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Salvador Dali, Figueres, Spain
(1904-1989)
The Last Supper by Salvador Dali (1955). Salvador was known for his optical illusions. This painting is located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Christ appears at the center and His transparent torso above. The landscape is of Catalonia, Spain (very similar to other paintings of his ex. Persistence of Memory). In this painting, Dali masterfully shows what happens at mass each and every time we go to mass and take communion. This painting is classic yet, surreal.
El Arte Surrealista de Salvador Dali
Spanish artist Salvador Dali is well known for his surrealist paintings. In surrealist art, the imagery reflects an artist’s imagination and is often inspired by dreams. La persistencia de la memoria, considered one of Dalí’s masterpieces, shows pocket watches that appear to be melting. Many interpret this painting as a commentary about the nature of time. What do you think Dalí’s message is? How do you interpret his paintings? Do you like them? How might you describe them? How might dreams influence an artist’s work?
Think of one of your craziest dreams. Using your tablet's paint program, paint your dream. Share your surrealist painting with the class and tell the class about it.
Google search famous quotes by Salvador Dali. Create an image with his quote.
Salvador Dali Quotes
Salvador Dali Student Posters
Diego Velazquez, Spain
Las Meninas (1656)
Las Meninas is a 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Today the painting is displayed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Velazquez served as the official painter for King Philip IV of Spain and painted many portraits of the royal family. Las Meninas shows the Infanta Margarita (princess) and her attendants. Velazquez included himself in the painting. Three centuries later Pablo Picasso, also from Spain, completed 58 interpretations of this painting. Click here to view one of Picasso's 58 interpretations (also pictured below).
What similarities and differences do you notice? If you had a choice, would you visit the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain to see Diego Velazquez's painting of Las Meninas or would you go to Barcelona, Spain to visit the Pablo Picasso museum to see Picass's 58 interpretations of Las Meninas? If you were to recreate your own Las Meninas how would you portray the people in the painting? Look at the painting very carefully. You might see something different than the artist originally intended when he originally painted it. In fact, a single work of art can have a number of different interpretations. What kind of style of art would you use? Surrealism? Cubism? Abstract art? Realism?
Pablo Picasso, Spain
Las Meninas (1957)
Las Meninas Student Gallery
Haleigh Haugh
Mitchell Wagner
Pablo Picasso, Spain
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential painters of the 20th century. He is well known for his style of painting called Cubism. Cubism uses simple geometric shapes and formal structures. Can you find his cubist paintings above? Do you like Picasso's paintings? How would you describe them? Using a cubist style, draw and create your own Cubist painting.
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is one of the most influential painters of the 20th century. He is well known for his style of painting called Cubism. Cubism uses simple geometric shapes and formal structures. Can you find his cubist paintings above? Do you like Picasso's paintings? How would you describe them? Using a cubist style, draw and create your own Cubist painting.
Picasso Student Art Gallery
Claire Daly
Adam Neltner, USA (2013)
Lauren Dundon, usa (2013)
Joan Miró, Spain
(1893-1983)
Joan Miro was a world renowned Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramist who was born in Barcelona. After overcoming a serious bout of typhoid fever in 1911, Miro decided to devote his life entirely to painting by attending the school of art taught by Francesc Galí. He is known for his surrealist paintings, sculptures, murals and collages. He also experimented with many other artistic forms, such as engraving, printing, water colors, pastels, and painting over copper. In 1976 the Joan Miró Foundation Centre of Contemporary Art Study was officially opened in the city of Barcelona.
Miro's works were often playful, spontaneous, and dreamlike. His surrealistic pictures often consisted of large areas of bright colors, and contained many elements, including simple representations of everyday objects, abstract symbols, and vivid imagery.
"To be an artist, is to believe in life." -Joan Miro
"I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music." - Joan Miro
" The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness". -Joan Miro
You can create a work of your own in the style of Miro. Pick one of his pictures to give you inspiration. Look carefully at the colors, the design, and the imagery in Miro's painting. What colors did Miro use in that picture? What shapes did he draw, and what did they represent (if anything)? Is most of the canvas empty, or are there areas of pure color? What type of feeling did you get from the picture? Where does your eye go first when you look at the
picture?
Now think about what you'd like your picture to portray. Pick your colors. Decide where you want the focus of your picture to be, and what you want it to look like. Now use your imagination and paint! Give your work an interesting title (and sign your work).
Miro's works were often playful, spontaneous, and dreamlike. His surrealistic pictures often consisted of large areas of bright colors, and contained many elements, including simple representations of everyday objects, abstract symbols, and vivid imagery.
