Thursday, March 9, 2017

Art Auction!-Aesthetics Game

An Art Aesthetics Game

Art Auction Video
(watch a small part to view a real art auction)

1. View the artwork for sale. (in a powerpoint)
2. Your task is to choose the work your group wishes to purchase, and offer reasons for desiring a specific work. 
3. Students will raise a paddle to make a bid. They must offer one reason why they would like to own the work. The group that offers the most reasons for wanting the work, wins it. (keep track with tokens)
4. As the auction goes on, groups who have not yet made a purchase, will have to bid on their second, third or fourth choice. 




Edvard Munch

The Scream 1893 




Jeff Koons Balloon Dog

1994 

Georges Seurat A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884 

 The Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai 1830–32 


        Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird

                                        Frida Kahlo, 1940

Jackson Pollock Autumn Rhythm, 1950 


Vocabulary for Describing Artwork:
color, line, shape, texture, technique, detail, 
mood, story told, subject matter









Seurat $35.2 million
Koons $58.4 million
Munch $119,922, 500 million

Hokusai $68,500

Thursday, March 2, 2017

When Was It Made?-Art Timeline


How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures?
When Was It Made? 
Get together with your fellow art historians and put these six works of art in chronological order. 








(no peeking)

Lascaux Cave Paintings, up to 20,000 years old
Prehistoric Art


Lion, Middle Ages

The Watchful Doe, 1720-29, Deer. Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Late Baroque

Cows, 1890, Vincent Van Gogh

Blue Horses, 1911 Franz Mark

 Grrrrrrrrrrr, 1965 Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art/Contemporary