Presentation for Lesson Two of the What’s The Big Idea About Where We Live unit. Create a relief house structure that reflects the simplified geometric qualities in the art of Piet Mondrian, Hans Hofmann and Walter Gropius. My House Abstract Expectancy
Piet Mondrian Mondrian’s Art to Music om/watch?v=i5kZL6_9 20g om/watch?v=i5kZL6_9 20g Composition in Brown and Gray (Gemälde no. II / Composition no. IX / Compositie 5) Piet MondrianPiet Mondrian (Dutch, ) Reception
De Stijl Mondrian started the de Stijl (Dutch for The Style) movement and publication with Theo van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld The representation of the universal, dynamic pulse of life, also expressed in modern jazz and the metropolis, was Mondrian’s point of departure. Composition with Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, and Gray Piet MondrianPiet Mondrian (Dutch, ) Discuss Handout Selective Perception
Broadway Boogie Woogie Piet MondrianPiet Mondrian (Dutch, Selective Perception
Hans Hofmann Hofmann’s artwork /art.html /art.html Push and Pull with Color n/push_and_pull.html n/push_and_pull.html Hans Hofmann American, born Germany, The Golden Wall, 1961 Selective Perception / Semantic Encoding
Abstract Artist Nature lover A new type of Landscape His paintings always echo the reality found in nature, but its structure rather than its appearance Look outside Combinable Wall I and II Hans Hofmann 112½ x 84½" Oil on Canvas 1961 Discuss Handout Selective Perception
Hans Hofmann American, born Germany, Otium cum Dignitade, 1964 Selective Perception
Walter Gropius German Architect Between WWI and WWII Founder of Bauhaus School of Design Selective Perception / Retrieval
Discuss Handout Bauhaus /interactives/exhibitio ns/2009/bauhaus/Ma in.html /interactives/exhibitio ns/2009/bauhaus/Ma in.html
Relief House Structures Simplify the form and colors of your home to create a clean design. Show an understanding of the simplified geometric qualities seen in the work of Mondrian. Show an understanding of the push and pull affect of color as seen in the work of Hofmann. Complete a cluster web diagram to explain how your work is influenced by the work of these artists. Art Activity Instruction Semantic Encoding / Expectancy / Generalization
Image and Information Sources: Art Institute of Chicago MOMA Google Images Engaging the Adolescent Mind Through Visual Problem Solving, Ken Vieth