Fantasy Landscapes with a Message

Autor/in	D'Amico, Elizabeth
Titel	Fantasy Landscapes with a Message
Quelle	In: SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 105 (2005) 2, S.46-47 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6463
Schlagwörter	Studio Art; Student Projects; Art Activities; Fantasy; Environmental Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunstwerkstatt; Schulprojekt; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Fantasie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik
Abstract	The author of this article describes using a Fantasy Landscapes lesson to get students expressing environmental issues through art. The Fantasy Landscapes lesson is an exploration of art elements and design principles through visual problem solving that links ideas, language, and theory to art. To get students thinking specifically about environmental issues, a photocopy of World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, a declaration drafted by Henry Kendall and signed by scientists and Nobel laureates in 1992, is given to each student with the direction to further research their particular concerns. Several weeks before the end of the semester, students have completed color theory studies and exercises in perspective. A packet containing a project overview, review sheets of previously covered topics, a rubric, and a motivational exercise of four questions is given to each student. Environmental issues are discussed with the suggestion that the final project deliver an environmental warning or statement to the viewer. Early American and British landscape paintings, as well surrealistic landscapes, are displayed as examples of atmospheric perspective and techniques. A group critique is held to see how content is developing using specific compositional techniques or color choices. At first this project may seem to be all encompassing, but one reason for requiring students to make so many decisions was to have them experience what all artists experience each time they begin a new work: where to begin, what media is most appropriate, and what to include in order to deliver the message most effectively. This high school studio lesson meets a national standard in which students intentionally take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and ideas. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10