Art Appreciation & Creative Writing 10+yo.
1 Semester
100 Cans of Campbell’s Soup, Whistler’s Mother, Midsummer Eve…few would fail to recognize these famous works of art, but how many could actually retell the fascinating stories behind them or write a creative story about it themselves?
In this truly creative semester-long class, students will be introduced to various, notable artworks, around which they will create their own, uniquely inspired short stories. After a time of sharing their ideas about each piece, students will then learn the true history behind the artwork! There will not be any homework involved.
01/27/15 Week #1 The Ambassadors
By: Hans Holbein the Younger
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and the Northern Renaissance.
02/03/15 Week #2 The Arnolfini Wedding
By: Jan van Eyck
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and the Dutch Renaissance.
02/10/15 Week #3 Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers
By: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and the English Baroque period.
02/17/15 Week #4 Ophelia
By: Sir John Everett Millais
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
02/24/15 Week #5 Ram’s Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills
By: Georgia O’Keeffe
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and American Modernism.
03/03/15 Week #6 The Peacock Skirt
By: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and Aestheticism.
03/10/15 Week #7 100 Cans of Campbell’s Soup
By: Andy Warhol
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and American Pop Art.
03/17/15 Week #8 Two Old Men Eating Soup
By: Francisco Goya
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and Spanish Romanticism.
03/24/15 Week #9 Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of a Matador
By: Édouard Manet
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and Realism.
03/31/15 Week #10 Midsummer Eve
By: Edward Robert Hughes
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and late Pre-Raphaelitism.
04/14/15 Week #11 Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 (Whistler’s Mother)
By: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and Tonalism.
04/21/15 Week #12 The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis
By: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and the Dutch Golden Age.
04/28/15 Week #13 The Lady of Shalott
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and Pre-Raphaelitism.
05/05/15 Week #14 Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando
By: Edgar Degas
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and French Impressionism.
05/12/15 Week #15 The Potato Eaters
By: Vincent Willem van Gogh
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and Post-Impressionism.
05/19/15 Week #16 Undine Lost In The Danube
By: Arthur Rackham
Objectives: Write a short story inspired by the artwork – Group story sharing time – Learn about the artwork, the artist, and the Go
