TO START WITH THE ELEMENTS OF ART

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBem1EeO88w

After seeing this video, we will recognize each element in some

masterpieces

SHAPE
VALUE
LINE Pablo Picasso
Three Musicians
Joaqun Sorolla- Walk on the beach MOMA New York
Barnett Newman - Adam / Eve Museo Sorolla Madrid
Tate Modern London

TEXTURE COLOR
SPACE

Kandinsky - Color Study

Irises- Vicent van Gogh Squares with Concentric Circles
Guggenheim Bilbao Los Angeles Munich
 UNIT 1: STILL LIFE
Apples, Peaches, Pears, and Grapes 1879
Oil on canvas
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Sunflowers 1888 , Oil on Canvas

Banquet Still Life 1667, Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
Abraham van Beyeren
National Gallery, London
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
 VOCABULARY

Still Life
A type of art whose subject is a group of natural objects (such as game,
flowers, vegetables, or fruits) and man-made objects (such as containers)
usually placed on a tabletop with a tablecloth.

subjectfocus or theme

naturalnot made by humans

objectsthings

gamedead birds and animals used for food

man-mademade by humans

containersobjects, such as baskets, bottles, and dishes, that hold

something

tabletopthe top of a table

tableclotha cloth used to cover a tabletop

 Adriaen van Utrecht
SUBJECT AND OBJECTS OF STILL LIFE Game, Vegetables, Fruit, Cockatoo
1650 Oil on canvas

containers natural subject

game objects tablecloth
man-made still life tabletop

The __________________ of this painting is a __________________.

It shows both ___________________ and ___________________ things. These
include ___________________, fruit, ___________________, and vegetables. The
__________________ are shown on a ___________________ with a ______________.
cherries, figs, grapes game birds artichokes, cabbages
peaches, pears white cockatoo hare watermelon

On the back of a chair, there is a _________ , watching at the fruit.

On the chair, there are some _____________________________.
Suspended from a metal crown there are __________ and a _________; below, there are more __________
on the table.
Closer to the viewer, there are ____________, _______________ and a ________________
Behind the still life, there is a window opened.
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Claude Monet
French, 1869 Oil on canvas

Is there a tabletop?
Is there a tablecloth?
What is on the tablecloth?
 LOWER

ONTAINER

RUIT

ABLECLOTH
ABLETOP

Please label the five objects indicated above, then list each as either natural or man-
made.
Natural objects Man-made objects

FLOWER TABLETOP TABLECLOTH

FRUIT
CONTAINER
 Still Life

Draw the outline of the flower as light as

STEP 1 possible.

Changing the orientation of the

paper can help with
STEP 2 Begin shading. cross-contour shading.

STEP 3 Intensify the dark tones.

STEP 4 Establish the light tones with a rubber.