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Kindergarten: Elements of Art

Color Color can be spoken of in terms of hue (blue, green, red, etc.) and tone (light or dark). Color can be used naturalistically, to replicate the actual appearance of color in an object/subject. Color can also be used expressively to evoke an emotional response or call to mind an experience. Colors help to identify time of day, setting, different objects/people, whether something is hot or cold. Contrasting colors and complementary colors attract attention to specific areas in an artwork; certain colors draw the eye more intensely to an area. Color may also carry symbolic meaning depending on culture. In this case, the artist and the viewer both need to “understand the color language”; for example, in works expressing Catholic religious belief, a woman dressed in blue is often understood to be Mary, the mother of Jesus. How an artist uses color to communicate ideas, feelings and information is an important aspect of understanding or “reading” any work of art. Primary colors – red, yellow, and blue cannot be made by mixing other colors, but all other colors can be produced by mixing two or more of the primary colors. Secondary colors – orange, green and violet are made by mixing two of the primary colors in equal parts (red and yellow make orange). Complementary colors – a color having a maximum contrast with another color. The complement of a primary color is formed by mixing the other two primary colors. Red is the complement of green (yellow + blue); blue is the complement of orange (yellow + blue); yellow is the complement of violet (red + blue). Warm colors – red, yellow and orange suggest warmth, excitement and energy. Cool colors – blue, green and violet suggest coolness, calm and quiet.

Posters in portfolio: Picasso, Matisse, Fritz Scholder

Other suggested artists: Andy Warhol, Piet Mondrian, Eric Carle, George Rodrigue

Shape Shape is the skeleton of a work of art. Shapes are often divided into two categories – geometric, i.e., circle, square, rectangle, triangle; and organic, which are shapes that come from nature, i.e., leaf, hand, mountain. Repeated shapes can form patterns; familiar shapes take on a whole other meaning. We fail to see the shape, and instead see the object we are familiar with. The shape provides the structure of the work. Shading of any of the shapes creates form, which leads to the suggestion of three-dimensionality of what is otherwise (in a painting) a flat surface.

Posters in portfolio: Matisse, Wayne Thiebaud

Other suggested artists: Kandinsky, Jean Dubuffet, Magritte, Gustav Klimt

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Line Line is like the verb of a sentence. It indicates action. Horizontal lines suggest calm; vertical lines indicate stability and growth; diagonal lines convey change or excitement. Diagonal lines also create the illusion of space within a painting (perspective). Implied lines, often called “sight” lines, help the viewer to move around an artwork and interpret any message or meaning. Artists also use lines to show perspective. Even though the picture is on a flat surface, converging sight lines give the illusion on depth or distance.

Posters in portfolio: Rousseau, Joseph Stella, Jean Miro, Van Gogh, Picasso

Other suggested artists: James Rizzi, Agam, Harold and the purple Crayon, Jean Dubuffet, Salvador Dali, Piet Mondrian, Calder

Texture Texture is the perceived surface quality. Use of texture, along with other elements of

design, can convey a variety of messages and emotions. Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, and prickly, the list is endless. Physical texture, also known as actual texture or tactile texture, are the actual variations upon a surface. It differentiates itself from visual texture by having a physical quality that can be felt by touch. Texture describes roughness or smoothness of an object. Likewise, it can identify visually or physically the material being used. Texture can be perceived by the light, shadows, reliefs that are formed on each material. The relative scale of a texture can affect the apparent shape and position of a plane in space. Textures can accentuate a plane length or width. Coarse textures can make a plane appear closer, reduce its scale and increase its visual width. In general texture tends to visually fill the space in which they exist. An artist who is trying to create the illusion of space sharply defines texture in the foreground and paints less defined and softened textures in the background. Texture plays a dual role in architecture: it expresses something of the quality of materials, and it gives a particular quality to light. Although one absorbs both qualities simultaneously by eye, the first has tactile, the second visual associations.

Posters in portfolio: Van Gogh

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Other suggested artists: Monet, Rousseau, Adelaide Labille-Guiard, Louise Nevelson

1st Grade: Great Masters

Georgia O’Keefe American modern artist

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Vincent Van Gogh European Post-Impressionist Artist

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Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock was an American painter who became famous for his enormous drip paintings.

