Picasso: bird vase.FRIENDLY FACES The French title for this work translates as "large bird and black face." Ask students: What expressions do the two faces show? (The bird's face looks solemn and alert, while the human face in the center appears to be winking winking /wink·ing/ (wingk´ing) quick opening and closing of the eyelids. jaw winking Gunn's syndrome. winking quick opening and closing of the eyelids. in a humorous way.) Which face do students notice first? WINGS AND FEATHERS The handles on the vase are also the bird's wings. Ask: What other elements did Picasso use to make this vase birdlike? (A beak beak or bill Stiff, projecting oral structure of birds and turtles (both of which lack teeth) and certain other animals (e.g., cephalopods and some insects, fishes, and mammals). at the top of the vase, claws at the base, a necklace of feathers, and small reddish wing shapes throughout the body.) TRIANGLES AND CIRCLES What is the most common shape students see in the vase? (Triangle.) What other shape repeats itself? (Circle. Notice the bird's eyes, the center of the necklace, and the open neck of the vase.) GUESS THE ARTIST'S TOOLS This imaginative vase is made from terra-cotta, a type of clay for making ceramics. Picasso first worked with raw, wet clay, then heated it at a high temperature to harden it. Ask: What tools do you think Picasso used to make the shape and the designs? (His hands, a potter's wheel, thick and thin paintbrushes paintbrushes see castilleja. , an etching etching, the art of engraving with acid on metal; also the print taken from the metal plate so engraved. In hard-ground etching the plate, usually of copper or zinc, is given a thin coating or ground of acid-resistant resin. tool to make the thin white marks that form the beak and human face.) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] meet the artist Spanish-born artist Pablo Picasso continually reinvented his style and looked for new ways to push the boundaries of his art. When he died in 1973, he left more than 50,000 works of art in hundreds of styles, including paintings, prints, sculptures, and ceramics. Picasso was most famous as the co-founder of Cubism cubism, art movement, primarily in painting, originating in Paris c.1907. Cubist Theory Cubism began as an intellectual revolt against the artistic expression of previous eras. , a style of painting a subject from many angles at once. An object in a Cubist painting looks like it has been broken apart and put together again in a new way. Picasso believed that a painting was never truly finished--each viewer transformed a work of art by the way he or she looked at it. Do students agree? How do they transform other "finished" art forms, such as novels and movies? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Play like Picasso: Create animals from containers Picasso made thousands of pieces of pottery, blending creatures--fish, centaurs, insects, and more--with containers, such as vases and platters. Now students can make their own! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To begin, have students choose clean, empty containers, such as milk jugs, bottles, and bowls. 1. & 2. Make wings, tails, arms, legs, or ears using cardboard cutouts or rolled up newsprint newsprint low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been . Secure with masking tape. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. For papier-mache, saturate sat·u·rate v. Abbr. sat. 1. To imbue or impregnate thoroughly. 2. To soak, fill, or load to capacity. 3. To cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. small scraps of newsprint with wheat paste, then overlap them on the surface of the container. Smooth the pieces as you work. Let dry. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 4. Using tempera tempera (tĕm`pərə), painting method in which finely ground pigment is mixed with a solidifying base such as albumen, fig sap, or thin glue. , paint a bold animal design, just like Picasso did. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RELATED ARTICLE: HERE'S ALL YOU NEED: * A plastic container (for example, a bowl for a turtle's shell) * Newsprint * Cardboard * Scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends * Masking tape * Wheat paste (to make it, simply mix flour and water to a thick, creamy consistency) * Tempera paint in assorted colors * Paintbrushes * Small containers for mixing paint |
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