still life through history

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

2. INQUIRY: THE
PORTRAYAL OF
EVERYDAY OBJECTS IN
FINE ART TELLS US A LOT
ABOUT THE TIME AND
CULTURES IN WHICH WE
LIVE.
WHAT DO THESE PAINTINGS
TELL YOU?
Tom Wesselman Rene Magritte
Pieter Claesz

3. THESE MURALS (WALL PAINTINGS) COME FROM ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS (EGYPT AND ITALY)
WHAT DO THEY TELL US ABOUT LIFE AND CULTURE BACK THEN?
• Pompei (Italy) still life with eggs,
thrushes and game in house 79 BC
• Egyptian still life in tombe, 1460 BC

4. STILL LIFE PAINTINGS MADE IN 17TH CENTURY (1600-1700)
DID THESE ARTISTS USE THEIR IMAGINATION TO CREATE A STILL LIFE?
Pieter Claesz Rachel Ruys

5. IN 1840 THE PHOTO
CAMERA WAS INVENTED
HOW DID THIS CHANGE
THE WAY ARTISTS
LOOKED AT THE WORLD?

6. IN THE 19OO’S ARTISTS SHOW THEIR IMAGINATION, INSTEAD OF A COPYING WHAT
THEY SAW.
HOW ARE THESE STILL LIFES DIFFERENT FROM THE 17TH CENTURY?
WHAT MATERIALS DID THE ARTIST USE TO MAKE A PAINTING?
WHICH ELEMENTS OF ART ARE EXAGGERATED IN THE PAINTINGS?
(LINE, SHAPE, FORM, COLOUR, SPACE AND TEXTURE)
• Matisse 1913, 1953 • Picasso 1945

7. MATERIALS AND
TECHNIQUES:
WHAT TECHNIQUE HAS
BEEN USED TO CREATE
THESE 21ST CENTURY
STILL- LIFE PAINTINGS?
WHAT MATERIALS HAVE
BEEN USED?
Katherine Hattam