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Claude Monet Father of Impressionism

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2nd Grade: Around the World

Mexican/South American art

Phoenix Art Museum collects art from all over Latin America, ranging in date from the Spanish Colonial period to the present day. It has a particularly strong collection of Modern (20th century to c. 1950) art from Mexico, including such artists as Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Frida Kahlo, Alfredo Ramos Martinez, and others. For Mexico’s first generation of modern artists, social consciousness, politics and art were inseparably linked. Each seized upon, and became famous for, mural art as the way to reach and educate the masses. Their murals pictured the history of the Mexican people and glorified their indigenous heritage. Each left a legacy of murals in their own country and the United States, as well as a great number of paintings, drawings and prints. Mexican artists born in the 1910s, 20s and 30s, came of age in a world traumatized by two World Wars and shaped by the tensions of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear annihilation and the social turmoil of the 1960s. Mexico also changed significantly in the decades following the Revolution, developing steadily from a largely agrarian to a nation oriented toward industry and commerce. With increasing concentrations of a growing working class and, especially, an affluent middle class in the cities, numerous galleries emerged to cater to the needs of a new audience of private collectors. Many of this second generation of modern Mexican artists sought inspiration from modern art movements like Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism and from modern literature. Contemporary artists from across Latin America participate in a global art environment where influences move rapidly. Their work may or may not express conditions specific to regions of Latin America.

Posters in portfolio: Kaholo, Rivera, Batea, and Retablos

Other suggested artists/projects: Day of the Dead, Oaxacan Wood carvings

Asian Phoenix Art Museum collects Asian art, with particular strength in Chinese art of the Qing (pronounced “ching”) dynasty (1644-1911), Japanese art, and Buddhist art (various Asian cultures). While much of this work is historical, Buddhist works retain their religious relevance to the present day, though they may have been created in the past. Many Asian paintings, textiles and ceramics include subjects or decorative motifs that have significance within their respective cultures. Similarly, the media and formats of traditional Asian works may vary from those created in the European tradition. Contemporary works may or may not echo cultural traditions of art-making. Traditional Chinese paintings often provide a visual journey. To look at a hanging scroll, start at the bottom of the image and weave your way through the landscape to the top. Objects closest to you are at the bottom and space recedes as you move upward. Traditional Chinese artists use "conventions" or standardized ways of depicting some natural objects, like trees. Notice how all the trees of a particular species are depicted using the same leaf shape or pattern. The artist seeks to capture the essence or timeless aspect of the tree, rather than its appearance at a specific moment. Though landscape is the most popular subject for painting, there is usually a human element present. Within the grandeur of the landscape you can

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find people walking, boating or meditating before a view. The painting is often more a depiction of the artist's experience of a place than a visual rendering of the site's details. Painting and writing are closely linked because they use the same tools.The relationships between painting, calligraphy and poetry are important in Chinese art. Artists and collectors often add poetic lines and other commentary directly on the surface of paintings as a method of showing appreciation for the work. The calligraphy is held in equal importance to painting. The same equipment and techniques are used, and the same standards apply to each. A seal is a stamped mark, usually red, used since ancient times to supplement or replace a signature. The seal is carved in stone, pressed in damp red paste and applied to the surface.

Posters in portfolio: Chinese scrolls, Japanese armor, Chinese pottery, Buddha Footprint

Other suggested artists: Calligraphy, Chinese Dragon boat

European Impressionism / Post Impressionism

Impressionist art is a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it. Impressionists paint the pictures with a focus on light and color. Most of their pictures are outdoor scenes and are very bright and vibrant. The artists like to capture their images without detail but with bold colors.

Posters in portfolio: Seurat, Degas, Cezanne, Renoir

Other suggested artists: Mary Cassatt, George Braque, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Gauguin, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Vincent van Gogh, and Monet

African and African American

African Art encompasses art from the different regions of Africa including masks, sculptures made of wood and other natural materials, pottery and textiles (batik).

African American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community (African Americans). Influenced by various cultural traditions, including those of Africa, Europe and the Americas, traditional African-

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American art forms include the range of plastic arts, from basket weaving, pottery, and quilting to woodcarving and painting.

Posters in portfolio: Faith Ringgold, Romare Bearden, Kehinde Wiley

Other suggested artists: Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, El Anatsui, Mark Bradford

3rd Grade: Art Classification

Portrait Images of people, deities or mythological figures in human form. This classification includes group portraits as well as individual compositions. A portrait may be face only, head and shoulders, or full body.

