1.Lesson
First of all, we explain the new lesson and view the video to show students different options (15 minutes) .
1.1 Transcription:
Since the time of Homo erectus man has
been expressing himself through art
whether on the walls of a cave the tombs
of great kings a canvas or the walls of
a building the human desire to put ink
to paper has left the world with some of
the most beautiful masterpieces welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top ten
painters of all time for this list we're
only focusing on artists whose painting
contributions have made them stand out
in history number ten auguste renoir
one of the most famous modern French
painters piaggio gusta noir was one of
the earliest members of the
Impressionist movement which was all
about capturing modern life by depicting
everyday events his talents for
portraiture soon secured him a range of
wealthy patrons and he was free to take
his art in other directions by the late
1890s Benoit's style had become more
classical and more reminiscent of the
great masters his most famous works
include bal du moulin de la galette
luncheon of the boating party and nude
to name a few number 9 francisco goya
francisco goya was a painter at the
spanish court in the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries an oil
painter fresco painter sketcher and
engraver gouges work chronicles and
criticizes the era he lived in his
portraits particularly stand out because
they didn't necessarily flatter the
subjects but seemed rather to bring out
their worst or at least their most
realistic qualities there is one
portrait of King Ferdinand the seventh
for example which shows the King looking
more like a statue or mannequin than
regal more impressive than his paintings
though is the fact that he got away with
it number eight postseason categorized
as a post-impressionist on Suzanne
developed a style all his own which
opened the door for so many avant-garde
art movements of the 20th century his
early work depicts romantic and
classical scenes full of dark
contrasting colors and expressive brush
draw
he painted portraits still life scenes
and landscapes the card players has been
described as his best figure composition
and remains one of his best-known
paintings number seven Salvador Dali
with a crazy mustache an imagination to
match and creativity that far surpassed
the norm Salvador Dali is one of the
most famous surrealist artists even
though he was expelled from the
surrealist movement his painting the
persistence of memory which features
melting clocks is still one of the most
recognized surrealist works to date he
takes the viewer into a world that is
dark bizarre McCobb seriously cool and
persistently memorable number Claude
Monet the most uncompromising of all the
Impressionists what monet was obsessed
with painting outdoors he even had a
makeshift boats to do that he used to
paint on the river for as long as
possible the founder of French
impressionist painting also loved to
study the play of sunlight on things and
his paintings are full of intensive
brush strokes his series of water lily
paintings is one of the most popular and
most reproduced works of all time number
I'm glad van tine this Dutch painter
was a portraitist extraordinaire his use
of light and dark and his ability to get
to the very soul of his subjects have
made Rembrandt stand out as one of the
best portrait painters of his time and
possibly of all time after his rich wife
died his career took a turn for the
worse and by the 1650s he had to sell
his house and his collection in addition
to his portraits and self-portraits
Rembrandt holds a place in art history
and biblically inspired illustrations
number four Pablo Picasso co-creator of
cubism Pablo Picasso is one of the
best-known names in art today turning
traditional painting upside down
literally Picasso created a completely
new style that was unlike anything seen
before but Picasso wasn't a one-trick
pony he could paint sculpt draw write
and etch he produced close to 50,000
works in his lifetime
and in 2010 his nude green leaves and
bust paintings sold for a history-making
106.5 million dollars number three
Vincent van Gogh we all know Vincent van
Gogh as the fruit loop who lived his
later years in France and hacked off his
own ear but before he went totally crazy
and presumably shot himself von Goff
produced some truly spectacular works
despite the neglect he suffered while
alive selling only one painting he
became enormously successful after death
his painting the starry night is one of
the most popular images in modern
culture and some of his other works have
fetched over 100 million dollars at
auction number two Michelangelo
definitely one of the greatest artists
to ever live Michelangelo was a true
triple threat painter sculptor and
architect his mastery of all three
fields set him apart and put him in a
league all his own his completion of his
work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
between 1534 and 1541 is an awe
inspiring feat and the sheer beauty of
the fresco has kept tourists and art
lovers flocking to Rome for centuries
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one Leonardo da Vinci good old
Leo was the true renaissance man painter
scientist theorist and draftsman
Leonardo mastered oil painting like no
other specifically the technique of skoo
motto which involves blurring out lines
or hiding them in shadows on permanent
display at the Louvre in Paris his Mona
Lisa attracts six million visitors each
year and is arguably the most famous
painting ever his ultra modern views and
pure genius make him our choice for the
top painter of all time.
1.2 Time to work (40 minutes)
They need to choose an artist. Through the web
artcyclopedia, the students will choose an artist who likes their work or admire. They will collect four famous images and dates when they were carried out and a brief information that tells us about the work and the moment of the artist in which he performed it. Whith that information they will create a dossier about the artist.