Comparing Artworks."Probably the biggest difference between these two works of art is the ideas the painters are sending. In The Haywain, Constable shows the beauty of the past. He uses the glorious autumn colors to create a wonderful scene of trees, a house, a lake, and a farmer fording his wagon across the lake. In The Persistence of Memory, Dali shows a hopeless future. He uses limp clocks to show the weakness and possibly the death of time. He also shows this with the presence of ants on the back of one clock and an enormous fly on the face of another ... ... we see that these two men did see the world through different eyes. One was caught in the reality of his past, while the other might well have been trapped in his surreal sur·re·al adj. 1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism: "Even with most facilities shut down ... fear of his future." -- Codell Rodriguez, high school student This art and writing lesson is intended for advanced high school art students with experience in art history, criticism, and the elements of design. Students will write reports comparing two major artworks. Talking intelligently about art can be a difficult task. Even experienced college students sometimes have problems articulating the many complex aspects of artworks. To prepare for this lesson, it is necessary to spend a day or two comparing artworks as a group with instructor involvement. Once the lesson is underway, continue to assist the students with their historical investigations, technical and style questions. I also have something I call "The Big Clue," which I give to any student who desires it, two days before the reports are due. By this time, the students will have their outlines completed and will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a direction for their reports. This clue offers an option they may not have thought of. Lesson Implementation We discuss several ways to compare artworks using large reproductions to demonstrate various points of comparison. Next, I explain the lesson and distribute a "Rules of Writing" handout, examples of professional critical reviews, and the list of artworks that may be compared. The students select their pairings. (No two students may write about the same pair.) I record the pairs and do not allow any deviations. A partial list is printed here. Comparison of Artworks Comparing artworks is a traditional method of learning about art and art criticism. Students will learn to probe beneath the surface for details and meaning by comparing attributes of artworks. Refer to the list below for various items for comparison and contrast. Evaluation is based on the use of these items. * Art periods or movements * Distinguishing characteristics Noun 1. distinguishing characteristic - an odd or unusual characteristic distinctive feature, peculiarity characteristic, feature - a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best of the movements * Chronology chronology, n the arrangement of events in a time sequence, usually from the beginning to the end of an event. of the works * Where works were produced, where they were kept, and their present location * Political and social aspects of the works * Artistic or other motivations * Characteristics of the artists * The elements and principles of design * Historical importance of the works RELATED ARTICLE: Examples of Artworks to Compare Young Woman With a Water Jug Woman with a Water Jug, also known as Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, is a painting finished between 1660-1662 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the Baroque style. , Vermeer 1665 Red Room, Matisse 1909 The Third of May, 1808, Goya 1814 Guernica, Picasso 1937 David, Donatello 1432 David, Michelangelo 1504 Mona Lisa Mona Lisa La Gioconda, da Vinci’s enchanting portrait. [Ital. Art: Wallechinsky, 190] See : Beauty, Lasting Mona Lisa enigmatic smile beguiles and bewilders. [Ital. , Leonardo 1505 Woman I, de Krooning 1952 Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Scurat 1886 House and Street, Davis 1931 Raft of the Medusa The Raft of the Medusa (French: Le Radeau de la Méduse) is a work by the French painter Théodore Géricault, and one of the icons of French Romanticism. , Gericault 1819 London Bridge London Bridge, granite, five-arched bridge formerly over the Thames, in London, England. It is 928 ft (283 m) long and was designed by John Rennie and built between 1824 and 1831. , Derain 1906 Madonna of the Goldfinch goldfinch: see finch. goldfinch Any of several species (genus Carduelis, family Carduelidae) of songbirds that have a short, notched tail and much yellow in the plumage. , Raphael 1506 The Two Fridas, Kahlo 1939 The Swing, Fragonard 1766 The Death of Marat, David 1793 Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Gentleschi 1625, Marilyn Diptych, Warhol 1962 RELATED ARTICLE: NATIONAL STANDARD Students analyze relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture, justifying conclusions made in the analysis and using such conclusions to inform their own art making. Michael W. Faris is an art teacher at Centralia High School Centralia High School is a public high school in Centralia, Washington It is the only high school in the Centralia School District. The Principal of Centralia High School is Mr. Tom Boehme. The Assistant principle/activities is Mrs. Ellen Termine. The Assistant principal/athletics is Mr. in Centralia, Illinois Centralia is a city located in Marion, Jefferson, Washington and Clinton Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 14,136 at the 2000 census. The town was founded because it was the point where the two original branches of the Illinois Central Railroad, built in . |
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