He did over 2448 pieces of art over his life mostly using lithographs, woodcuts, wood engravings, drawing and sketches as his medin. Like the previous artist you have Escher did other side jobs such as illustrating books, designing tapestries, posting stamps and murals. He was in school for architecture but switched to graphic arts. After he finished school he traveled around Italy

So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen - M.C. Escher

Escher: In HIs Own Words

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Lithographs and Woodcuts: an engraving into metal, stone or wood that depicts a picture that you transfer to paper with ink

Division of the Plane: shapes that interlock and move across the page

Some of Escher’s work was called “impossible” art. This was because it tricked the viewer's mind so the viewer would often not know what they were looking at. He would do this by making one object serve two functions such as a bridge being a staircase. Beware at looking at his “impossible” pieces for too long because you can hurt your brain trying to figure out how it works.

Converge and Concave 1955

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Cycle 1938

Metamorphosis 2 1940 Although this is not one of Escher’s “impossible” artworks it is one of his better known pieces. The images illustrated are easy to identify and self explanatory but this piece is impressive in a different way. It is a woodcut print so large it took 20 pieces of wood and is printed on three different pieces of paper. It measures out to be 7.8 inches by 153.3 inches.

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Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born in Spain and stayed there almost his whole life. His parents recognized his talents from an early age and built him his own studio. Shortly after he did a one-man show in Paris where he meet his wife, Gala Eluard, and joined the surrealist movement. He soon became the leader of the movement. As War World 2 approached he had a falling out of the surrealist group. He moved into a new style when he became preoccupied with science and religion. He moved in the united states when the war picked up speed. He held a large exhibit in a New York museum and soon after a his autobiography came out. Dali and his wife moved back to Spain where he continued his work until he died of heart fail-

Soft Watch at Moment of First Explosion 1954

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Persistence of Memory 1954

This painting could have come several different inspirations and can have many different meanings. The idea of the melting clocks can represent a softness whereas the mountains and box represent a hardness. This contrast can represent the relativity of space and time. The melting clock and the ants can also represent a form of decay which is seem in some of his other works as well. The figure in the middle which some-

Early Impressionism: a style or movement depicting the visual impression of a moment

Classical:a picture related to religion or a scene one would see in the past

Transitional Surrealist: taking a object and changing its shape to look like it is moving

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“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” ― Salvador Dalí Christ of Saint John of

A classical piece of artwork is more

the Cross 1951

realistic in its design and often depicts a scene from a long time ago such as the era of when Christ was alive. This is when the viewer sees Dali use the classical style. Another one of his well known pieces depicts the last supper.

Question 1 of 2 What other artist was affected by a war?

A. Van Gogh B. Rene Magritte C. M.C. Escher D. Stella Dunkley

Check Answer

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Stella Dunkley Stella Dunkley is a contemporary artist who lives on England’s coastline. She uses her view of the coast and nature as an inspiration for many of her pieces.

She uses the intense color of sunrises and sunset as an emotional connection to her work. Dunkley’s unique interpretation of the landscapes around her lead to her abstract work where she experiments with mixed media to enhance the texture of the paintings.Although her collection of art is small now it will continue to grow in the future.

Which other artist had a similar style to Stella’s?

Down Lavender Lane

A. Van Gogh B. Rene Magritte C. M. C. Escher D. Salvador Dali

Check Answer

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Sapphire Horizon

Abstract art calls for the viewer to make a judgment about what the painting means or represents. An artist like Dunkley takes a object, pulls and stretches it by blending colors to make the object hard to see.

Dunkley gets her inspiration from the views and colors

Sunset Walk

she sees by her coast house. Because of this many paintings are of the ocean in the sunset. These can be very beautiful and can lead to different emotions and meaning by the color she chooses. When she limits her color choice it means the viewer feel a certain way and can often lead to the question of why she chose to do that.

Dunkley is still creating new work everyday. Keep an eye out for new work because she is still expanding her gallery.

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Activities Gallery Drag and Drop the right paintings to the Artists that created them.

Use clues from the reading to help.

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Maze Round 1: Follow the Van Gogh paintings to the end of the maze. Be careful if you chose the wrong picture you will get stuck.

Round 2: Follow Rene Magritte’s Paintings through the maze to get to the end. Beware if you chose the wrong picture you will get stuck.

Round 3: Follow the artwork that falls into the Surrealism category. Beware if you choose the wrong picture you will get stuck.

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Quick Quiz

Which picture on the left is in the style of surrealism?

A. Picture 1 B. Picture 2 C. Picture 3 D. Picture 4

Check Answer

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Create Your Own Sketch Pad: Now become one of the artists that you just read about. Pick the artist you liked the most and draw a picture in the space below. Try to use one of the styles they used.

Answer the questions about your drawing.

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Glossary Styles

Classical: a picture related to religion or a scene one would see in the past

Dutch Period:very dark, somber-toned,

Contemporary: living or occurring at the

sharply lit ( had highlight) areas of white or pale colors

same time

Ruben/Japanese Prints: Printmaking,

Abstract: existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or con-

similar to woodblock printing, a piece of

crete existence

wood where you would carve out a design or picture and then use ink to stamp it onto a paper

Media

impressionism:a style or movement in painting originating in France in the

lithographs: a lithographic print

1860s, characterized by a concern with

woodcut: a print of a type made from a

depicting the visual impression of the

design cut in a block of wood, formerly

moment, esp. in terms of the shifting ef-

widely used for illustrations in books.

fect of light and color.

Surrealism: a 20th-century movement in art that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.

Division of the plain: shapes that interlock and move across the page Transitional: the movement of objects across the page, transforming an object to a different object 23

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Citations Vincent Van Gogh Information: http://www.vangoghgallery.com Rene Magritte Information: http://www.renemagritte.org M.C. Escher Information: http://www.mcescher.com/about/ Salvador Dali Information: http://www.salvadordali.com Stella Dunkley Information: http://www.stelladunkley.co.uk Van Gogh Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hXMuK5NQEA M. C. Escher Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cjU5LQgu7M

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Summary Of Book

This ebook is for students to discover different artists, styles and medias. It covers the standard VA.3.2 2008 - RESPONDING TO ART: History and Culture where students learn to recognize significant works of art, knows the development of art movements connecting to events in history. This book will walk the reader through the lives of five different artists,.

It will show the reader their lives, famous art pieces and their style and media they worked in. This book also has many interactive elements to better help them grasp the material they are learning.

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