"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial", 1982
http://www.nps.gov/vive/index.htm
Maya Lin
http://www.mayalin.com/
American architectural designer & artist
1959-present
TIDBITS: Use Google to find your answers!
1) What is Maya Lin most known for?
2) How old was she when she won a significant contest, and what was it?
3) Why did Maya Lin believe that she wouldn't have won, if the entries were submitted with name, instead "blind" with numbers?
4) What have we done this week that was inspired by Maya Lin?

 

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"The Dream", 1910
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rousseau/dream.jpg.html
Henri Rousseau
French painter
PERIOD or MOVEMENT: Post Impressionist/Surrealism/
1844-1910
TIDBITS:
He was often called "la dounanier". Why?

 

 

 

THE ART CANON:
Art Works Every Well Educated Person Should Know!

"Joachim's Dream", Fresco, 1304-1306.
Fresco. Capella degli Scrovegni, Padua, Italy
http://www.giottodibondone.org/Joachim's-Dream-(Sogno-di-Gioacchino).html

Giotto
Italian painter, sculptor, architect
PERIOD: Early Renaissance
Early 1300's

TIDBITS:
Known as the "Father of Modern Painting"
Look for deep blue backgrounds

 

 

 

 

"The Scream", 1894, National Gallery of Oslo, Norway
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/about/pressreleases/3308421.html?page=1&c=y
Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter
PERIOD or MOVEMENT: Expressionist/Symbolism
1863-1964
TIDBITS: Use the link above to find the answers to the following questions. You may need to explore further!
1.Why is the sky red in this painting?
2. Where/what is Christiania?

Here's a "Scream " Coloring Page! Try it out when you have time! Drag your recolored "Scream" to the desktop and save it as extra credit in your portfolio!

 

 

 

 

American Gothic, by
Grant Wood

Questions:

1. Who are the people in the painting?

2. Where is the scene and house located?

3. What was Wood trying to say in this painting?

4. Do you seen any repeated shapes in the painting? What?

 

 

 

 

"La Gioconda", (1479-1528)
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, inventor, scientist
Period: Renaissance
1503-06 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre, Paris

QUESTIONS
#1: Exactly who IS Mona Lisa?

#2: Does everyone agree? If not, who do they think she might be?

#3: Look closely at Mona Lisa's face ....what's missing?

#4: Recently, a new version of the Mona Lisa was discovered. Where and how?

 

 

 

BROADWAY BOOGIE WOOGIE

Broadway Boogie-Woogie is a painting by
Piet Mondrian.

Question: What is Broadway Boogie Woogie all about? What was Mondrian trying to express? Why?

TRY THE MONDRIMAT!
http://www.stephen.com/mondrimat/

 

 

 

 

 

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