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 Georgia O'Keeffe

  

Floral Monuments in Abstraction

                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia O’Keefe was an artist who devoted her time to developing a unique and creative style that would later inspire a new generation of artists, more specifically, female artists. O’Keeffe used many art devises such as Notan, cropping, color, abstraction, and shape just to name a few to create works of art that expressed her artistic perspective of the world around her; transformation of nature into abstraction. She has become one of the United States most loved and recognized female painters that some would considered her to be the mother of twentieth century modern art.
 
Since her death in 1986, O’Keeffe’s legacy continues to thrive and flourish, what do you account this for? What impact do you think Modern art had on O’Keeffe?
 

 

 
Objectives:
After looking at O’Keeffe’s art work and researching, students will be able to explain
· Why Georgia O’Keeffe is considered to be a master of the Twentieth Century Modern Art movement.
· How the work of O’Keeffe inspired other artists?
· Identify and Describe the creative style that made O’Keeffe popular.
 
Driving Questions:
· What objects inspired O'Keeffe and how did she arrange them in her paintings?
· How has the artistic style of O'Keeffe influenced other artists?
· What is Notan? Explain how O’Keeffe used this technique in her art work. Site two examples.
· Who was Arthur Wesley Dow? What did O'Keeffe learn from him?
 
Task :
As ambassadors of Ms. Gutierrez’s visual art class you have been given the task to create a media presentation. (imovie, Windows Movie Maker, or a Power Point presentation) The students of this class will be challenged with presenting vital and accurate information about Georgia O’Keeffe’s life, art work and impact in the art arena. In addition, students presentations will be viewable from the teachers web site to educate the global internet population at large as well as family and peers about Georgia O’Keeffe.
 
Criteria:
The media presentation should be a minimum of 7 slides
1. A cover page or slide with a graphic image and the name of the artist.
2. Include one page or slide of biographical information.
3. Three quotes by Georgia O’Keeffe placed anywhere within the presentation.
4. At least four images of her work. Reference the images by hyperlinking them to their web site. Include a credit line for each picture.
5. One slide explaining her artistic style and use of the elements and principles of design in her compositions.
6. One slide about her impact and influence on other artists.
7. You can narrate or add music to your presentation, however, if you add music please be advised that you must follow copyright laws. You can use http://www.freeplaymusic.com. 
8. Reference page or slide hyperlink references

9. Since this is going to be seen by people outside the school make every effort to construct a creative and well written presentation.

 

Refrain from using to much custom animation. This may distract from the beauty of your presentation.

Follow the rules of visual design throughout your presentation.
 

Materials: Computer, media software programs, Internet, Compact Disk

 

Video -  Georgia O’Keeffe 

 

Podcast - Georgia O'Keeffe 

 

Notan defined http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notan

 

 
 

 

Project List

 

Oil Pastel Drawing  ( see pastel activity)

 

 

Georgia O’Keeffe was inspired by flowers and bones she found on her many walks in the mountains near her home in New Mexico. She created monumental paintings of them to create abstractions of art. In this assignment you are asked to explore her techniques and create your own monumental abstraction.

 

 

 

 

Treasure Hunt

 

Search the Internet for clues on Georgia O’Keeffe’s life. Explore and report back to your peers what valuable information you discovered in your quest to learn more about O’Keeffe. Use the handout given in class to guide you.

 Treasure hunt questions 

  1. What is the name of the ranch where Georgia O'Keeffe lived?
  2. What is the name of the town where O'Keeffe lived during her years in New Mexico?
  3. Where was O'Keeffe born?
  4. How old was O'Keeffe when she died?
  5. What art teacher inspired her the most?
  6. What was the name of her husband and what was his profession?
  7. How did they meet?
  8. Define abstraction and expalin how the work of Georgia O'Keeffe is related to this term. 
  9. After looking at some of the art works by O'Keeffe, how would you describe her use of color,value, and shape.
  10. What would you say is most characteristic about her art work?

  (hint: most of the information can be found by clicking on the hyperlinks)

 

 Media Presentation

 

 

Using the information from your treasure hunt, work with your group to come up with a media project. Your media presentation should include the following:

  • information about her life
  • describe Georgia O'Keeffe's artistic style
  • explain her impact on American Modern Art
  • discuss one of her art works
  • a minimum of three of her quotes
  • 1 image of Georgia O'Keeffe
  • 3 of her artworks
  • 1 photograph of the New Mexico landscape that inspired many of her paintings

Please remember to site your resources and ask for permission to use the images.

Document the web sites you visit by coping the URL addresses

  

 

 

 

  

 

"Q: Has your use of isolated, blown-up details been influenced by photography?
O'Keeffe: I'll tell you how I happened to make the blown-up flowers. In the twenties, huge buildings sometimes seemed to be going up overnight in New York. At that time I saw a painting by Fantin-Latour, a still-life with flowers I found very beautiful, but I realized that were I to paint the same flowers so small, no one would look at them because I was unknown. So I thought I'll make them big like the huge buildings going up. People will be startled; they'll have to look at them -- and they did." *Kuh

 

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