Poetic Art Masterpieces

Creative Writing And The Visual Arts

Created By Tom Palumbo

For The Catapult Learning Series (PATC)

Poetic Art Masterpieces

If as they say, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” then surely we can find a few words of our own to say about these art masterpieces. Our poetic format is A, B, A, B. Try coming up with a descriptive format of your own to share

your art thoughts with your peers.

Poetic Art Masterpieces

Three ways you could comment about each picture might include: a little vignette about the artist, the

period of time when it was painted, or the happenings in the painting itself. If you ever had taken a class of children to an art museum, you

would know they always want to know what is the story in the painting.

The Drawing Hands

By M.C. Escher

This truly is The Amazing Race,

How will we know they’re done?

When we wager on a winner,

How will we know who won,

The contest.

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Digger

By Simon Hart

I like my art simple,

As this painting surely shows.

My fascination has always been,

A steam shovel that goes and goes.

Simone In A Blue BonnetBy Mary Cassett

Try writing a four line descriptive poem about

three of the pictures that in the proceeding slides

do not have any descriptions. Add one of your own favorites with poem to our collection.

Person At The Window By Salvidore Dali

Flood’s The Titanic

Healey’s Lincoln

The fate of a nation rested on his shoulders,

Was this a happier and earlier pose.

It shows the thoughts of a private man,

Family tragedy, great decisions…the legend grows.

Mondrian’s Composition With

Color Areas

The Mona Lisa

By Leonardo Da Vinci

Sophisticates know her as the Giocondo.

We ponder her message, eyes, and smile.

Another thing that concerns us

Is the mystery of her missing eyebrow!!!

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Egyptian Queen Ankhnes-meyre II and her son Pepy

II 2000 B.C.By Unknown

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A Self Portrait

By Vincent Van Gogh

If you read his story,

You will find a very tormented life.

Did he cut his ear off,

For a friend, a lover, or a wife?

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Self Portrait Pierrot and Harlequin By Pablo

Picasso

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Girl With A Pearl Earring

By Jan Vermeer

Did you ever wonder about the story in the picture,

And how it would be told.

Was Vermeer’s model’s life a simple one,

Or were her adventures bold?

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The Game Of Knucklebones By Jean Chardin

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Still LifeBy Frank W. Benson

Still Life just sits there, So how can I comment about fruit, flowers,

and pearls.I need action,

Bring on the Swashbucklers, Pirates, and Earls.

Boating

By Edouard Manet

Calm waters.

A clear day.

A beautiful friend.

Sailing.

The Boating Party By Mary Cassatt

Breezing Up By Winslow Homer

The Lighthouse At Two Lights

By Edward Hopper

Gardens At Giverny, France

By Claude Monet

Monet’s gardens gave him inspiration,

He captured glimpses of what others did not see.

It is strange I like his less busy art,

Like this lone standing Antibes tree.

George Washington

By Gilbert Stuart

Regal words are needed to describe this great man,

First in the hearts of all that can…

Enjoy their freedom.

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My Ranch By Frederic Remington

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Asian Art 300 A.D. Seated Buddha TorsoBy Andhra Pradesh

The Single Sculls Champion

By Thomas Eakins

Rowers on Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River,

Led by the champion Max Schmitt.

Eakins early operation drawings,

Had ‘Gross Anatomy’ critics in a snit.

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A Bronze Sculpture of Pierre de Wiessant

By Auguste Rodin

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A Girl With A Watercan By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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16th Century Africa Ivory Double Gong (Egogo)

By Edo Artist

A Sunday On La Grand Jatte

By George Seurat

It doesn’t look like any Sunday that I would know.

The costumes are surely from a long, long time ago.

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Evening TonesBy Oscar Bluemner

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Books Bolted To A Table

By H.C. Westermann

Fragonard’s

A Young Girl Reading