"To be an artist, is to believe in life." -Joan Miro
"I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music." - Joan Miro
" The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness". -Joan Miro
You can create a work of your own in the style of Miro. Pick one of his pictures to give you inspiration. Look carefully at the colors, the design, and the imagery in Miro's painting. What colors did Miro use in that picture? What shapes did he draw, and what did they represent (if anything)? Is most of the canvas empty, or are there areas of pure color? What type of feeling did you get from the picture? Where does your eye go first when you look at the
picture?
Now think about what you'd like your picture to portray. Pick your colors. Decide where you want the focus of your picture to be, and what you want it to look like. Now use your imagination and paint! Give your work an interesting title (and sign your work).
Miro Student Art Gallery 2014
Diego Rivera, Mexico
(1886-1957)
Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter and husband of Frida Kahlo. He is known for painting the Mexican culture and his murals. He painted the history of Mexico on the wall of the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City. Looking at some of his paintings, would you could learn about the Mexican culture? If you were to paint a mural or painting representing Latin American or Spanish culture, what would you paint?
Rivera Student Gallery
Frida Kahlo
(1906-1954)
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, who is most well known for the self portraiture work which she created during her career. The intense vibrant colors, the "pain and passion," and the intensity, were some of the key features which marked the works which she created. She was married to artist Diego Rivera. If you were to paint your own self-portrait, how would you portray yourself? What colors and emotions would you try to convey? What would you be wearing? What would be in the background? What expression would you have on your face?
Student Self Portrait Gallery
Molas
1. A mola is a traditional blouse worn by Kuna women. The Kuna live on a chain of islands called San Blas Archipelago, on the Atlantic side of the Republic of Panama. These blouses are made of two panels that are hand stitched with intricate designs. Admiring travelers collect molas to wear or display in frames.
2. Molas are created with simple, brightly colored cotton fabric that is cut into a shape and hand stitched onto a panel of cloth. Additional layers of colorful fabric are added on top of the original one. They are stitched around the outer edge, cut into an "outline" of fabric to reveal the color beneath, and stitched on the interior wall. This creates a multi-colored, multi-layered design with an otherwise simple pattern.
3. Mola designs include everything in a Kuna Indian’s life, including the natural world, dreams, imaginary monsters, geometric shapes, and contemporary imagery brought in by tourists.
4. To create your own mola replica, use markers to draw the outline of an animal, person, or imaginary creature in the center of white construction paper. In the spaces around the outline, draw additional creatures. Leave space around each drawing. Fill smaller spaces with simple shapes, such as geometric shapes.
5. To create the mola effect, outline each drawing with different colors until the bands touch. Draw patterns on top of the lines you made. You can make these patterns look like stitching by using dashed lines, for an effect similar to the cloth molas made by the Kuna people.
6. Mount your mola on a contrasting color of construction paper. Include in a display of traditional textile designs from many parts of the world.
2. Molas are created with simple, brightly colored cotton fabric that is cut into a shape and hand stitched onto a panel of cloth. Additional layers of colorful fabric are added on top of the original one. They are stitched around the outer edge, cut into an "outline" of fabric to reveal the color beneath, and stitched on the interior wall. This creates a multi-colored, multi-layered design with an otherwise simple pattern.
3. Mola designs include everything in a Kuna Indian’s life, including the natural world, dreams, imaginary monsters, geometric shapes, and contemporary imagery brought in by tourists.
4. To create your own mola replica, use markers to draw the outline of an animal, person, or imaginary creature in the center of white construction paper. In the spaces around the outline, draw additional creatures. Leave space around each drawing. Fill smaller spaces with simple shapes, such as geometric shapes.
5. To create the mola effect, outline each drawing with different colors until the bands touch. Draw patterns on top of the lines you made. You can make these patterns look like stitching by using dashed lines, for an effect similar to the cloth molas made by the Kuna people.
6. Mount your mola on a contrasting color of construction paper. Include in a display of traditional textile designs from many parts of the world.
Mola Student Gallery
Aztec Eclipse
The Aztecs or native Americans from Central America worshiped man Gods. There was a God of the sun and man as well as many others. The Aztecs used a sun stone as their calendar. This enormous calendar was 12 feet high, 4 feet thick and weighed 24,000 tons! The Aztec calendar was different than our calendar today because they had 18 months each containing 18 days, which still equaled the same amount of days in year. The Aztec Sun Stone was the inspiration for many people to create artwork revolving around suns.
Create an Aztec eclipse painting with the sun and moon. Create half of your sun using wavy or curved lines and the other half using straight lines. Half of your sun should have warm colors and the other half should have cool colors. Then use the opposite color scheme for your background. This created contrast will really make your suns pop!
Create an Aztec eclipse painting with the sun and moon. Create half of your sun using wavy or curved lines and the other half using straight lines. Half of your sun should have warm colors and the other half should have cool colors. Then use the opposite color scheme for your background. This created contrast will really make your suns pop!