old master drawings - Museum of Fine Arts - Florida State University

Lesson Plan #1: Mona Lisa in the MillenniumFebruary/March2009Session Activity: After visiting the Old Master exhibition at the Museum of FineArts, students will focus on portraits that are featured in the show. Students willalso learn about Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Students will create their ownmodern day versions of a famous portrait choosing from Leonardo da Vinci’s MonaLisa, Girolamo Romanino’s Portrait of a Man, Ottavio Leoni’s Cardinal Francescodel Monte, Ippolito Leoni’s Portrait of a Lady, or Esias van de Velde’s Head of aCavalier.Da Vinci, Mona Lisa,1503-1506, oil onpoplar, Louvre.Esias van de Velde, Head of aCavalier, 1600s, black andwhite chalk over brush andgray wash, Ringling Museum.Grade Level: Upper elementary to high schoolTime Needed: one to four class periodsObjectives:1. To recreate a portrait of a famous work of art as it would look in modernday times.2. To appreciate and recognize that art reflects the time in which it is created.Materials:• A print of the Mona Lisa and the provided image CD with Old Masterportraits on it• 12” x 18” construction paper• Paint or colored pencilsVocabulary:1. Renaissance - the cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from roughly thefourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries, based on theemphasis of ideas, philosophies, art, and literature of Greece and Rome.During the Renaissance, America was discovered, and the Reformationbegan; modern times are often considered to have begun with theRenaissance. Major figures of the Renaissance include Galileo, WilliamShakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo.Renaissance means “rebirth” or “reawakening.”2. Portrait - a verbal or visual picture or description, especially of a person.3. Sfumato - the blurring or softening of sharp outlines in painting by subtleand gradual blending of one tone into another.Lesson Plans Pages 21-22