Creating Art for All Ages

Frances Flicker is a writer, artist, and teacher of art and humanities. Jacqueline G. Van Schooneveld is a professor of teacher education. Jeanne Richins is a lifelong educator and mixed-media artist.

Acknowledgements

Book Overview

Unit 1- The Industrial Revolution: The Beginning of the Modern Age

Chapter 1- Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism: Enlightened Visions and Differences

Lesson 1- Storytelling and Introduction: “A Visit to the Prado”

Lesson 2- Getting Good with Composition: Configured in Three Parts

Lesson 3- Seen from a Scene, an Allegorical Narrative Collage

Chapter 2- Finding Art in Science: Technology and Nature in the 19th Century

Lesson 1- Storytelling: “A Budding Imagination”

Lesson 2- Brave New Balloons: Steampunk Design

Lesson 3- Biomimicry in Art: Designing from Nature

Lesson 4- Photography: Postcards from the Heart

Chapter 3- Impressionism: Bringing in the Light

Lesson 1- Storytelling: “Monet’s Japanese Bridge”

Lesson 2- Inspired by Nature: Monet’s Bridge in Mixed-Media

Lesson 3- Cultural Links: Making Japanese Lanterns with an Impressionistic Flair

Lesson 4- Dancing Degas: Creating a Pastel Painting with a Close-up View of Nature

Unit 2- The World at Conflict: Art Responds

Chapter 4- Pointillism and Post-Impressionism: Defining Shape Differently

Lesson 1- Storytelling: Paintings to Posters, An Art of the Industrial Age

Lesson 2- Getting the Point with Pointillism: Making a Pointillist Painting

Lesson 3- Vincent Van Gogh, Post-Impressionism: A Variation on Starry Night

Lesson 4- Setting the Table with Cezanne: Creating a Diorama

Chapter 5- Fauvism, Cubism and Expressionism: A Voice of Art

Lesson 1- Storytelling: “Guernica!” Yelled Picasso

Lesson 2- Fauvism: The Wild Side of Shape and Color

Lesson 3- Cubism: Putting Together the Pieces, Making a Cubist Still Life

Lesson 4- Expressionism

Chapter 6- Surrealism and Abstract-Expressionism: Get Real!

Lesson 1- Storytelling: Art is a Symphony in Colors, Lines and Shapes

Lesson 2- Abstract-Expressionism: Feeling with Colors, Lines, Shapes and Textures

Lesson 3- Dada Makes No Sense: Making a Dada Image

Lesson 4- Beyond Reality: Making Surrealistic Artwork

Lesson 5- Abstract-Expressionism: What’s Art Got to Do with It Anyway?

Unit 3- What is Art? Art Makes Us Human

Chapter 7- Cartoon Characters and “POP” Goes the Art

Lesson 1- Storytelling: What Makes Art Go “POP”?

Lesson 2- Making a Pop Art Combined Painting Collage

Lesson 3- Say it with a Cartoon: Crafting a Cartoon Name

Chapter 8- Post WWII through Contemporary Era: Constructing Environments

Lesson 1- Storytelling: “A Special Place”

Lesson 2- Envision a Building of your own Design: Activity on Two-Point Perspective

Lesson 3- Color Field Paintings: An Intuitive Art

Lesson 4- Shadow Box Design

Chapter 9- Art is Everywhere

Lesson 1- Storytelling: Art is for Everyone

Lesson 2- Making the Most of Minimal Art: Creating a Collage

Lesson 3- Installation Art: Transforming Art

Lesson 4- A Banquet for All Ages: Connecting Civilizations

Appendix A: Handouts for Chapters 1-9

Appendix B: Foundation Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets

Lesson 1: Concepts in Art (Elements of Art and Principles of Design)

Lesson 2: Basics in Visual Composition

Lesson 3: Exploring the Emotional Impact of Color

Lesson 4: Designing with Textures

Lesson 5: Building Blocks of Shapes

Lesson 6: The Value of Values

Lesson 7: Basics for Graphite Pencil Drawing

Lesson 8: Basics for Colored Pencil Drawing

Lesson 9: Basics in Charcoal Drawing

Lesson 10: Basics on Pastels (Hard and Soft)

Lesson 11: Basics on Oil Pastels

Lesson 12: Basics on Watercolor Painting

Lesson 13: Acrylic and Tempera Painting

Lesson 14: Basics on Mixed Media and Collage

Lesson 15: Basics on Clay Hand-Building

Lesson 16: Basics in Cartooning

Appendix C: Handouts for Book Overview, Foundation Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets

Appendix D: Figures for Chapters 1-9

Bibliography

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