Actions speak louder than words.

3rd Grade
Core Knowledge Visual
Art Component

Light, Space in Artworks,

Design: How the Elements of Art work Together,
American Indian Art,
Art of Ancient Rome and Byzantine Civilization
 Visual Art as a
Core Knowledge Subject

n Light
n Space in
Artworks
n Design: How
the Elements of
Art Work
Together
n American
Indian Art
n Art of
Ancient
n Parents and teachers can build on the treatment
offered here (in the core curriculum) by
n exposing children to additional art books and
pictures
n taking them to art museums
n showing them buildings with interesting
architectural features.

n Although books are delightful and informative,

there is no substitute for the experience of
seeing works of art in person.

-E.D. Hirsh Jr. from What a Fifth Grader Needs to Know

 Media Cast
n New videos that will help 3rd Grade this
year include but are not limited to:

n Henri Matisse Patterns and Paper

School Wide Art Show 2008-2009

n The winners of the individual school art shows will be framed

and displayed downtown at the Center for the Arts May 2.
 Think Outside the Box

Stay in the Circle

n Sit Up
n Lean Forward
n Activate Your Mind
n Nod Your Head
n Track your Teacher.
Safety First
“Always come to school
in clothes you are ready to learn in.”

- Mrs. Cliburn 2nd Grade Teacher

The law of the echo.
“Children should experience art not only as a spectators
but also as creators.

They should have frequent opportunities to draw,

paint, cut, paste, mold with clay and take
photographs.

They can imitate styles and artists they encountered

and eventually, develop a style of their own.”

- E.D. Hirsh Jr. from What a Fifth Grader Needs to Know

 Portfolio
n Fold in half
n Write your name, grade level
& school
n in big block letters with the
big markers
n Fill the Space – Be Creative
My Portfolio
My 3 rd Grade
Student Portfolio
Quarter 1
Light and Shadow
 Caught in the Light
n Think about waking up on a bright
sunny day.

n As the sunlight pours through the

windows of your room, it makes
n Every detail stand out
n Every color seem brighter
n You feel bright and alive inside
n You feel ready to face the day

n Now think about waking up a dark

and cloudy morning.

n Your room looks

n Gray
n Blurred
n You wish you could pull the covers
over your head and go back to bed
 Caught in the Light
n Light can affect the way you feel.

n Light can
n Lift your spirits
n Make you feel happy

n With-out light, you can

n Feel sad
n Dreary

n The way that artists use light in

their paintings can affect your
emotions.
 Jan Vermeer
n This painting is called “The Milkmaid”
by the Dutch artist Jan Vermeer.

n Vermeer has made this milkmaid’s

kitchen
n Feel warm
n Bright
n Pleasant to be in

n Sunlight
n Pours through the window
n Brightens the woman
n Brightens all the objects in the room
n Makes the metal lantern shine
n Highlights the rim of the pitcher
“The Milkmaid” – Jan Vermeer
 The Milkmaid
n There is no real sunlight in this
painting.

n Vermeer has made you think that

there is
n By carefully studying how different
surfaces reflect light
n By painting what you would expect to
see in a sunny room

n The light seems to reflect off shiny

objects like
n The white wall
n The wood of the foot warmer
n The floor
 The Milkmaid

n He also made sure that some things in the painting were

quite dark.
n The sharp contrast between dark and light makes the
bright things look even brighter.
 The Milkmaid
n Look at the way Vermeer has
used color.

n He knew that the colors we

see depend on how much light
is falling on them.

n Vermeer makes us think that

sunlight is coming in through
the window by making
n The white of the milkmaid’s hat
n The yellow of her dress
n The blush of her apron brightest
on the side closest to the
window.
 The Milkmaid

n Because the light does not

reach them, the darker
areas are
n The back of her skirt
n The bottom of her apron

n Compare the bright wall

behind the milkmaid to
the dark wall under the
window.
 James Capin
n Now let’s look at the way another
artist uses light.

n This painting is called “Ruby Green

Singing” by the American artist
James Capin.

