Showing posts with label Artists and Movements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artists and Movements. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

David Hockney landscapes







The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011(twenty eleven) (one of a 52 part work), 2011oil on 32 canvases365.8 x 975.4 in (929.1 x 2477.5 cm)





For the Year 8 project I am going to use the style of David Hockney. The above is a classic example of 1 point perspective.


A Closer Winter Tunnel, Oil on six canvases 182.9 x 365.8 cm overall


Link to the BBC's Andrew Marr interviewing David Hockney on the above body of work, with images:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018g2yz



























Friday, December 2, 2011

Year 10 Investigating Art Movements

Choose two of the folowing art movements to research on two A3 sheets of paper, essay format or powerpoint:-







IMPRESSIONISM












FUTURISM












FAUVISM












EXPRESSIONISM












SURREALISM
















Use your A5 handouts for guidance, for example: name and study at least two artists from the art movement.





Don't forget to ask me if you have any problem completing the above art history task.





Good luck!!











Kokoschka, Oskar [Austrian, 1886-1980]


Self-portrait (Fiesole), 1948

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

KS3 (Years 7 & 9) homework


Find an artist or movement that work in cermaics, particulary VASES; for example GRAYSON PERRY or GREEK VASES. Nb. use recognised artist(s) or a movement. Go to the links in the top right hand corner of this page. Try: http://www.tate.org.uk/search/default.jsp?q=vases+ceramics+pottery

Use : HOW? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? WHO?

Include a visual example.
Remember you can use the library too!!!!!



Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Harry Partch

Harry Partch

June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974
An experimental composer from America who actually made his own instruments to be played with his compositions; works of art within themselves?
Play some of his instruments or listen to how they were played at: http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/features/feature_partch.html
Try some of these for starters:-
HARMONIC CANON 1 :
GOURD TREE WITH CONE GONGS:
CRYCHORD:

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Alexander Calder









Alexander Calder, 1898-1976, was one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century. He is sometimes called "the man who made sculpture move" since his hanging mobiles were meant to be kinetic, sometimes activated by air movements and sometimes by engines.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Calactus's Garden














Don't take that TV down the dump!
Turn it into a 'Duchamp' style sculpture!!
Sculptures titled:
Watch This Space
You Don't Have To Do Anything You Don't Want To
You Can't Please All The People All Of The Time
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