Posters in portfolio: Giuseppe Archimbeldo, Mexican American portraits, Picasso, Annie Liebowitz, Hans Holbein, Gilbert Stuart, Diego Velazquez, Granwood, James Whistler, Vermeer, Van Gogh, and El Greco

Other suggested artists: Robert Henri, Andy Warhol

Still Life A still life is comprised of an arrangement of inanimate objects laid out on a table, (i.e. flowers, fruit). Still lifes may contain ethical messages conveyed through the symbolism of the objects included in the image. AKA , “a bunch of stuff”

Posters in portfolio: Elana Clément, Van der ast, Fantin Latour, Van Gogh

Other suggested artists: Paul Gaugin, Paul Cezanne

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Mixed Media / Sculpture

Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media. For example, a work on canvas that combines paint, ink, and collage could properly be called a "mixed media" work, but not a work of "multimedia art." Sculpture Sculptors explore the properties of different materials – often allowing material to dictate the form of the object produced. Sculpture could be a vehicle for expressing an emotion or feelings about a subject rather than merely representing it visually. Sculpture could be more than a carved or modelled object: –

it could be constructed

it could consist of many parts

it could represent an idea

it could be made from found objects

it could use words, sounds, smells Posters in portfolio: Rodin, Oldenburg &Vam Bruggen, Fritz White, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Jerome,

Other suggested artists: Ansel Adams, Julian Voss-Andreae, William Wegman, and Ursula von Rydingsvard

Landscape Landscape art is the depiction in art of landscapes; natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.

Posters in portfolio: George Inness, Van Gogh, Grant Wood, Paul Cezanne, Bierstadt, Vilumenschein, Max Field Parnish, Monet

Other suggested artists: Carl Warner-Foodscapes, Andrew Wyeth

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4th Grade: American/Arizona Artists

Native American Explore the many types of art created by various Native American tribes with a focus on Arizona tribes.

Posters in portfolio: Navajo blankets, Hopi Kachina, Sand painting, pottery

Other suggested artists: Marcus Cadman, mosaics, jewelry, dream catchers, pottery in translation, totem, The Heard Museum collection

Frank Lloyd Wright Learn about the philosophy and style of Frank Lloyd Wright. Study his architecture and interiors/elements of his studio- Taliesin.

Arizona Artists Explore and engage with artwork created by Arizona Artists.

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Posters in portfolio: John Mix Stanley, Phillip Curtis, Ed Mell, Fritz Scholder, Maxfield Parrish, Thomas Moran, Lew Davis

Other suggested artists: Visit Phoenix Art Museum & Scottsdale Galleries, suggest a class Art Walk on a Thursday night

Modern Art Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art.

Posters in portfolio: Dumuth, Chagall, Munch, Hassam, Romare Bearden, Jasper Johns, and Picasso.

Other suggested artists: Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, (pop art),

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5th Grade

Connecting Art with Curriculum

Math & Art Do math and art add up? They may seem like odd partners, but in reality, artists have been using mathematical concepts since ancient times. Students will explore the connection between art and math. From religious paintings to abstract sculptures, math solves compositional problems.

Posters in portfolio, Escher

Other suggested artists: Yaakov Agam, Leonardo Di Vinci, Cubism- Leger and Picasso, Julian Voss-Andreae

History & Architecture

Artists record. They give us visual images that preserve history. We can see what people looked like in the past, and view significant events and places through their eyes. At the same time, art has its own history. The development of styles, the preference for subjects and themes, and the selection of materials are the basis for the story of art.

Posters in portfolio: Charles E Burschfield, Van Gogh, Guardi, Stella, Piranefi

Other suggested artists: Paolo Solari, Frank Gehry, Mies Van Der Rowe, Corbusier, Santiago Calatrava, Moshe Safdie, Michael Graves, Louis I Kahn, Antoni Gaudi,

Science & Technology

Students are naturally curious and will discover that art and science impact each other in numerous and intriguing ways. We learn about art by using science; we learn about science by studying artworks. Advancements in science have expanded the toolbox and techniques of art and art has led to new scientific understanding. Scientific thinking can be used to understand how artists solve problems creatively and how students can think critically about art. Also explore STEM concepts like game design, virtual environment concepts, robotics, and more by providing concepts of math, science, engineering and technology curriculum through the lens of ART.

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Other suggested artists: Alexander Calder, Dale Chihuly, Aaron Koblin, Josiah McElheny

Art & Literature Everyone loves a story. Stories deepen looking and promote an understanding of the object being viewed. Stories also engage the viewer and bring the object to life. Through critical thinking skills, students participate in uncovering and creating the stories associated with art works. Encourage students to explore the interconnection of poetry, literature, drama, and art/illustration.

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Other suggested artists: Wiley, Jenny Holzer, Phillip Curtis, Dr. Seuss, Illustrators