n This painting is the full of light.

n Unlike Vermeer, Chapin decided not

to show the source of the light.

n In “Ruby Green Singing”, where do

you think the light is coming from?

n Is it sunlight?
n“Ruby Green Singing” - James Chapin
 Ruby Green Singing

n How are the dark and light colors in this painting different from the dark and
light colors in “The Milkmaid”?

n Like the milkmaid in Vermeer’s painting

n Ruby Green is the only person in this painting.
n Her upturned face is framed by her dark hair like the white hat frames the
milkmaid’s face.
n The shadows are beneath her chin.
 Ruby Green Singing

n Look at the flashes of

light in Ruby Green’s
eyes and on her
teeth.

n What does the title

tells us about Ruby
Green?

n What kind of songs

do you think she is
singing?

n Why?
 Out of the Shadows
n Have you ever been
surprised by a flash of
lightning in a dark,
stormy sky?

n The man standing in the

center of the next
painting looks as though
the same thing has just
happened to him!

n “Belshazzar’s Feast” was

painted by the Dutch
artist Rembrandt van
Rijn.
“Belshazzar’s Feast” - Rembrandt
 Out of the Shadows
n The painting tells a story from the Bible.

n While King Belshazzar was giving a great

feast a hand

n Suddenly appeared
n Wrote a message on the wall
n Predicting that the king would be
overthrown

n Belshazzar

n Could not read the message

n Was astonished by that hand

n This painting makes you see how he was

surprised.
n Rembrandt was a master
at showing sharp
differences between light
and shadows. Rembrandt van Rijn
n You can clearly see

n The profile of King

Belshazzar
n All the details of
Belshazzar’s robe

n You have to strain to see

n The spaces in the dark

shadows
n The clothes on the
bearded man behind
Belshazzar

n Rembrandt has used the

contrast between dark and
light to make the scene
look more exciting.
 Reflections of Light
n Rembrandt applied dabs of
white paint to indicate
reflections from the light.

n There are glints of light on

n The metal surfaces
n The silky fabrics
n The sparkling jewels

n Can you find other highlighted

items in the painting?
n Pearls
n The crown
n The plate of grapes
 Facial Expressions

n Rembrandt
experimented with
light to see how it
affected people’s facial
expressions.

“Man with Helmet” - Rembrandt

 Facial Expressions
n Stand in front of a mirror in a
well-lit room.

n Try moving your

n Eyes
n Eyebrows
n Mouth

n Show several different expressions

n Fear
n Anger
n Surprise.

n Now darken the room, then shine

a flashlight on your face n Do your expressions look
different?
n From the side
n Above
n Below.
 “Practice what you know,
it will help make clear what
now you do not know.”
– Rembrandt van Rijn
Quarter 2
Native American Art
 Over and Under
with Wool and Thread
n Here is an image of a beautiful
rug that was woven by hand
by Navajo people.

n It is called as Ganado rug,

named for a place in Arizona.

n Ganado rugs have

n A red background
n A dark border around a design of
diamonds in
n Black
n White
n Gray
Over and Under with Wool and
Thread
n We don’t know many of the names of the women
who have woven these rugs.

n She probably
n Raised sheep
n Sheared the sheep
n Washed the wool
n Combed the wool
n Spun it into thread
n Gathered plants to make dyes
n Dyed the threads she used for weaving
 The Loom & The Weaver

n A rug like this is woven on a loom.

n A loom is a large wooden frame that holds lots of
threads strung up and down in the same direction.
 The Loom & The Weaver
n The weaver
n Laces more threads in and out
of the threads on the loom
n Pulls the threads tight to make
a piece of cloth
n Makes sure that the threads
stay tight by pressing them
down and with a wide-toothed
comb
n Thinks about the design that
she is making
n Chooses the color of her next
thread with that design in
mind

n Just like a painting, this work

of art has strong lines and
colors that are important in its
design.
 Symmetrical Design
n You can divide this rug in half two
ways:

n Down
n Across

n The pattern is symmetrical either way.

