Art Appreciation

Chaos vs. Order

Our class will enjoy several art print lessons with a "twist" this year.  We are going to compare and contrast several different pieces of art.  We started today with 2 paintings that give you different feelings.  One student summarized the lesson well by saying that one painting made her feel calm and the other one made her feel uncomfortable.  

We started by looking at The Meet at Blagdon by JW Snow.

 

How do you FEEL when you look at this painting? 

  

What do you notice about the setting of the painting? 

What do you notice about the subjects?

Then we thought about Horse Fair by  Rosa Bonheur.

 

  How is this painting different than The Meet at Blagdon? 

How does this painting make you FEEL?  

Which painting would you rather hang in your bedroom and why did you choose that one?

The students worked together to create scenarios and poses for photos that give the same feelings to the audience.  The teams brainstormed ways to give a feeling of calm and order.  They created these poses....

 Next, the teams created ways to show chaos in a pose for a photograph.  (Remember photographs, like paintings, don't show motion or sound!)  The students came up with these photos...  Believe it or not, these are still poses.  :-)  Enjoy!

I think we're all looking forward to our next lesson to build an appreciation for art!