Slide 1- Lesson One - An Introduction to FeldmanLesson One - An Introduction to FeldmanUsing Feldman on Your OwnLesson Two - Finding a MessageSlide 6Slide 7Lesson Three - Initial ReactionsLesson Three - Initial ReactionsLesson Four - Using Narrative as Art CriticismLesson Four - Using Narrative as Art CriticismLesson Four - Using Narrative as Art CriticismLesson Five - Decoding Messages in MediaLesson Five - Decoding Messages in MediaLesson Five - Decoding Messages in MediaLesson Five - Decoding Messages in MediaLesson Six - Considering Aesthetic DistanceLesson Six - Considering Aesthetic DistanceLesson Six - Considering Aesthetic DistanceReferencesArt Criticism and Aesthetics Lesson PlansErin SeickelARE 6195 Teaching Art Appreciation and CriticismDecember 2, 2008- Lesson One - An Introduction to FeldmanBlood Connection, Mixed Media, Aviva Beigel- Lesson One - An Introduction to Feldman1. Describe and Name the VISUAL FACTS.2. Analyze the VISUAL FACTS:–Using Form Descriptors: Line, Light, Shape, Color and Temperature, Size and Quantity, Space and Location, Surface and Texture.–Further Observations: Similarity, Closeness, Contrast, Sequence, Direction, Rhythm, Symmetry, Balance, Completeness, and Closure.–The Technical Process: based on the visual facts.3. Interpret the Evidence:–Create a critical hypothesis: •Where is this happening?•Who lives here? What did they do? Why did they do it?•Are the represented events real or potentially real?•Was this place seen remembered or invented?•Where are we in relation to what we see?•What happened before we arrived? What will happen afterward?•If this was real how would our world be different?4. Judge the Work:–Use your interpretation to ground your judgment.Scared Dead, Mixed Media, Aviva BeigelUsing Feldman on Your Own•DESCRIBE•ANALYZE•INTERPRET•JUDGE- Lesson One - An Introduction to Feldman-Lesson Two - Finding a Message•Looking at art that conveys opinion or political message.–What does the artist want to say?–What techniques and strategies does the artist use to communicate that message?–How effective is it?Capital Dunking, Paul MarcusGun Karma, Copper Plate Photogravure, Pieter Myers-Lesson Two - Finding a MessageAnd Every Time He Told a Lie…, Copper Plate Photogravure, Pieter Myers -Lesson Two -Finding a Message-Lesson Three -Initial Reactions•Describe and Analyze•Take five minutes and write down some of your initial reactions to one of these two pieces.•Trade papers so that you have the reaction of one of your peers.Chara Rose, Mixed Media, Anne Ggrich-Lesson Three - Initial Reactions•Compare and contrast your reaction with that of your peer.–If it is different why do you think that is?–What do you think they were responding to?–If it is the same what elements lead to that reaction?Hysophia, Mixed Media, Anne GgrichToast Served with a Smile, Acrylic on canvas, Heather MerckleLesson Four - Using Narrative as Art CriticismRemember when we used to make a fort, Acrylic on canvas, Heather MerckleLesson Four - Using Narrative as Art Criticism-Lesson Four - Using Narrative as Art Criticism•Describe and Analyze•Write a story as if you were the artist telling what happened to make you create this painting.•Include the following:–Some background on yourself as the artist.–What events lead up to the creation of this painting?–How are both of these elements reflected in the work?-Lesson Five - Decoding Messages in Media•How can you use the Feldman method to better understand messages in the media?Lesson Five - Decoding Messages in Media-Lesson Five -Decoding Messages in Media•Who does this work think I am?•What is this work trying to sell me?•What does is want me to admire?•Whom does it want me to be?•What does it ask me to do?•What does it want me to think?•How does it want me to feel?-Lesson Five -Decoding Messages in Media•Studio Component:–Create a self-portrait collage that answers some of Feldman’s questions.–Apply the Feldman method to your own work and describe how you used elements of art and principles of design to answer Feldman’s questions.-Lesson Six -Considering Aesthetic DistanceSerenity, Film, Joss WhedonWhat did you see?http://www.hulu.com/watch/26021/serenity-straight-ahead-Lesson Six -Considering Aesthetic DistanceStellar, Film, Stan BrakhageWhat did you see?-Lesson Six -Considering Aesthetic DistanceLOOKING AT LOOKING INTOFinding meaning in visual expression.Perfunctory aesthetic judgment.Looking beyond narrative to the same language used in describing, analyzing, interpreting, and judging other art pieces.Looking only at narrative limits your ability to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge.References•Anderson, T. (1993).Defining and structuring art criticism for education. Studies in Art Education. 34(4), 199-208.•Beigel, Aviva (2005) Blood Connection Mixed Media. Retrieved 1 Nov. 2008 http://www.avivabeigel.com/ •Beigel, Aviva (2005) Scared Dead Mixed Media. Retrieved 1 Nov. 2008. http://www.avivabeigel.com/•Brakhage, Stan (1993) Stellar Film. Retrieved 16 Nov. 2008. http://www.filmlogging.com/log/2008/08/stellar-stan-brakhage-1993/•Braudy, L., & Cohen, M. (Eds.). (2004). Film theory and criticism. New York City, NY: Oxford University Press.•Duncum, P. (2008). Holding aesthetics and ideology in tension. Studies in Art Education. 49(2), p. 122-135•Feldman, E.B. (1994). Practical art criticism. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.•Ggrich, Anne (2005) Chara Rose Mixed Media. Retrieved 16 Nov. 2008. http://www.marciaweberartobjects.com/grgich.html•Ggrich, Anne (2005) Hysophia Mixed Media. Retrieved 16 Nov. 2008. http://www.annegrgich.com/art-02.html •Greenburg, C. (1987). 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