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Before we begin, lets do a little reviewing…………………

Claude Monet

1840-1926

Is Considered to be the father

of Impressionism

IMPRESSIONISM = was a period in art that was more interested in the effects of on a subject- than the subject itself! It was an attempt to capture

the suggestive impression of light in a scene.

NOOOO, that is not the name of his child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today, we are going to look at Monet’s

“Garden at Sainte-Adresse”!!!

Wow! What do you think? Is the man talented or what?!?

Below the picture what should we see???

Credit Line….remember????

Did you guess it????????????????

*Artist name (who painted or created the work)

*Year the work was created

*Media (material with which it was created)

*Size of the work

*Location of the work

*Title of work

The Credit Line gives us basic information about the work of art including:

Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)Oil on canvas; 38 5/8 x 51 1/8 in. (98.1 x 129.9 cm)Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1967 (67.241)

The Credit Line

Title

Artist

Year Created

Media

Size

Location or owner

See, it is like a bibliography in English…only “artier”!!! Sorry Mrs. Gregory- I had to make up that word to make a point!

Now lets identify other ART terms found within our painting “Garden at Sainte Adresse”

Drain your brain and think about these questions!

*What are the three main parts of a LANDSCAPE ?

*What is the SUBJECT MATTER of this work?

*Do you see the HORIZON LINE?

*Can you find the FOCAL POINT?

*How does Mr. Monet use EMPHASIS in regard to the focal point?

The three main parts of a landscape are:

foreground, middle ground , and background

The FOREGROUND is located toward the bottom third of the artwork. Objects usually appear larger in the foreground.

The Middle ground is the area in the middle of an artwork

The Background the area of an artwork appearing farthest away from the viewer and toward the top of the artwork..

Is the subject matter architecture?

Is the subject matter animals?

No, you are right!!!!!!!- it would be people within a land/seascape!

Subject Matter……………………………………………………

Now, consider the Horizon line….We have talked about five categories of lines. Remember?!?!?

Horizontal

Vertical Curved

Diagonal Zigzag

Next “???”……. Do you see the Focal Point?

Toooooo easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remember…the FOCAL POINT is first area of the artwork to attract the viewers attention…

Since Mr. Monet was an artist and not a magician, how does he keep our eyes returning to the same area??? In other words, how does he use EMPHASIS(Art Principle) to pull the viewer back to the focal point?

Were you thinking by LINES?

That would be one way…What about placement?

Pretty close to the middle, huh?

You really did not think that was an accident

did you?

Mr. Monet knew exactly what he was doing!

That is it for today!

Tomorrow we will view another artists work and “dissect” its’ content!

The question sheet should now be a piece of cake!

Today's resource :

Artcyclopedia.com

Portrait of Monet by Auguste’ Renoir