Henri Matisse Collage

Using line, shapes and color (elements of art)

Elements of art

Lines, shape, form, color, space, texture,and value

They are the building blocks for creating art You can use them by themselves or combine

more then one together. Its all up to you!

Why the elements of art are so important

No elements, no art, end of story. Secondly, knowing what the elements of art

are enables us to (1) describe what an artist has done, (2) analyze what is going on in a particular piece and (3) communicate our thoughts and findings using a common language.

Lets find elements of art being used

Take a art example off of your desk Work in groups for five minutes and find as

many elements of art as you can.

Guess what it is about

This will take about ten minutes. Work in your group (1) describe what an artist has done. What did they

create. (2) analyze what is going on in the particular piece

found on your desk (3) communicate what you think that the art was

about. Why they did it?

Lets discuss to the class what each piece is and how the elements of art help tell their story

What is abstract art

Abstract art is visual rather than having literary meaning

Abstract art includes-Romanticism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Expressionism

Artists come out of these periods and develop other types of art

Out of abstract art comes cubism, which is then developed into Fauvism

What was the Fauvist movement?

Dominated by two artists, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso

abandoned three-dimensional effects in favor of dramatically simplified areas of pure color, flat shapes, and strong pattern.

Believed color to be expressive on its own

Who is Henri Matisse

b. Dec. 31, 1869 --d. Nov. 3, 1954 artist often regarded as the most important French

painter of the 20th century. The leader of the Fauvist movement around 1900, pursued the expressiveness of colour throughout his

career. His subjects were largely domestic or figurative Used shapes without drawing

What kind of art did Matisse make?

Painting to collage His collages were often called sculpting with

scissors because he did not draw out his figures.

Create paper cuts because he was too weak to move around in his old age

Examples of Matisse

Student made examples