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Jana Kopczick Smyser School 8 th Grade Language Arts/Art

An Exploration of Brace’s Rock, Brace’s Cove, 1864 Developed Through the Terra Teacher Lab, 2007-08. Jana Kopczick Smyser School 8 th Grade Language Arts/Art. Fitz Henry Lane Brace’s Rock, Brace’s Cove, 1864 Oil on Canvas Terra Foundation.

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Jana Kopczick Smyser School 8 th Grade Language Arts/Art

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  1. An Exploration of Brace’s Rock, Brace’s Cove, 1864 Developed Through the Terra Teacher Lab, 2007-08 Jana Kopczick Smyser School 8th Grade Language Arts/Art

  2. Fitz Henry Lane Brace’s Rock, Brace’s Cove, 1864 Oil on Canvas Terra Foundation

  3. Key Ideas about the Artwork that Informed the Lesson: • The piece is more about emotion and mood, rather than documenting a specific location • It was painted in 1864 during the Civil War • The mood of this painting reflects what is being felt by society as a whole in the United States during the Civil War • Style—dream-like qualities • Calm (still sky and water), gentle lapping waves representing permanence of eternity/afterlife • Lack of movement—stillness. There is no life—bushes are in their last days, ship is wrecked/beached symbolizing death and destruction • Contrast of dark and light in the artwork • Brace’s Cove was a very dangerous place with treacherous rocks off a point (Shows it as a peaceful, calm place)

  4. What I Wanted Students to Learn: • Artists and writers use a variety of techniques to create mood • The mood of a visual or literary presentation affects how we receive its underlying message • The subject of a painting can be symbolic • Symbols can convey content, messages, and mood

  5. A Few Major Learning Activities: • Interpret and analyze the painting Brace’s Rock, Brace’s Cove, 1864 • Write a 5 line poem using this painting as inspiration • Read about the artist, the painting, and the historical context of the painting • Identify the mood of the painting using formal analysis to support one’s answer • Using the same 5 line poem format, write a new poem that conveys a contextual understanding of the poem • Create an illustration the captures and communicates the mood of the painting

  6. Brace’s Rock, Brace’s Cove, 1864

  7. Poem #1: Initial Observations

  8. Poem 1: Initial Observations

  9. Poem 1: Initial Observations

  10. Group Categorizing Activity Students read through facts and categorized them as information About the artist, artwork, and historical context

  11. Poem 2: Revising with Understanding

  12. Poem 4: Revising with Understanding

  13. Illustrating Mood Through Water Color

  14. Illustrating Mood Through Water Color

  15. Illustrating Mood Through Water Color

  16. What My Students Learned: • Our interpretations of an image are initially based on our own experiences • Our interpretations are not always what the artist intended • Art communicates a message • Appreciation of American art • To be more observant

  17. What I Learned: • Our interpretations of an image are initially based on our own experiences • Our interpretations are not always what the artist intended • Appropriate information to use when doing a formal analysis (or close read) of a painting • Strategies for facilitating a close read of a painting • The importance of incorporating art across the curriculum

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