Brief Description Objectives Materials and Resources Activity Description Internet Resources

• Grade Level: Middle School, High School

• Subject Area: Art

Brief Description

    Students draw on the knowledge of Asian and Impressionist landscapes they have gained during the previous two lessons.
Objectives

    Students will:

• Reflect on the similarities and differences found in the two genres of landscape painting they have been viewing.

Materials and Resources

    In developing our lessons and activities, we made some assumptions about the hardware and software that would be available in the classroom for teachers who visit the LETSNet Website. We assume that teachers using our Internet-based lessons or activities have a computer (PC or Macintosh) with the necessary hardware components (mouse, keyboard, and monitor) as well as software (operating system, TCP/IP software, networking or dial-up software, e-mail and a World Wide Web client program, preferably Netscape, but perhaps Mosaic or Lynx). In the section below, we specify any "special" hardware or software requirements for a lesson or activity (in addition to those described above) and the level of Internet access required to do the activity.

1. Special hardware requirements: None.
2. Special software requirements: None.
3. Internet access: High-speed (greater than 1 MBPS via network).

Activity Description

• Have students recap the basic stylistic elements that characterize each genre of painting. Illustrate elements using both works that students have completed and reviewing on-line paintings at the two museum locations. Use the original questions to guide the comparisons of Asian and Impressionist landscapes:
  • What is the natural subject matter the painter chose to depict?
  • How realistic is the painting-- does it look just like something you have seen in nature?
  • How has the artist used color in the picture? What sort of feeling or experience does this use of color evoke?
  • Is the pigment the artist used opaque or transparent? What sort of techniques do you think might have been used to achieve this effect?
  • How has the artist used line in the picture? What sort of feeling or experience does this use of line evoke?
  • How is the illusion of space created in the piece?
  • What three words would you use to describe this painting?

• Ask students to draw on the biographical material they read about various artists as part of the comparative process.

Internet Resources

• The Art of China
  [http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/art.html]
  This site has resources on a variety of Chinese art forms, including paintings, pottery, and calligraphy.

• Works by Ando Hiroshige at the Web Museum
  [http://peace.wit.com/wm/paint/auth/hiroshige/]
  This site includes both pictures by Hiroshige, a Japanese artist who worked during the early to mid-1800s, and a brief biography and discussion of his work.

• Works by Katsushika Hokusai at the Web Museum
  [http://peace.wit.com/wm/paint/auth/hokusai/]
  This site provides both pictures by Hokusai, a Japanese artist who worked during the mid-1800s, and a brief biography and discussion of his work.

• Works by Claude Monet at the Web Museum
  [http://peace.wit.com/wm/paint/auth/monet/]
  This site provides a brief biography and discussion of Monet's works in addition to samples of his work throughout his career.

• Works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir at the Web Museum
  [http://peace.wit.com/wm/paint/auth/renoir/]
  This site provides a brief biography and discussion of Renoir's works in addition to samples of his work throughout his career.