Six Prominent Impressionistic Painters

 

Garnette Riney

 

  Introduction
An introduction to the impressionistic style of western European art with an emphasis of study based on six specific painters.

Subject:  Visual Arts 
Topic: Introduction to Impressionistic Painters
Grade Level: 9-12
Student Lesson
  Challenge Standards Addressed
Visual Arts Standards, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve

Standard 1. Artistic Perception  Processing, analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language and skills unique to the arts.

Standard 3.  Historical and Cultural Context Understanding historical contributions and cultural dimensions of the arts                                                                       

 Instructional Objectives

  1. To familiarize high school students with the impressionistic era of western European art.
  2. Introduce high school students to six prominent impressionistic painters.
  3. Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
  4. Claude Monet (1840-1926)
  5. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
  6. Eduoard Manet (1832-1883)
  7. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
  8. Mary Cassatt (1845-1926)
  9. Discuss use of pointillist painting style explored during this era
  10. Common subjects used of the impressionistic era
  11. Complementary use of color                                                                                                            
  
Student Activities
Involving students in an on-line search for paintings of the above listed Impressionistic painters.  Throughout the search students will notate and compare the use of painting technique, different subjects  painted, color patterns and usage of colors.                        .
Introductory Activity
Searching through museum and individual artist sites students will investigate the use of color and light within the six painters. Students will engage in the investigation of academic style and the style which the revolutionary "impressionists" adapted.

Enabling Activity(ies)
Students will vary their search to include painting style (pointillism), composition, subject matter, use of natural light, bright color and spotlighting effects.

Culminating Activity
Students will bring together data collected in the plurality of  their search together in a power point presentation.  Comparing two or three of the artists that have been investigated illustrating  the differences or the commonalities with the use actual museum collections and other art sources, students will bring the impressionistic use of  light, reflection, subject matter,  and composition into their power point presentations.

                                                                

Assessment

The grading rubric for the culminating power point presentation is quite in depth including PowerPoint requirements and project requirements.

                                                                                                                                                                   

 Results

 
SIX PROMINENT IMPRESSIONIST FRENCH PAINTERS PRE-TEST RESULTS
Artists Colors Cafes/Halls Paris Impressionism Elements Successes Radical Edge Manet Degas Cassatt Salon Reflection Brush Tech Comp Color
12 28 13 20 16 11 15 22 3 19 11 22 13 27

 Post-Assessment French Impressionist Lesson
Artists Reflective Salon Radical Brush Tech Subjects Art Elements Technique Manet Color Use
21 17 7 16 15 21 15 8 9 14

Final Presentation

 

Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
Students will self-administer the pre-assessment test.  After locating the test, printing out a hard copy and completing it, students will deliver the pre-assessment test to the instructor.  This assessment instrument is located at this link:  PRE-TEST

Enabling Activity

Image Libraries:  http://www.artchive.com

Museums:  www.louvre.fr./     www.nga.gov/  http://www.wwar.com www.crypticgallery.com/gallery/art_history/french.htm

Search Engines:  AskJeeves.com      Yahoo.com   Google.com

Culminating Activity
Post-test                                                                                                           
 

 

Julian High School
P.O. Box 417
Julian, CA 92036
Garnette Riney,  garnette@sdcode.k12.ca.us
Last Date Revised: 05/29/01  

 

CTAP Resource Page

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