old master drawings - Museum of Fine Arts - Florida State University
old master drawings - Museum of Fine Arts - Florida State University
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Lesson Plan #1: Mona Lisa in the MillenniumFebruary/March20094. Wash - a thin layer <strong>of</strong> color applied by constant movement <strong>of</strong> the brush.Activity Procedures:1. Show a Mona Lisa print and the CD with the other Old Master images.Discuss the lifestyles <strong>of</strong> people who lived many centuries ago. What did theydo for fun without electricity, technology, and sufficient transportation?Compare and contrast the differences in contemporary and past timeperiods which might have affected the Mona Lisa and the other portraits.For example, the subject being painted couldn’t listen to an iPod or watch amovie to keep her/him entertained while the artist painted. Artists wouldsometimes hire musicians to play instead.2. Discuss artistic characteristics <strong>of</strong> the Mona Lisa and Old Master portraits.For example, the Mona Lisa is painted in s<strong>of</strong>t colors and everything appearsto be seen through a slight haze (this technique is called sfumato and iscaused by the blurring <strong>of</strong> outlines). The Old Master drawing, Head <strong>of</strong> aCavalier, is created with the use <strong>of</strong> grey wash with black and white chalk ontop <strong>of</strong> the wash.3. Have the students brainstorm ideas they could use to make a figure in an<strong>old</strong> portrait look as if she/he lived in today’s society. Some examples are: abeach in the background; sunglasses; a Disney World background; Mickeyears; a NYC background; a cell phone; a McDonald’s background; a Big Macin hand.4. Have students use paint or colored pencils to create their updated 21 stcentury versions <strong>of</strong> a Mona Lisa or Old Master portrait. Make sure to tellstudents to include the use <strong>of</strong> sfumato or grey wash with chalk.Evaluation: Did the student…1. Participate in discussion?2. Use sfumato or grey wash and chalk?3. Create a modern feeling through use <strong>of</strong> materials and images in theirportrait?Gioconda 2001. Robert Baron.http://www.studiolo.org/Mona/Gallery/MONAGAL05.htmGodzilla Meets MonaLisa. Ralph Arlyck.http://www.canyoncinema.com/A/Arlyck_GozillaMonaLisa.JPGFashionable Mona Lisa.http://www.canyoncinema.com/A/Arlyck_GozillaMonaLisa.JPGLesson Plans Pages 21-22
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