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Adopt an artist

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.
 
 
 
 

 

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