Slideshow about development of still life paintings through time.

1. YEAR 6 PAINTING UNIT
“POPULAR CULTURE” OBSERVED THROUGH A STILL LIFE- LENS

2. INQUIRY: THE PORTRAYAL OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS IN FINE ART TELLS US A
LOT ABOUT THE TIME AND CULTURES IN WHICH WE LIVE.

3. TASK 1A:
DRAW A TIME-LINE
CALLED: “STILL LIFE
THROUGH TIME”

4. WHAT DO THESE STILL LIFE’S PAINTINGS ON WALLS (=MURAL) TELL
US ABOUT THE LIFE AND CULTURE BACK IN ANCIENT TIMES?
• Pompei (Italy) still life with eggs,
thrushes and game in house 79 BC
• Egyptian still life in tombe, 1460 BC

5. WHAT ARE THESE PAINTINGS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY
TELLING ABOUT LIFE IN 1600-1700?
• Pieter Claesz Willem Kalf Rachel Ruys

6. 1840 INVENTION
OF
PHOTOCAMERA

7. AFTER THE PHOTO CAMERA INVENTION PAINTERS SHOW THEIR PERSONAL VIEW,
INSTEAD OF A COPY OF WHAT THEY SAW.
-HOW ARE THESE STILL LIFES DIFFERENT FROM THE 17TH CENTURY?
-WHICH ELEMENTS OF ART ARE EXAGGERATED IN THE PAINTINGS?
(LINE, SHAPE, FORM, COLOUR, SPACE AND TEXTURE)
• Van Gogh 1889 Matisse 1913• Picasso 1945

8. POP ART STILL LIFE: WHAT DO THESE PAINTINGS
TELL YOU ABOUT LIFE AND CULTURE?
• Tom Wesselman, 1963 • Andy Warhol, 1962

9. STILL LIFE IN 2020: WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY?
Getty museum
(USA) challenge:
recreate a famous
artwork
Banksy, a famous street artist
donates new artwork to
hospital
Still life made on
iPad showing life in
lockdown

10. 1400 BC 79 BC 0
1600 1840 1900 1960
Ism’s:
• Impressionism
• Expressionism
• Cubism
• Futurism
TITLE PAGE: TIME-LINE
202
0

11. CONTINUE WITH TASK 1B-1F
• You will be allocated one of the 6 still
life paintings.
• Answer the questions in detail about
that artwork.
• When you have finished, team up
with someone who has done a
different painting. Discuss/compare
both paintings

12. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S2HNEAPwt4
INTRO VIDEO FOR TASK 2:
NGV TEENS | PERFECTING
COMPOSITIONS WITH LUCY ROLEFF

13. TASK 4A: COLOUR WHEEL

14. TASK 6: ARTIST USING: REVERSE PAINTING
PROCESS:
PAINT WHOLE BACKGROUND WITH COLOURS, CREATE STENCILS FOR
OBJECTS AND USE STENCILS TO BLOCK OUT SHAPES, THEN ADD PLAIN
TOP LAYER, FINALLY ADD MORE DETAIL IN OBJECTS.• Bruce Earles • Cressida Campbell

15. KATHERINE HATTAM: ARTIST WHO USES COLLAGE AND PAINT IN HER
WORK: WATCH VIDEO:HTTPS://WWW.BAYSIDE.VIC.GOV.AU/BAYSIDE-
GALLERY-PAST-EXHIBITIONS-2019
• What subject matter do you see
in this painting?
• What materials has she used to
create this artwork?
• How can you describe the
composition?