Lesson #1: Understanding how "found objects" found a place in art
9x12 drawing paper, pencils, erasers, four strips of paper for each student to be used as a viewfinder
Teachers are encouraged to contact Materials for the Arts - www.mfta.org - for free collage materials for classroom use.
- Reproductions of collages by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Juan Gris that contain found materials (such as PIcasso's Still Life with Violin and Fruit; Still-Life with Violin and Sheet Music; Guitar, Sheet Music and Wine Glass; Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar; Braque's Still Life with Purple Plums; Still Life with Grapes and Clarinet; Gris' Breakfast)
- Eugene Atget photographs of early 20th century Paris (such as Boulevard Sant-Denis, 1926; Boulevard De Bonne-Nouvelle, 1926; Rue des Ursins, 1923) showing automobiles, electric lights, posters and other indicators of new technologies
Students will use pencils and erasers to make a sketch of one section of the master collage.
- What interesting details did you notice when you were sketching?
- What kinds of mass produced papers and found materials might we include in collages that reflect our lives in 21st century New York City?
Start collecting papers and small found objects that reflect your life in 21st century NYC: newspapers, magazines, bar codes, labels, computer chips, unusual papers, plastic, etc.
STRANDS ADDRESSED:
Art Making: copying a sketch of a master collage
Literacy: looking at and discussing art; developing visual arts vocabulary; interpreting and analyzing
Making Connections: Observing and interpreting the world; recognizing the historical and societal
significance of collage
Careers and Life-Long Learning - awareness of careers in visual arts