FAME Fine Arts Mini Experience Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
Mars by Gustave Holst
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Fine Arts Music Art Literature Dance
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Art is made up of lines, color, light & shadow, and
texture
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Melody rhythm harmony dynamics Music consists of:
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Introduction The artist, Vincent van Gogh, painted one of the
most famous paintings ever done of a night sky. His idea of the sky
is very different from those of other artists. It is called Starry
Night. Close your eyes and imagine yourself standing outside on a
beautiful night. Look up and think about what the sky might look
like. Is this van Gogh night sky what you imagined? This painting
has lots going on in it. Why do you think van Gogh chose the name
Starry Night? Look at Vincents sky. You see stars in it. What else
do we see in this sky? (Moon) What else is in the sky besides the
moon and stars? (Planets) Our composer, Gustave Holst, was
fascinated with the study of the planets in the heavens. We call
the study of the planets, Astronomy. Vincent communicated his
interest in the subject of night skies by painting pictures of
them. If you were a composer like Holst, you could communicate your
interest in the planets by writing music about them. Holst wrote a
separate piece of music for seven of the planets. He didnt write
one for Earth or Pluto. The one well focus on today is his piece
called, Mars.
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Starry Night By Vincent Van Gogh Since Van Gogh was so poor,
you may remember his last name with a rhyme: Van Gogh didnt have
any dough! 1853-1890 Born in the Netherlands Eldest of six brothers
and sisters Exhibited strange behavior Bounced from job to job At
age 27, Van Gogh began painting A friend, Paul Gauguin, moved in
with his for a time. When their friendship ended, it left Vincent
so sad that he cut off a portion of his ear Vincent was in/out of
the mental institution One day, he took his easel, paints and gun
out to a field and shot himself. He died two days later at the age
of 37. He left 1700 paintings from his ten-year career
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Starry Night Vincents greatest work. Starry Night shows only a
small village sleeping, dwarfed by the vibrating brilliance moving
above it. This portrayal is other- worldly, full of strange,
exciting images: the orange moon crescent becomes a sun ringed in
golden light, the hills of the horizon line are outlined in black
to emphasize their movement, the dark color of the waving, reaching
fingers of the trees reach for the heavens. COLOR and LINES are
emphasized in this lesson. TEXTURE is also evident. Vincent used
bold, swift swipes that imparts a palette knife effect.
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Color Lets think about what kinds of colors van Gogh used. Are
the colors that van Gogh used next to each other on the color wheel
or opposite each other? (Opposite) Artists know that if they want
to help a painting look exciting, use colors that are opposite each
other on the color wheel. These colors are called COMPLEMENTARY
colors. Colors that are next to each other or close to each other
on the color wheel are called ANALOGOUS colors. Lines and texture
is also prominent in Starry Night. Did van Gogh use small
strokes?
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Van Goghs self- portrait of his hurt ear
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Light
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His bedroom
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One point perspective
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Famous for his sunflower paintings
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Famous for his boots (he signed this one!)
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The Planets - Mars By Gustave Holst 1874-1934 Born in England
Sickly child, plagued by asthma and neuritis that affected the
nerves in his right arm Practiced the piano daily and composed his
first piece at the age of 12 Played the trombone for college money
Married in 1901 to Isobel He taught school for the rest of his
life, composing on the weekends and during the month of August It
took two years to write THE PLANETS He died in 1934 from
complications of surgery for an ulcer THE PLANETS made him famous
but he rejected most titles and honors for his work as thought
financial security might taint his artistic freedom
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Mars By Gustave Holst Dynamics were featured Mars Mars was new
music, radically different than any other existing English music
Interested in astrology so he wanted to compose a piece of music
that has the character of each planet Mars is the bringer of war!
It must have been a lot of fun to have Mr. Holst as a music
teacher. When he decided that he wanted the gining group to sing
softer and softer till there was no sound, he tried something
unusual that we will try as you leave class at the end of this
lesson. I will pretend to be the composer, Holst, and direct you to
do a fade-out We are going to sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. We
will start in a regular singing voice that we use in the classroom
but I will direct you to get softer and softer1 Conclusion: Both
Gustave Holst and Vincent van Gogh were interested in the heavens.
They didnt make any money at their art but they wanted to express
themselves, communicate their ideas and feelings.