Three Landscapes Building Background Historical/Cultural Connections Theory/Technique Aesthetics Essential Questions Reading art as text: visual thinking strategy Vocabulary
Building Background 1 Point Perspective
2 Point Perspective
3 Point Perspective
Collage Paintings: what not to do
What to do…
The Law of Threes: composition Foreground Middle Distance/Middle Ground Background
Foreground fore·ground part that appears nearest: the part of a picture or scene that appears nearest the viewer currently receiving commands: currently receiving commands, usually through the keyboard, while other programs are operating independently highlight something: to put something in an important position and so draw attention to it
Middle Distance/Middle Ground The area between the foreground and background in a painting, drawing, or photograph. Also called middle ground.
Background The ground or scenery located behind something. The part of a pictorial representation that appears to be in the distance and that provides relief for the principal objects in the foreground. The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed. A position or area of relative inconspicuousness or unimportance.
Historical Artwork: landscapes Picasso-House on The Hill
Smoke over Valarius
Juan Gris
Renoir
Renoir
Cezanne
Cezanne: landscape 1870