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Fantastical Beasts

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Title:

Fantastical Beasts

URL:

http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/arts_lang_arts/a_la_lesson35.html

Content Source:

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Students will compare life in the Middle Ages to present day. They will analyze illuminated manuscripts and bestiaries. They will identify complementary colors on a color wheel. They will sketch an imagined fantastical beast. They will use colored pencils and pastels to illustrate their beasts.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 3 Visual Arts	15) Recognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time and place in which it was made and on life experiences. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Connecting Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. Process Components: Synthesize Essential Questions: EU: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art. EQ: How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life? Concepts & Vocabulary: Creativity Criteria Critique Design Media Mixed media Monochromatic Principles of design Rhythm Technology Visual image Skill Examples: Discuss how art can be used to express ideas in poems and short stories. Observe and compare similar themes, subject matter and images in artworks from historical and contemporary eras. Discuss the relationships between the elements of art. Use historical and cultural artworks to answer questions about daily life. Discuss how we encounter art and artists in everyday life.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 4 Visual Arts	15) Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created. Example: Look at the statue of Vulcan in Birmingham and talk about its relationship to history of the city. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Connecting Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. Process Components: Synthesize Essential Questions: EU: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art. EQ: How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life? Concepts & Vocabulary: Constructed environment Cultural traditions Digital format Engagement Tertiary color Preservation Proportion Principles of design Unity Shade Style Tints & shades Skill Examples: Create a quilt square in the style of the Gee's Bend Quilters. State what materials or processes you prefer and why. Discuss how art and design serves multiple functions such as to inform, entertain, invest, persuade, ritualize or assist in everyday tasks. Observe and discuss the statue of Vulcan in Birmingham and talk about its relationship to history of the city. Investigate differences in cultural style, genres, and context through historical time periods. Discuss how art reflects the interests, accomplishments and conflicts of culture and society over time. Use details and descriptive language to identify universal themes, subject matter and ideas expressed across arts disciplines. Identify and describe how artists have depicted Alabama history.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 5 Visual Arts	15) Identify how works of art/design are used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society. Examples: Discuss how political cartoons can influence a person's view. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Connecting Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. Process Components: Synthesize Essential Questions: EU: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art. EQ: How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life? Concepts & Vocabulary: Cultural context Formal & conceptual vocabulary Genre Linear perspective Preserve Principles of design Movement Emphasis Relief Vanishing point Skill Examples: Analyze the role of cultural objects in our everyday environment. Select and access contemporary digital media arts tools to investigate ideas in art-making. Interpret an artwork that communicates something about a place that has meaning for them. Discuss how political cartoons can influence a person's view. Compare how artists work in different cultures and at different times in history.

Tags:

bestiaries, color wheel, colored pencils, complementary colors, fantastical beasts, illuminated manuscripts, Middle Ages, pastels

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This lesson is divided into three 45 minute parts.

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Tiffani Stricklin

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Fantastical Beasts