n The weaver had to match the pattern

n From side to side

n From top to bottom

n She kept track of everything in her

head – there were no written
instruction for her to follow.
 Woven Materials
are Everywhere
n Have you ever woven anything?
n Maybe you have made a paper place
mat by weaving strips of colored
paper.
n Maybe you have made a pot holder
by waving colored loops on a frame.

n Many pieces of cloth are made by

weaving.

n If you look very hard at the

clothes you are wearing, you
might be able to see the threads
that were woven together to
make them.
 A Painting Made Without
Brushes or Paint
n Have you ever played with sand on
the beach?
n Poking your finger in it to draw
n Letting handfuls of sand of it dribble
onto a flat surface

n Can you imagine creating a beautiful

work of art on the ground, using
handfuls of sand?

n This artist took sand and let it flow

between his thumb and forefinger to
make a sand painting.

n Every line and shape has been made

with sand.
 A Painting Made Without
Brushes or Paint
n Sand painting artists
n Make colors by mixing
ground-up stones with sand
n Add flower petals
n Add charcoal
n Add flower pollen

n Some Navajo sand

paintings are as small.

n Some are large, up to

twenty feet across.
A Painting Made Without
Brushes or Paint
n What you see here is only part of a much
larger sand painting.

n Sand paintings are more than just

beautiful pictures of the Native
Americans who make them.

n The paintings use symbols of

n Nature
n The gods

n They often recall ancient stories.

n They are created as part of special

ceremonies, and often they are created
one day and destroyed the next.
 A Painting Made Without
Brushes or Paint

n See if you can find some of the special Navajo symbols in this sand
painting:
n Cactus
n Feathers
n Rainbows
n Female holy people [have square or rectangle heads]
n Male holy people [have round heads]
 Kachinas
n Many Pueblo Indians believed
n In spirits called kachinas
n That different kachinas had different
powers to help the people

n Pueblo children
n Were given kachina
dolls
n Learned about the
ceremonies and their
meaning through the
dolls
 Masks
n During important
ceremonies
n Men dressed up as
kachinas.
n People danced.
n People hoped that
the ceremonies would
bring them good luck
and goop crops.
 Design:
How the Elements of Art Work Together
 Using Line to Design
n When you decide to draw a picture,
what do you do?
n You begin by drawing lines.
n Even a painter designs by using lines.

n Look at how the artist uses lines in the

next painting, called “The Bath”,
painted by the American artist Mary
Cassatt about a hundred years ago.

n In “The Bath”,
n A women is washing a child.
n There is a sense the tenderness of
mother and child.
n How does Cassatt show this?
n The way the mother cradles her child
on her lap
n At how closely their heads are drawn
together
“The Bath” - Mary Cassatt
 Using Line to Design
n Cassatt uses lines
n To show the connection between
the woman and her child
n To help your eyes traveled in a
circle around the painting
n On the mother’s sleeve and leads
your eyes to the basin
n Follow the curve of the basin
n Then they move back up to see the
body of the child
n Then your eyes look again at the
heads of the two figures

n This is part of the artist’s design

in this painting
 Using Line to Design

n Cassatt has used light in

her painting, too.
n One side is darker than
the other on the little
girl’s legs.
n There are glints of light
in the hair of both
mother and child.

n Whenever you notice

lines and light in a
painting, you are
noticing the artist’s
design.
 Early American Quilts
n Now let look at the design of a very
useful object.

n To save time and money, early

Americans made the most out of
what they had.

n To make a warm quilt they

n Saved their worn-out clothing
n Cut the cloth into pieces
n Arranged them in a design
n Sewed them together

n Often all the women in a town would

turn their sewing work into a party,
called a quilting bee.

n Making art meant fun for everyone.

 Double Irish Chain
n The design in this quilt is called
Double Irish Chain.

n This design is made by

n Repeating a shape over and over
n Making a regular pattern

n The shapes inside the lines of purple

and green squares are symmetrical.

n A shape is symmetrical when you

can fold it in half (maybe just in
your imagination) and the halves
match perfectly.

n What about the entire quilt?

n Is its design symmetrical?

