MYP3 lesson 2

• kunstgeschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Lesson structure

- interactive questions about impressionism - together

- creative work on tree paintings from figurative to abstract in 3 steps

Name 3 reasons why this impressionist painting was bending the academic painting rules of the time

-it provides an impression rather than a staged painting

-outside: en plein air

-light and colour are most important elements

-visible brush strokes

-snapshot composition influenced by photography

Salon des Refusees

Edgar Degas was known for playing with dynamics: movement and staticism in one work of art. How do you see that in this painting?

This is a pastel drawing on paper. What is the effect of working with the small stripes, mark making?

What is the effect of the small stripes?

The composition of this painting is quite special, it is assumed that he used a photograph as inspiration for it. How can we see that?

Name a characteristic of the painting that might show us he was inspired by a photograph.

Part of Task 2 Developing

Use the tree drawing we made outside.
Make a series of three artworks showing how the image is becoming more abstract in steps.

We will work with watercolours. The first painting will look most figurative, the second more abstract and the third fully abstract.

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