How does an artist use light to help keep us out of …
How does an artist use light to help keep us out of the dark? Using three artworks from the Art Institute's collection, this video unpacks a central theme and uses innovative visual storytelling to highlight the choices artists made to create light and shadow in their works. Art Explainer videos empower you to look at and understand art from any historical period or culture. Designed for students as well as adults, this video series is produced for the web and usable in a wide range of learning environments, from mobile devices to formal school classrooms. The following works from the Art Institute of Chicago appear in this video: Tanner, The Two Disciples at the Tomb, Kollwitz, Battlefield, Flavin, “monument” for V. Tatlin
This is an introductory project that addresses identifying the Elements of Art …
This is an introductory project that addresses identifying the Elements of Art and Principles of Composition in immediate surroundings and provides these terms a real-time life application. The project is interactive and exploratory, requiring individual observation of a students' physical world. This project can be modified to include more images, changes in grid template and combined to include both Elements and Principles together; incluiding identifying other terms in art such as mediums. The project can be used in an online formatted course or a face to face environment. Including Art Appreciation, Art Orientation, Two-Dimensional Design and Three-Dimensional Design studio courses.
What makes paintings feel as deep as the view from a window …
What makes paintings feel as deep as the view from a window or as flat as a wall? Using three artworks from the Art Institute's collection, this video unpacks a central theme and uses innovative visual storytelling to highlight the choices artists made to shape form and meaning in their works. Ultimately, it shows that each of us already possesses a powerful tool for making sense of art: looking closely. Art Explainer videos empower you to look at and understand art from any historical period or culture. Designed for students as well as adults, this video series is produced for the web and usable in a wide range of learning environments, from mobile devices to formal school classrooms. The following works from the Art Institute of Chicago appear in this video: Poussin, Landscape with St. John on Patmos; Harnett, For Sunday’s Dinner; Mondrian, Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray
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