 Lines, Shapes, and Colors Move

n The design of this quilt makes

your eyes travel
n

n From square to square

n Along all the straight lines
n Because of the artist’s choice of
colors.

n Purple and green are secondary

colors.

n When complementary colors are

placed side by side, they appear
more vivid.
 Other Quilt Designs

n Look at another quilt.

n We know that the artist

n Cut many copies of the
same shapes out of light
blue fabric
n Stitched them in a
regular pattern on the a
dark blue piece of fabric
 Other Quilt Designs
n How many different shapes do
you see?
n You probably counted the dark
blue shapes
n There are light blue shapes in
this design, too

n The light blue shapes are the

figures.

n The dark blue shapes are the

ground.

n An artist pays attention to both

the figures and the ground in
creating a design.
 Texture of Quilts
n There is another element
of design that adds
beauty to these quilts:
texture.
n Something you can’t feel
from a picture in a book.
n The quilt artist created a
lovely texture.
n If you could run your
hands over these quilts,
you would feel the stitches.

n Even the stitches form

part of the design.
 A Quilt That Tells a Story
n Faith Ringgold, an African American
artist, makes quilts that tell stories.

n Faith Ringgold wrote and illustrated a

picture book called Tar Beach [Crown
Publishers, 1991], which tells the
story of Cassie Lightfoot.

n It tells the story

n A girl named Cassie Lightfoot lay on
the tar-covered rooftop of her building
(he “tar beach”)
n She imagined herself flying over the
city

n Another story, “”The People Could

Fly,“ also refers to the feeling of being
free.

Faith Ringgold
 A Quilt That Tells a Story
n Faith Ringgold used the same process of
cutting pieces of cloth and stitching them
together.

n She created a frame of fabric squares all

around the quilt.

n There are other frames in the quilt’s

design as well.
n One is formed by the lines and colors that
outline the rooftop.
n Another is formed by the colored fabric
on which Cassie and her brother are lying.

n Ringgold also sewed in ten fabric blocks,

with words that tell Cassie’s story Student quilt project inspired
n Five at the top by Faith Ringgold
n Five at the bottom
n Are stitched in between bright print fabric
squares and rectangles.
 Design
n We been looking at
n Light and shadow
n Bright colors and dark colors
n Shapes and lines
n A sense of space

n All these different elements

work together in every painting.

n The word “design” refers to the

way the artist made the
elements of a piece of art work
together.
 Rosa Bonheur
n This painting is called “The Horse Fair”.

n The artist who painted it spent a year “The Horse Fair”

and a half
n Attending horse sales
n Studying the animals
n Making sketches

n During the entire time, the artist wore a

disguise – because she was a woman.
Her name was Rosa Bonheur.

n In the 1800’s when Bonheur lived, only

men went to the horse market.

n She got permission from the head of

police and dressed as a man, so no one
told her to leave.
Rosa Bonheur
 The Horse Fair

n Look at the way she uses light in “The Horse Fair”.

n Where do you look first?
n Most people look first at
n The light colored horses
n The white shirts of the men near them
n Bonheur has made those horse and men seem to
n Form a ring
n Move in a circle.

n You can almost feel all the motion in the painting.

 The Horse Fair
n Look at all the
diagonal lines, made
by
n The legs of the horses
n The bodies of the men

n Can you see the push

and pull?

n The zigzag lines of

some of the horses’
legs make them
n Alive
n Moving.
 The Horse Fair

“The Horse Fair - Rosa Bonheur”

n “The Horse Fair” is said to be n The painting makes such a

the largest animal painting
ever done
n More than sixteen feet long
and eight feet high
n Large enough to cover a wall
strong impression because
n It is big
n The artist’s design includes so
much movement and energy
 A Very Formal
Room
n An African American artist
named Horace Pippin painted
“Victorian Interior”.

