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Impressionism

Impressionism. Discovering Links Between the Arts. Michael Archer Gwen Keohane Laura Laude Emily Paolini Alex Reid. What is an Impression?. An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience A vague notion, remembrance, or belief. Community of Learners.

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Impressionism

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  1. Impressionism Discovering Links Between the Arts Michael Archer Gwen Keohane Laura Laude Emily Paolini Alex Reid

  2. What is an Impression?

  3. An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience A vague notion, remembrance, or belief

  4. Community of Learners • High School General Music Course • Previous Exploratory Courses • Art, Music, Dance • English Courses • Poetry, Narrative, etc. • Preconceptions of Learners?

  5. Curriculum Objectives • Impressionism as a Subject of Cross-Curricular Study • Evaluating Impressionism as an important movement in History • Connections to features in the arts and music of today • Using Impressionism to foster creativity and higher order thinking skills

  6. Blooms Taxonomy • Revised Blooms Taxonomy • Lorin Anderson, 1990 • Remembering • Understanding • Applying • Analyzing • Evaluating • Creating Mary Cassatt, Children Playing On the Beach, Oil On Canvas: 1884

  7. Blooms Taxonomy • Remembering: names, facts, and dates • Understanding: History in context, how the art movement used characteristics of Impressionistic ideals • Applying: Take what they know about Impressionism in art and utilize that with music of the period. • Analyzing: How one piece compares to another, what kind of effect artist is trying to create • Evaluating: How a piece makes them feel, what images or moods are created • Creating: Watercolor, short poem or dialogue, dance, musical piece

  8. Multiple Intelligences Learning Styles • Multi-Disciplinary Study • Social Constructivist and Direct Instruction • Lecture and Group Work: Connecting the Curriculum to Everyday Experiences • Varied Media and Teaching Strategies

  9. Multiple IntelligencesLearning Styles • Introductory Lesson • Intrapersonal, Interpersonal Intelligences • Visual and Auditory Learners • Visual Art Lesson • Kinesthetic, Spatial, Musical, Interpersonal Intelligences • Visual and Tactile Learners • Literature Lesson • Linguistic, Musical, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal Intelligences • Visual/Verbal Learners • Dance Lesson • Kinesthetic, Linguistic, Musical, Spatial, Interpersonal Intelligences • Visual and Tactile Learners • Music Lesson • Musical, Linguistic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal Intelligences • Auditory Learners

  10. Motivation • Social Constructivism • Topics that Connect with Students’ Interests • The “Hook”: Ink Blots • Fostering Creativity, Interaction with Peers • Sharing their Own Personal Feelings • Viewing “The Arts” as a Whole

  11. Assessment • Comprehension of Material • Daily Assignments • Applying the Concepts of Impressionism to Class-work • Concept Mastery vs. “Quality” of Creation • Final Project Eduoard Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, Oil On Canvas: 1863

  12. Lesson I: Introduction • Lecture: Overview of Impressionism • What is Impressionism? • Louis Leroy • Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise • How is Impressionism linked to Human Emotion? • Key Concepts • Instructional Objectives

  13. Lesson II: Visual Art • Lecture (Brief) • Historical Timeline of Impressionism in Art • Styles and Techniques of Painting • Discussion of Paintings: • Lecture Notes, Power Point Slides, Walls! • Create Your Own! • Instructional Objectives

  14. Watercolor by Sage B., Conwego Valley Intermediate School, 5th Grade

  15. Lesson III: Literature • Icebreaker Activity: • How does the music make you feel? • Lecture • Concepts of Symbolism • Poetry: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun • Maeterlink, Pelleas et Melisande • Create Your Own! • Instructional Objectives

  16. Lesson V: Dance • Opening Discussion: Modern Dances • Lecture: Dance of the Impressionism Era • Pictures of Dancers in Motion • Video: Dancers in Action • Discussion: Concept Mastery • Group Work and Presentation • Instructional Objectives Edgar Degas, Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer, Bronze and Fabric: 1880-81

  17. Lesson IV: Music Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman Playing a Guitar, Oil On Canvas: 1896-97

  18. Impressionism In Music • Surfaced in France • Composers felt possibilities had been exhausted • Explored exotic rhythms, scales, and colors • Contrasts traditional sounds of western music

  19. Characteristics • Tone combinations • Chromaticism, Whole-Tone Scale • Parallel motion; primary intervals • Ninth chords • Orchestral color • Rhythm • Small forms

  20. Composers • Claude Debussy (1862-1918) • Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) • Frederick Delius (1862-1934) • Charles Griffes (1884-1920)

  21. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) • Most important composer of early 20th Century • Considered art to be a sensuous experience, like other painters and writers • Romanticism did not work for him • Turned against traditional form; art of indirection • Subtle and discreet • Expressed in short, flexible forms • Mood pieces • Images of Impressionistic painting

  22. Debussy’s Famous Works • Pelléas and Mélisande • Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” • Three Nocturnes • Clouds, Festivals, Sirens • La Mer (the sea) • Claire de lune Claude Debussy

  23. Listening Activity Claude Debussy, The Sunken Cathedral As you are listening, write down the impression that is left on you by the music. Use descriptive words such as colors, emotions, people, objects, animals, etc. Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series, Oil On Canvas: 1894

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