Sunday, October 26, 2008

Artist of the Month Klee


­­Artist
of the Month



Paul Klee





Log on
to the server as yourself. Username is your student ID; password is
your last name (up to 8 letters) all lower case.


Locate your folder on
the server.


Right click > New >
Folder


Rename the folder: Art


Open Word.


File > Save As >
Klee inspired painting


Minimize your word
document.





Open
the Internet (Explorer icon on desktop)


Use the Guggenheim
website http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_75.html
to answer the following questions:





1. Paul Klee was born
in ______________________(what country) in 1879. He is /
is not still alive. (circle one)





2. His childhood love
of ____________was always to remain profoundly important in his life
and work.





3. When he visited
Paris for the second time, what three artists influenced him?


____________________,
__________________________, and ____________________





4. ______________
became central to his art after a trip to Tunisia in 1914.





5. In 1924 the
________________ (the Blue Four), consisting of Lyonel Feininger,
Alexej Jawlensky, Vasily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee, was founded.





Browse through some of
Klee’s artwork from the Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/node/1989
to answer the following:






  1. Name two paintings
    you find interesting:



________
________________________ and _________________________________



  1. What kind of music
    do you think influenced his choice of color in these paintings?










  1. How did Klee use
    abstract images to convey his ideas?









When
you are finished, go to the interactive art website:
http://bomomo.com/
or


http://www.sumo.fi/products/sumopaint/


Explore the tools and
try making a piece of artwork in the style of Paul Klee. Color is
important and so are abstract objects in the composition.


When
you have completed your picture, save it to your art folder on the
server:



  1. Ctrl / Print
    Screen (it will seem like nothing happened except a blip on your
    monitor)


  2. Maximize your word
    doc.


  3. Right click >
    Paste (Your internet screen shot of your masterpiece will paste
    into the word doc. )


  4. Save again.




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