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Georgia O'Keefe

Georgia O'Keefe. Born 1887 Died 1986 = 98 years old. lETS BREAK IT DOWN. From her quote, what does it tell you about Georgia O’Keefe? What was her style of painting? How does she see the world? . Compare the red canna. Shell No. I, 1928.

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Georgia O'Keefe

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  1. Georgia O'Keefe Born 1887 Died 1986 = 98 years old

  2. lETS BREAK IT DOWN • From her quote, what does it tell you about Georgia O’Keefe? • What was her style of painting? • How does she see the world?

  3. Compare the red canna

  4. Shell No. I, 1928 O’keefe didn't care about what people thought of her paintings, because she wanted to paint in her own way of thinking.

  5. Red Snapdragons 1923 "A phrase O'Keeffe used in a letter to a friend, "Tonight I walked into the sunset“…is like all of her best art: immediate, concrete, all-encompassing. Sunset is the time when the world appears least structured, when forms tend to dissolve and are replaced by new colors and sensations.

  6. Oriental Poppies 1928

  7. Jack-in-Pulpit - No. 2, 1930 O'Keeffe acted to suspend time, producing art that would capture the moment. For example, O'Keeffe made of a flower, with all its fragility, a permanent image without season, wilt, or decay.

  8. Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 3, 1930 Flowers enlarged and reconstructed in oil on canvas or pastel on paper, it is a vehicle for pure expression rather than an example of botanical illustration.

  9. Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930 In Georgia O'Keeffe's art, fleeting effects of natural phenomena or personal emotion become symbols, permanent points of reference.

  10. Jack-in-Pulpit Abstraction - No. 5, 1930 MOTIF: repeated design: a repeated design, shape, or pattern Please take notes * this is on your final that is worth 20% of your over all grade *

  11. Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. VI, 1930

  12. The Shell, 1934

  13. Pelvis Series – Red with Yellow 1945

  14. Sky with Flat White Cloud, 1962

  15. Composition Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements in a work of art. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art. Please take notes * this is on your final that is worth 20% of your over all grade *

  16. Composition continued The term composition means 'putting together,' and can apply to any work of art. Please take notes * this is on your final that is worth 20% of your over all grade *

  17. Cow’s Skull: Red White and Blue

  18. O'Keeffe was born close to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

  19. Pelvis when I started painting the pelvis bones I was most interested in the holes in the bones— what I saw through them— particularly the blue from holding them up in the sun against the sky...

  20. Red Poppy

  21. “Light Iris” 1924

  22. Abstract art Art that does not depict recognizable scenes or objects, but instead is made up of forms and colors that exist for their own expressive sake. Please take notes * this is on your final that is worth 20% of your over all grade *

  23. Abstraction White Rose, 1927

  24. Black Pansy Kit Realism: lifelike artistic representation: in artistic and literary works, lifelike representation of people and the world, without any idealization Please take notes * this is on your final that is worth 20% of your over all grade *

  25. ''Jimson Weed'' (1936), oil on canvas

  26. Geometric Geometric: using simple lines. Using straight lines and simple shapes such as circles or squares Please take notes * this is on your final that is worth 20% of your over all grade *

  27. Assignment (in preparation to painting) • Choose a flower image that best represents a likeness to the work of Georgia O’Keefe • Ms. Nicholson has many visuals for you to choose from. If you do NOT like the visuals provided you may bring in your own…but please know you have ONE (1) day to do so. After tomorrow you may NOT bring in your own visual. • Choose the best CLOSE UP composition of your image. • Lightlysketch out the ENLARGED image in pencil on your paper. FILL UP THE ENTIRE PAGE

  28. Things to look for • EXAGGERATION • CONTRAST • SMOOTH BRUSHSTROKES

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