Answer these questions in an e-mail to Mr. Rob.
USE THE KEY WORDS TO DISCUSS THE PAINTINGS BELOW
Key Words
abstract adj art made of shapes and patterns that do not look like real people or things
cubism n a 20th-century style of art in which objects and people are shown with geometric shapes;
cubist adj
image n a picture
pattern n an arrangement of shapes, lines, and colors
reality n things that actually happen or are true;
realistic adj
style n a way of doing or creating something
subject n the thing or person in a painting or photograph
Go to the following links to look at the self-portrait paintings.
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Rubens (1620): .........
Rubens (1623) ..........
Rubens (1639)
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Van Gogh (1886): .............
Van Gogh (1888): .............
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Edvard Munch(1882)........
Edvard Munch (1895)..........
Edvard Munch (1924)
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Picasso: (1896) .......
Picasso: (1907) .......
Picasso: (1965)
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1. Which painting is most realistic? What makes you say it is realistic? Which painting is most abstract? What makes you say it is abstract?
2. Which paintings do you like? Which ones do you not like? Why?
Explain your opinion.
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DISCUSSING FACT and OPINION
A fact can be proven. An opinion is a thought or a feeling.
Opinions can be argued by using facts as support.
1) Write two facts and one opinion about a friend.
2) Write two facts and one opinion about birds.
3) Write two facts and one opinion about guns.
4) Write two facts and one opinion about Edvard Munch’s 1910 painting “The Scream."
ARE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS FACTS OR OPINIONS?
IN YOU CAN YOU PROVE THEM, WRITE HOW?
IF IT IS AN OPINION, WHAT WORD SIGNIFIES THAT IT IS AN OPINION
5) There are fewer panda bears in the world than grizzly bears.
6) Drinking orange juice right after brushing your teeth tastes bad.
7) Chicken that has not been properly prepared and cooked may cause salmonella.
8) Super Mario is one of the greatest video game characters of all time.
9) Chocolate milk tastes better than regular milk.
10) Pablo Picasso often used the color blue.
11) Write a paragraph about one of these three paintings. Make your paragraph at least five sentences long. Write at least two facts and opinions.
Underline your opinions. Put your facts in
bold.
1) Salvadar Dali's
"The Persistence of Memory" (1931)
2) Norman Rockwell's
"Triple Self Portrait" (1960)
3) Jackson Pollock's
"No. 5, 1948" (1948)
1)................Dali...................... 2)............Rockwell............ 3).......Pollock.....
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EMAIL YOUR RESPONSE: SUBJECT: 11 Facts or Opinions
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Biography on Picasso
As you read this biography of Pablo Picasso, make note of what statements are facts and what statements are opinions. You will make a list of ten facts and ten opinions from the biology.
Pablo Picasso is one of the best-known artists of the 20th century. He has influenced every artist who came after him.
Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Even at a young age, all who knew him recognized his artistic talent as extraordinary. Picasso was accepted to the Royal Academy of Art in Barcelona, Spain, when he was only 15 years old. At age 19, he moved to France.
Picasso’s paintings are often grouped by his different styles. In his “blue period,” between 1901 and 1904, his paintings showed images of poor people and were painted in tones of blue. These are the saddest paintings ever created.
During Picasso's “rose period" (1904-1906), Picasso used lighter colors and painted scenes from circus life. Although these masterpieces are more upbeat and happy, the artwork he created during his blue period was superior and of a higher quality.
Picasso is best known for his creation of an art style called cubism in 1907. He used geometric shapes like cubes and cones to represent people and objects. When you first see these paintings, it is difficult to figure out what you are looking at. As you look more closely at the paintings, you can see the unique vision that went into creating them. His best paintings were his abstracts, in which nothing looks like what it’s supposed to be.
Later, Picasso tried working in other forms of art, including ceramics and sculpture. In fact, you may have tried one of the styles that Picasso helped popularize, in which he attached bits of paper and other scraps to a canvas. It is called collage.
Near the end of his life, Picasso married a much younger woman named Jacqueline. He made more than 400 portraits of her during their eleven years of marriage using a variety of the artistic styles that he had experimented with throughout his entire career. Many of the paintings are very romantic and charming because they show his love for Jacqueline.
Picasso died in 1973 in Mougins, France. He was a legend in his own time as he was one of the rare artists that achieved fame and fortune before death. “
The Old Guitarist” (1903), “
Three Musicians” (1921), and “
Guernica” (1937) are some of the works of which he best remembered.
Make a list of ten (10) facts and ten (10) opinions from this biography.
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EMAIL YOUR RESPONSE. SUBJECT: Fact Opinion Picasso
COMPARING DIFFERENT ART
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PICASSO’S “Jacqueline” (1955) ..... POPOVA’S “Lady With the Guitar” (1915)
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1. What similarities and differences do you see between Picasso’s and Popova’s paintings? Consider the colors, shapes, and subjects of the paintings. Write facts.
2. Why do you think the artists made these paintings? Was it to tell a story, to create an emotion, to show an event, or to do something else? Explain.
3. Do you like the paintings? Why or why not? Write your opinion.
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1) What do you think these quotations about art mean? Circle the best answer.
Quotation 1: Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird? —Pablo Picasso
a. Picasso thinks people should try to understand art.
b. Picasso thinks people should not try to understand art.
2) Quotation 2: Unlike abstract painters, it is important for [Chagall] that people who see his paintings understand what he is trying to show. —Jean-Michel Foray, director of the Chagall Museum in France1
a. Chagall thinks his art should be easy to understand.
b. Chagall thinks his art does not have to be easy to understand.
3) Discuss the questions in small groups and write an answer to these questions.
• Do you think people should be able to understand art? Explain your opinion.
• Do you think art that tells a story is more interesting than other types of art? Explain you opinion.
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