n Horace Pippin
n Taught himself
n Never went to art school
n Had paintings, like the quilts,
belong to a category of art
called folk art
n Folk art is
n The art of everyday life
n Created by people who did not
study art in school
“Victorian Interior” - Horace Pippin
n This painting
n Does not seem to have a lot
of depth
n It looks quite flat
n Has a design that is not
exactly symmetrical
n Does have balance
n Has shapes on one side that
are similar in size to the
shapes on the other
 A Very Formal Room
n Pippin made many design decisions
as he used
n Lines
n Colors

n What makes the rug look so lively

and bright?
n Is it made of complementary
colors?
n Are there more straight or curved
lines in the room?
n How many circles and ovals?
n How many rectangles and
squares?
n How many shapes are painted red?
n Notice how the delicate lines of the
white lace doilies break up the
heavy, solid furniture.
“My heart tells my mind what
to draw.”
– Horace Pippin
n The Quakers Picturing an Idea
n Came to America looking for
religious freedom
n Settled in Pennsylvania
n Hoped to live in peace

n Look at this painting by a

Quaker artist named
Edward Hicks.

n Do you see anything

unusual?
n All those animals together in
one place!
n The little children are with “The Peaceable Kingdom”
the animals. - Edward Hicks
n The people are in the
background.
 Picturing an Idea
n The painting is called “The
Peaceable Kingdom”.

n In this painting, he was trying to

n Express a very important idea
from the Bible
n The artist was probably
remembering these lines from
the Bible:
n “The wolf shall dwell with the
lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid: and the calf
and the young lion and the
fatling [or young, fattened
animal] together; and a little
child shall lead them.”
n These lines describe a perfect
world of peace, which is what
the Quakers hoped their new n How does the painting express
home in America would be. this idea of a peaceable world?
 The Peaceable Kingdom
n This painting is very
three-dimensional.
n Hicks painted two scenes
in one painting.
n The children and the
animals are painted in the
foreground.
n We can see each shape
clearly because of the way
Hicks placed dark shapes
next to light ones.
 The Peaceable Kingdom
n The Native Americans and the
Quakers are painted in the
background
n Much smaller
n To show that they are far way

n None of them are looking out

from the painting.
n They just look at each other.
n They are busy with their meeting.

n What do you think they are saying

to each other?
 The Peaceable Kingdom

n What do you think the foreground scene has to

do with the background scene?

n Are they both about living in peace?

 The Peaceable
Kingdom

n Edward Hicks thought living in peace was so important that

he created more than fifty paintings to convey that idea.
 Can You Feel It?
n What is your first reaction
when you look at this
painting created by the
Norwegian artist Edvard
Munch?

n Most people look

n First at the face of the figure
in the foreground
n Find the wavy lines and the
colors in the background
strange.

n Did you expect a red sky?

 Can You Feel It?
n The artist called this
painting “The Scream”.

n Munch explained
n One day he was walking
with some friends
n Suddenly all of nature
seemed to cry out
n He put his hands to his
ears to close out the
scream
“The Scream” – Edvard Munch
 The Scream
n Look at the pale hands
and skull-like head of the
central figure. How
would you describe his
expression?
n Fear?
n Terror?
n Surprise?

n His body seems unable to

bear the emotion
n Seems wavy
n Like it might collapse
 The Scream

n In the midst of all that is

swirling around, only the
bridge seems
n Straight
n Solid

n We see these contrasts

because of decisions the
artist made in his design.
 The Expressionists

n Munch belonged to a group of artists called the Expressionists.

n Expressionist artists tried to show their innermost feelings in their art.

n Munch had a lot of sadness in his life. Can you see it expressed in his
work?
“Nature is not only all that is
visible to the eye…
it also includes the inner
pictures of the soul.”
– Edvard Munch
Quarter 3
Space
 Filling the Space
n Plane Figures
n Circles
n Triangles
n Squares

n Solid Figures
n Spheres
n Pyramids
n Cubes
 Filling the Space
n An artist begins in two
dimensions:
n Height
n Width

n An artist creates
something that looks like
it has three dimensions:
n Height
n Width
n Depth
 Filling the Space
n A painter starts with a flat
plane
n A wall
n A piece of paper
n A piece of cloth

n A painter paints shapes that

are supposed to look solid.

