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Most importantly - what kind of story do you imagine each painter is trying to tell about their subjects in the pictures? Talk about what you think with your classmates!
Write 2-3 paragraphs about which one you like better, and why! Bring in next week on 12/8!
Have fun with these! See you next time!
How are you? Today, let's look at how art can tell stories.
Let's look at the two very different paintings above.
Let's look at the two very different paintings above.
The one at the top is called Young Girl Reading, and is by the 19th-century French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. The painting below it is called La Femme aux Phlox (Woman with Phlox) by Albert Gleizes, an early 20th-century French artist.
Corot's painting is an example of a style called realism (写実主義). It tried to show everyday life the way it was lived by everyday people almost in a documentary style. But Gleizes' painting is very different - it is an example of a style called cubism (キュービズム). It tried to show people, objects, and nature from different angles and directions all at once - for example, showing a 3-D object like a table at every possible angle on a flat, 2-D surface.
The most famous realist artist was Gustave Courbet, and the most famous cubist artist was Pablo Picasso.
Activity/pre-class preparation
Let's look at these paintings above. Which one do you like? What impression (感想) does each one make on you? What kind of feeling do you get from each one? What do you see in the figures, places, and situations in each painting? Make a few notes for yourself about each one.
Most importantly - what kind of story do you imagine each painter is trying to tell about their subjects in the pictures? Talk about what you think with your classmates!
Write 2-3 paragraphs about which one you like better, and why! Bring in next week on 12/8!
Images: Top - Young Girl Reading by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - National Gallery of Art, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11497975/La Femme aux Phlox (Woman with Phlox) by Albert Gleizes - http://armory.nyhistory.org/woman-with-phlox/PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40048817/Both images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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