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Meaghan Roberts, 2013 ACU Student.

LESSON ONE: Introduction to Sculpture, Henry Moore

Year Level: Level 5/6.

AusVELS: Domain: The Arts

Dimension: Exploring and Responding

Standards: At Level 6, students discuss traditional and contemporary arts works using

appropriate arts language to describe the content, structure and expressive qualities

of their own and other peoples works from a range of arts disciplines and forms.

They interpret and compare key features of arts works made in a range of times,

places and cultures. They identify and describe influences on their own works and

discuss the purposes for which arts works are created in different historical and

cultural contexts.

Learning Focus: The students will use appropriate art language (elements and principles) when

describing the work of other artists, during their exploration of sculpture as an art

form.

INTRODUCTION:

Show youtube.com video Types of Sculpture: What is traditional sculpture

(http://youtu.be/1dN8o_QUf64) as tuning in activity. Focus on phrase: anything in 3 dimensions

Ask students about sculptures they know, have seen before.

LESSON CONTENT:

Introduce Elements of Art and Principles of art, as vocabulary building exercise, go through each

element/principle, encouraging students to offer descriptive examples of things they can see in the

classroom.

Figure 1: Elements of Art

Figure 2: Principles of Design

Using the Elements and Principles as a guide, as a class go through the worksheet Feldmans Model

of Art Criticism, using Georges Jouve, SculptureAbstraite (1954).

Figure 3: George JouveAbstraite (1954)

On their own, each child will now complete the Feldmans Model of Art Criticism on the Henry

Moore Sculpture: Mother and Child, 1932.

Figure 4: Henry Moore, Mother and Child (1932)

ASSESSMENT:

After pasting the Feldman worksheet into their art journals, it becomes an assessment piece.

- Completing each section and including a sketch- Correct Language in describing elements and principles

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Lesson Resources:

Interactive Whiteboard / projector from computer students will need their art journals / writing books coloured pencils / textas Feldmans model of Art Criticism PDF adapted from

http://www2.gvsu.edu/hipshean/resources/Feldman's%20Model%20Crit.pdf

Types of Sculpture: What is traditional sculpture?http://youtu.be/1dN8o_QUf64 Elements of Art Figure 1:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-

lAGfgZUHznc/UFtyXJ3Ry_I/AAAAAAAAA-c/mTfr78ur9Hg/s1600/IMG_1586.JPG

Principles of Design Figure 2:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Glo5GzWowc/UFtyXaFqrWI/AAAAAAAAA-g/O9C5jsBiqo0/s1600/IMG_1587.JPG

Georges Jouve (1954) SculptureAbstraite Figure 3:http://www.artfinding.com/images/lot/_94/galerie_jacques_lacoste_artfinding_sculpture_a

bstraite_12122311962637.jpg Henry Moore (1932) Mother and child Figure 4:

http://www.theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/images/stories/ART/mark_hudson/Henry_

Moore_MC2.jpg

REFERENCES

ArtFinding. (2006). Sculpture abstraite / Georges Jouve (1910-1964).Retrieved from artfinding.com:

http://images.artfinding.com/Artwork/Abstract-representations/Georges-Jouve-1910-

1964/Sculpture-abstraite/3253.html

eHow. (2009, May 17). Types of Sculpture: What is Traditional Sculpture?Retrieved from YouTube:

http://youtu.be/1dN8o_QUf64

Grand Valley State University. (n.d.). Resources: Feldman's Model of Art Criticism.Retrieved from

Grand Valley State University:

http://www2.gvsu.edu/hipshean/resources/Feldman's%20Model%20Crit.pdf

Hudson, M. (2010, March 3). Henry Moore: Mother and Child.Retrieved from The Arts Desk:

http://www.theartsdesk.com/sites/default/files/images/stories/ART/mark_hudson/Henry_

Moore_MC2.jpg

Mrs Schmidt's Art Class. (n.d.). Mrs Schmidt's Art Class.Retrieved from Elements and Principles:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lAGfgZUHznc/UFtyXJ3Ry_I/AAAAAAAAA-

c/mTfr78ur9Hg/s1600/IMG_1586.JPG

Mrs Schmidt's Art Class. (n.d.). Mrs Schmidt's Art Class. Retrieved from Elements and Principles:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Glo5GzWowc/UFtyXaFqrWI/AAAAAAAAA-

g/O9C5jsBiqo0/s1600/IMG_1587.JPG

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