n How does a painter make

something that looks
n Round?
n Thick?
n Deep?
n Far away?
n Look out a window.
Perspective
n Some of the things you see are
farther away than others.

n Those things appear smaller, and may

be partially blocked from your view
by other things that are closer to you.

n You cannot see the trees behind your

neighbor’s house as clearly as you
can see the tree in your own yard.

n The tree far away

n Are not as clear
n Have their colors are not as bright
n Seems smaller, even though you know
that they are as big as the tree closer
up
 Three Parts to a Picture
n What you are seeing can
be divided into three parts:
n The Foreground
(Those things closest to
you, like your tree)
n The Background
(Those things farthest from
you, like the trees in back of
the house)
n The Middle Ground
(Those things between the
foreground and the
background, like the house)
 Jean-Francois Millet
n Many paintings also have a
foreground, background, and
middle ground.

n This painting is a farm scene

called “The Gleaners”,
painted by the French artist
Jean-Francois Millet.

n The central figures in the

painting are three women “The Gleaners” - Jean-Francois Millet
who are gleaning, or
gathering what is left in a
field after the harvest.
 The Foreground

n Millet makes you focus on the women by painting them

n Larger
n With more brightly colors than anything else in the painting

n While their faces are not visible, you can see the detail of
n Their clothes
n The stalks they hold in their hands
 The Middle Ground

n You see a wagon

n Several large stacks of grain
n Many people

n In these shapes
n There is hardly any detail
n The colors are much more pale
n They seem little more than dabs of paint
 The Background

n The buildings and trees far are even smaller.

n They seem out of focus, so pale they seem to
fade away.
 The Peasant’s Wedding
n This painting is called “Peasant
Wedding”

n This is a view of a room filled

with peasants, poor farm people
like the women in “The
Gleaners”.

n Have you ever heard of a

wedding in a barn?

n When the artist, Pieter Brueghel,

was painting in northern Europe,
peasant families would hold
weddings in barns.
 The Peasant’s Wedding

“Peasant Wedding” – Pieter Brueghel

n Brueghel has kept the picture from looking too crowded by
placing people
n In the foreground
n In the middle ground
n In the background
 The Peasant’s Wedding

n What happens to the size of the faces and bodies of the people as
you look down the table?

n Can you see the people waiting to enter the room? Did Brueghel
paint them with the same amount of detail as the people in the
front?

n Brueghel used the brightest colors in the foreground.

n The colors in the background almost blend with the walls.
n The bride, seated in front of the dark green cloth, has pale skin. The
hat hanging above her hair makes her stand out.

n To what are the guest paying the most attention?

 Drawing with Scissors Project
1. Look at example of some of Matisse’s cut paper
creations.
2. Read the title of the picture and figure out why it has
that name.
3. Cut out your own big, medium sized and small shapes.
Be creative.
4. Imagine what it would be like to not be able to paint
but be able to make large pictures out of cut paper and
glue.
5. Arrange the shapes around your big piece of
construction paper. Make a good design.
6. Glue the big shapes first, medium sized shapes second,
and small shapes third onto your background.
7. Make a title for your creation.
 Drawing with Scissors
n For years, the French artist Henri
Matisse painted bright, colorful
pictures.

n He became too ill to stand at an

easel.

n He started cutting out paper

figures and gluing them onto a
ground.

n He made
n Collages
n Works of art made of pictures
n Papers pasted together in a design
 Icarus
n One of Matisse's’ collages
is called “Icarus”, after a
Greek myth.
n Icarus’s father, Daedalus,
made wings out of wax
and feathers.
n They fastened the wings
and began to soar
n Icarus – against his
father’s warnings – flew
too close to the sun.
n The wax in his wings
melted
n Icarus fell into the sea.
“Icarus” - Matisse
 Icarus

n Which part of this story do you think Matisse’s collage tells?

