ART APPRECIATIONHow many famous works of art can you think of?

Let’s look at different examples and try to create our own…

When you are working on this project, you will:• Look at examples of art by artists throughout history,• Create your own versions of different art work,• Make a brand new piece of art using ideas from the examples. Will

you make a portrait picture, a landscape painting, a still-life image or something more abstract?

This pack includes:• Pictures of different works of art and information about them,• Grids that you can use to make your own versions of famous

works of art,• Printable picture frames to use for your own art work.

If you enjoy this project, why not…?• Visit a gallery online. Here is a virtual tour of the National Gallery

in London.• Find out about a famous artist and write a report about them.

Ducksters has information about many different artists.• Find a place to make a gallery in your home. Can you display your

work and ask people to visit and enjoy your art?

Project 5

Some people believe that the first examples of art are engraved shells that date as far back as

500,000 years ago!

It is thought that the famous artist

Picasso’s first word was lápiz, the Spanish

word for pencil.

People have created different styles of art at different times.

These are called art movements and they include Renaissance, ImpressionismPointillism and Abstract Art.

The Mona Lisa is a portrait painting by the Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci. It is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506.

Impression, Sunrise (1872) by Monet is a landscape painting of Le Havre port. It was painted in 1872 and is an example of the Impressionism art movement.

Tableau I (1921) by Piet Mondrian is a famous example of abstract art.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-86) by Georges Seurat is an example of pointillism. This uses small dots of colour to make a larger picture.

Sunflowers (1888) is a series of still-life paintings by Vincent Van Gogh.

The Scream by expressionist artist Edvard Munch was painted in 1893.

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