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Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation. Mr. Phillips -- 2 nd Grade class. A Art Appreciation. Once a month Different artists Enjoy looking and talking about art. Appreciation ?. Appreciation = recognize the value or the significance of something. Need your help Art detectives

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Art Appreciation

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  1. Art Appreciation Mr. Phillips -- 2nd Grade class

  2. AArt Appreciation • Once a month • Different artists • Enjoy looking and talking about art

  3. Appreciation ?

  4. Appreciation = recognize the value or the significance of something

  5. Need your help • Art detectives • Look… see… feel… think… react… discuss… question… enjoy… • Have Fun Together!

  6. Original vs. Reproduction • Originals ? • Reproductions ?

  7. Originals – galleries and museums • Reproductions – photocopies, books, posters, postcards, websites, slides • Types of art paintings drawings collages photographs sculptures

  8. Wanna play hangman? • Guess the artist’s name?

  9. Edward Hicks American Folk Artist Born: 1780 Died: 1849

  10. Painted by his nephew Thomas Hicks in 1850 Edward Hicks

  11. “The Cornell Farm”

  12. Folk Artists • Often from rural areas, not big cities • More like craftsmen • Traditional perspective not always used

  13. “The Grave of William Penn”

  14. Edward Hicks • Born in a small Pennsylvania town • Orphaned at age 3 • Brought up by a prosperous local farming family • At 13 he was apprenticed to a coach maker, learnt to paint details and decoration • By age 20 he was a skilled, elaborate coach painter • Age 33 he turned from coach painting to easel painting • No formal training or learning how to paint on board or canvas

  15. “Noah’s Ark”

  16. “Penn’s Treaty with the Indians”

  17. "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them." “Peaceable Kingdom”

  18. peaceable = peaceful • Free from conflict • Avoiding war • Freedom from disturbance • Tranquil, calm

  19. “Peaceable Kingdom” • First version painted at age 40 • Peaceable Kingdom became his favorite subject with almost 60 versions created

  20. “Peaceable Kingdom”

  21. “Peaceable Kingdom” -- sold for a record $6 million! • 7 Hicks paintings here in Washington DC -- National Gallery of Art and The Phillips Collection

  22. How would you show peace today?

  23. Peace Symbols

  24. How would you show peace today? Activity • Make a “peace” banner • Use words, pictures images

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