the plane activities
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Theo van Doesburg.Simultaneous Counter Composition.
1929-30. Oil on canvas, 50.1 x 49.8 cm. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection.
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1. Define what plane means.
2. Which of the following images are geometric planes? Which are organic? Write down theanswer below each figure.
SquareTriangle
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Circle
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Rectangle
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3. Match each definition and corresponding rule in English with their translation in Spanish.
4. Match each rule with the corresponding image and title.
The rule of ____________ dictates that the mostimportant elements should be in the centre and the leastimportant ones should go evenly to the left or right of the
composition.
The rule of ____________ tell us that, in order to balancea composition, the bigger an element is, the closer it
should be to the centre of an artwork.
La ______________________ nos dice que, paraequilibrar una composicin, cuanto ms grande seaun elemento, ms cerca debe estar del centro de la
obra.
La ____________________ dicta que los elementos ms
importantes deberan estar en el centro del soporte y elmenos importante se situara uniformemente a la izquierda
o la derecha de la composicin.
The rule of compensation
regla del equilibrio
regla de la compensacin
balance
compensation
"Big Family" by Zhang Xiaogang (1993)
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
The rule of balance
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5. Is ittrue or false? Write the answer in the violet rectangle following the example below.
The plane is an element of visual
language that we use to drawshapes.
True A planes colour helps us identify theobjects and forms we create.
Size cant make a plane more
important or less important.
We can define the plane as the area
of a surface within a closed line.
A plane becomes an element when weuse it tobuild an image.
Some works of art use only planes.
There are two types of planes:
geometric planes and organic
planes.
We cant separate areas of light and
darkness by placing lighter planesnext to darker ones.
Planes are defined by the shape of
the closed line.
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6. What do you think all these works have in common? Explain why.
Victor Vasarely
Alexander Calder
Piet
Mondrian
Sol
Lewitt
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Kasimir Malevich,
Suprematist
Painting: Aeroplane
Flying (1915)
Henri Matisse
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Joan Mir
Vasili Kandinsky
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Robert Delaunay
Jean Dubuffet
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7- Debate with your classmate sitting next to you the three main reasons why you like or dislikethe Agustn Ibarrolas artworks shown below. Write down your three main arguments at the end ofthe sheet.
Agustn Ibarrola, Cubos de la Memoria, Llanes, Asturias.
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1.Firstargument:
2.Secondargument:
3.Thirdargument:
Agustn Ibarrola,Bosque de Oma, Vizcaya.
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8. Try making your own composition using planes.