28

ARTwhiteeagle.ipsd.org/uploads/PTA/Art Awareness/First Grade/Grant... · ART CRITICISM WORKSHEET Write your… * first and last name * today’s date * art period 1, 2, 3, or 4 *

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

ART

CRITICISM

WORKSHEET

Write your…

* first and last name

* today’s date

* art period 1, 2, 3, or 4

* your grade level 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Now we will practice researching famous artists.

We will be discussing the artist Grant Wood

and the paintings he created.

Answer each question completely, thoroughly

and

in your own words.

Write on the back or on another sheet of paper

if you need more room.

Grant

Wood Sit back

and

watch the movie.

Stay awake

and

pay attention.

Original sketch for

Self-Portrait

1932

MEET THE ARTIST

What is the Artist’s Name: Grant Wood

What nationality (country)

was the artist? American

Where was the artist born? near Anamosa, Iowa, USA

When was the artist born? 1892

When did the artist die? 1942

When did the artist create art?

(time span)

started ________ - ended

________

1906 – 1941

STEP ONE: THE ARTIST

STEP TWO: DESCRIPTION

In this step

of art criticism

you carefully make a list

of all the things you see in the work.

These include the following:

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Art Movement:

Realistic and

American

Regionalism

Painting

Art Form:

Credit Line

Title: American Gothic

Grant Wood. American Gothic.

1930. Oil on beaverboard. 29 ¼ x 24 ½”.

Friends of the American Art Collection.

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Size: 29 ¼ X 24 ½”

Location of original work: Art Institute of Chicago,

Chicago, Illinois

Date of completion: 1930

Medium and/or process used: Oil on beaverboard

Owned or gifted by: Friends of the American

Art Collection

Subject:

(what is the work about?)

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Portrait

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Objects:

(what is in the work?)

• man

• woman

• broach

• glasses

• pitchfork

• house

• barn

• tree tops

• church steeple

• sky

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Details:

(look closer and

what do you see?)

In the foreground I see:

• the farmer is bald, wearing

glasses, with a stern look on

his face and his eyes starring

straight at the viewer.

• the farmer is wearing a

white shirt buttoned to the

collar under worn blue jean

coveralls with a dark wool

dress jacket.

• the farmer is holding a

pitchfork with his strong right

hand.

• the pitchfork pattern is

mimicked in this coverall and

shirt.

STEP TWO :

DESCRIPTION

Details:

(look closer and

what do you see?)

• the farmers wife is standing

just to her right and behind

the farmer

• she has light colored hair

that is parted in the middle

and pulled back tightly

• she seems to be looking

just to the right of the viewer

• she isn’t smiling or

frowning but looks somewhat

melancholy to me

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Details:

(look closer and

what do you see?)

• she is wearing a long

sleeved black dress with a

white collar at the neck

• there is an oval cameo

broach pinned between the

collar

• over the dress is a maroon

colored sleeveless apron

with a small country pattern

print and white ric rack trim

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Details:

(look closer and

what do you see?)

In the middle ground I see:

• a 2 story, white house with

board & baton siding

• the gothic style window on

the 2nd story is positioned

directly in the middle of the

house and towards the

middle of the painting with a

sheer printed curtain hanging

• below the porch roof is a

double 2 over 2 country style

window

• the porch is held up with

turned columns

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Details:

(look closer and

what do you see?)

• behind the woman and

continuing off the canvas is

the kitchen door with a green

lean to style porch roof

• there are plants sitting on

the steps outside the kitchen

door

• behind the man and

continuing off the canvas is a

red barn with a light brown

tin style roof

STEP TWO:

DESCRIPTION

Details:

(look closer and

what do you see?)

