Moving eyes portraits elementary.Significant Problem Have you ever noticed how the eyes in some portraits seem to always be looking at you, regardless of where you are standing? In this exercise, students explore a way to make portraits with "moving eyes." Essential Concepts 1. Learning of Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital. lāōnär`dō dä vēn`chē), 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. . 2. Recognizing his famous works. 3. Understanding the proportions of the human head. Materials 11 x 18" (28 x 46 cm) white sulfite sulfite /sul·fite/ (sul´fit) any salt of sulfurous acid. sul·fite n. A salt or ester of sulfurous acid. drawing paper, pencils, erasers, mirrors, oil pastels (Teacher uses X-acto knife, masking tape, pre-cut strips of paper.) Guiding Practices 1. Read aloud Getting to Know the World's Famous Artists: da Vinci da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot. by Mike Venezia Michael Joseph Venezia (May 5, 1945 - October 13, 1988) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was killed in a racing accident. Venezia had been a jockey for twenty-five years and had ridden more than 2,200 winners when he was thrown from his horse and trampled . 2. View and talk about reproductions of da Vinci's 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. and The Last Supper Last Supper, in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself with the bread and the wine and linking the meal to his impending death on the . 3. Look in mirrors and diagram (with pencil) the correct proportions of the human face; add hair and features to turn diagrams into self-portraits (with oil pastels). 4. Cut out the eye openings. Tape two vertical strips on the back of each portrait. 5. In the next class period, insert a horizontal strip of white paper behind the eye openings and through the vertical strips on the back. Lightly sketch in the iris and pupil on the new white strip and color with oil pastels. Pull the strip on the back, and make the eyes move from side to side. 6. Add landscape backgrounds. Assessing Learning 1. Given an assortment of art reproductions that include paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, students are asked to identify those works created by da Vinci. 2. Given a handout with a blank oval, students are asked to diagram the proportions of the human face. 3. Students complete a crossword puzzle with key words from the story of da Vinci's life: inventor, mathematician, sculpture, scientist, background, Italy, Vinci, Renaissance, Last Supper, and Mona Lisa. ClipCard submitted by Frances H. Chapman, an art teacher at the St. Joseph School in Athens, Georgia Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial creation of Athens and its subsequent growth. . |
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