7 th grade art project. How long do you think sidewalk art has been around?
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7th grade art project
How long do you think sidewalk art has been around?
Sidewalk Art dates back to the Renaissance
It was done to bring the great masterpieces to the common people
The Madonnari were the artists who created the works.
They often did works of the Madonna (Our Lady) or Virgin Mary
How did the Madonnari help people to see art?
The art is temporary
It wears away or is washed away by rain
Why put so much into something that is going to be worn away?
They realize the work will go back to being a sidewalk
Many festivals take place over several days
Festivals today are held in many countries including ours
Works can take hours to create
There are many layers of chalk
The final layers are usually bright pastel which yields brilliant colors
What is your reaction to the next slide?
Photographing the work preserves it long after the festival is over and the work has been walked on
How does photography help the process?
Why would gridding be a good way to work?
Photographing the work in process also provides a record of its creation
The artist usually has a reference which is gridded
Once gridded, they start with a drawing
Then they will fill in with cheaper pastels to fill in the “tooth” of the sidewalk.
Then they will layer on fine pastel colors
They blend with fingers, scrubbies or brushes
Rembrandt brand are the finest pastels.
Chalk artist Julian Beever creates a 3d drawing of a box of them
So what is the process to create a work of art?
This is multi artist recreation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo created under the direction of Melanie Stimmel
http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/SafeVideos/Video.aspx?id=Phjz7uYcZ9w
Do you think the dome is real?
Why or Why not?
Anamorphic Perspective was a technique first used by Renaissance artists to create the illusion of 3-d space on a flat ceiling.
The dome is painted, not real.
Artists like Kurt Wenner and Julian Beever create amazing Anamorphic Sidewalk Drawings
Often anamorphic drawings involve people or creates falling in or emerging from the ground
Why would these illusions contain someone falling in or climbing out?
What would be effective about such an image?
Julian Beever suspends himself over his work balanced on a chair.
An anamorphic drawing requires a working of knowledge of math
They must be viewed at the correct angle or they appear out of proportion
Beever sets up a camera that is at the right angle for the work to be viewed and checks it constantly as he works
http://evl.vcsd.k12.ny.us/safevideos/Video.aspx?id=hfn8Dz_13Ms
Another amazing anamorphic artist is Kurt Wenner.
Students spend an entire day creating artworks to a theme that they vote on.
The works last a few weeks.
We use hairspray between layers to seal them.
Water Street Market Parking Lot, New Paltz
Work in Groups Recreate a work of art Drawing on paper
Avoid Rain Install outside in courtyard
Let it wear away Bringing the Art Museum to VCMS