In the background I see:

• round tree tops in shade

of green

• the very tip of a church

steeple peeking out above

the tree tops

• a light blue sky with a

few soft clouds

STEP THREE: ANALYSIS

Elements of Art used in

the art work:

Lines

• pitchfork has 3 vertical

prongs that are mimicked

in the farmers coveralls

and in the window

• the ric rack trim on the

woman’s apron create

zigzag lines

• the board & baton siding

create straight vertical

lines

• the porch roof has

horizontal straight lines

• the roofs of the house &

barn create diagonal

lines

Elements of Art used in

the art work:

Colors • color scheme is subtle and

basic

• clothes are black, white, and

faded blue

• woman’s hair is blonde and

shaded

• faces and the hand are the

tones of Caucasian

• white house is slightly

yellowed with age

• barn is faded red

• kitchen porch roof is green

• trees are shades of green

and yellow

• sky is pale blue with just a

hint of soft white clouds

STEP THREE: ANALYSIS

Elements of Art used in

the art work:

Shapes

• faces are oval

• glasses are round

• opening in man’s jacket

is rectangle

• broach is oval

• windows are rectangle

• front of house first floor

& windows are rectangle

• porch roof is rectangle

• second floor creates a

triangle

• boards on siding create

rectangles

• trees are round

STEP THREE: ANALYSIS

Elements of Art used in

the art work:

Forms

• barn showing both the

side and front create a

cube

•The front porch roof

creates a trapazoid

prisim

STEP THREE: ANALYSIS

Elements of Art used in

the art work:

Textures

• the clothing is smooth

• pitchfork is shiny, cold

and pointed sharp

• ric rack & broach are

bumpy

• man’s face looks

leathery from the sun and

lumpy with the wrinkles

of age and hard work

• the tree tops are pebbly

looking

STEP THREE: ANALYSIS

Elements of Art used in

the art work:

Space Most of the objects in this painting

touch each other

Foreground:

• the pitchfork and hand are in the

very front of the picture plane

• the man who overlaps the woman

Middle Ground

• they are both in front of the

house

• the man is in front of the barn

Background

• the house & barn overlap the

trees which overlaps the church

steeple

• the sky fills the remainder upper

forth of the painting

STEP THREE: ANALYSIS

STEP FOUR:

INTERPRETATION

What message does this

artwork communicate to

you?

In this step you will explain

or tell the meaning or mood

of the work.

Here you can make

guesses about the artwork,

as long as they appear to

be supported by what you

see in the work.

Use your intelligence,

imagination and courage.

STEP FOUR:

INTERPRETATION

Determination of American

farmers to overcome

hardships during a hard

economic environment.

To me it has a warm feeling.

I can almost smell the bread

baking in her oven and the

cow mooing in the barn.

The sky is clear and calm,

The house is clean and

enchanting.

I get a feeling of hope for a

brighter future.

STEP FIVE:

JUDGEMENT

Is this a successful work of

art?

In this step you determine

the degree of artistic merit.

Were the art elements use

in a successful aesthetics

way.

STEP FIVE:

JUDGEMENT

Personal Judgment

Do you like the work?

Why or why not –

be specific.

No one can tell you what to

like or dislike.

You must make up your

own mind.

STEP FIVE:

JUDGEMENT

I feel that this is an

aesthetically successful

painting.

The art elements are

organized in a pleasing and

inspiring way. Making the

art work easy to explore

and understand.

I have enjoyed this painting

for many years and would

enjoy having a copy in my

home.

I would be interested in

exploring more art of this

style by this artist.

STEP SIX:

REFERRENCES

This is a research paper

which means you should

examine at least 3-5

resources for your

information on each piece

of artwork.

This can include complete

internet addresses, books

including title and author,

encyclopedia including title

and page number, DVD

titles and author, etc.

STEP SIX:

REFERRENCES

Internet Address: http://www.grantwoodartgaller

y.org/

Books: Grand Wood, Kate F. Jennings,

World Publications Group Inc.,

1994

Encyclopedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

artists/wood_grant.html

DVD: Dropping In On Grant Wood,

Crystal Productions