n The arms and shoulders of the figures are curved like wings.
n He does not seem to be flying.
n It looks as though gravity is pulling his body down.
 Icarus

n His right leg hangs a bit

below the blue background
n What do you think Matisse
meant by this?
n Do you think the blue is
The sky?
The sea?
 Icarus
n Did you notice the bright
yellow shapes?
n They could be
n Feathers
n Stars

n Their sharp straight lines

contrast with the curves of
the figure.
n They seem to be moving
right off the page.
 Icarus

n What about the tiny

red oval?
n Matisse chose to show
Icarus’s heart instead
of his face.
n Why?
“I draw with scissors.”
– Henri Matisse
Story Time
 A Color Wheel
n A color wheel shows
the three primary
colors
n Red
n Yellow
n Blue
 A Color Wheel
n In between the
primary colors are the
secondary colors
n Orange
n Green
n Purple

n Secondary colors are

made by mixing the
primary colors.
 A Color Wheel
n Complimentary
colors are found
opposite one
another on the color
wheel.
n Can you name the
three pairs of
complimentary colors
on this color wheel?
Quarter 4
Ancient Rome and Byzantine
Civilizations
 Speaking of Space

n The floor is divided into rectangles to the doorway.

n In the distant background, you see tiny figures walking
out through enormous gates.
 Speaking of Space
n Panini has used
n Lines
n Shapes
n Color
n Shadow

n All those elements to

make a two-dimensional
painting look like a
three-dimensional scene

n So high that you see

the clouds in the in sky
n So wide that you see
sunlight spreading and
many people inside
n So deep that you see
far, far away through
the gates of the
building.
 Speaking of Space
n This painting is called the “The Interior
of the Pantheon”.

n This painting, created by an Italian

artist named Giovanni Panini, shows
the Pantheon in the eighteenth
century, when Panini was alive.

n Imagine standing in the middle of this

room and looking up.
n You would feel very small.
n Look how small the artist made the
figures in this painting, to convey that
sense of the space.
n The vertical line of the columns lead
your eyes upwards to the huge curved
roof.
n The panels in the dome become
smaller and their lines fade into the
shadows, the closer they are to the
top. “The Interior of the Pantheon”
- Giovanni Panini
 The Pantheon

n Is a real building in Rome

n Was built by a Roman emperor in the second century AD
n Is a building with a huge domed ceiling and a window
through which you can see the sky.
 Byzantine Mosaic Portrait Project
1. Look at example of some of Byzantine mosaics and
examples of how Byzantine people dressed.
2. Cut out and trace the portrait outline on your white board.
3. Write the name of your Byzantine person on the front of
the picture.
4. Draw the details your face and hair inside the shape.
5. Dress your portrait up in Byzantine style: hats, crowns &
clothes.
6. Outline your lines with a permanent marker.
7. Paint your face and hair with multicultural paint.
8. Paint the background and clothes with metallic paint.
9. Glue mosaic tiles on your portrait’s clothes.
10. Image light shining off of your portrait.
 A Wall Filled with Light

n A mosaic is made from

n Thousands of tiny
pieces of colored glass
n Jewels
n Precious metals
n Pieces fitted together
like a puzzle.
 Byzantine Art
n Byzantine artists used
gold to remind people of
heaven.

n Imagine how it would

feel to be in a room full
of mosaics shimmering
with all the colors if the
rainbow!
 Byzantine Art

n Many great work of art were created when the Byzantine Empire was
strongest (from about AD 400 to 1400).

n Since Christianity was so important, much of this art was made for
churches.

n This mosaic honors the empress Theodora because she and here
husband built many new Christian churches.
 San Vitale
n The mosaic you see
here shows
n The empress
Theodora
n The empress
Theodora’s court

n In World History
you can read about
Theodora’s husband
The emperor
n
n This mosaic is a good
Justinian
example of Byzantine Art.
n Ruler of the
Byzantine Empire
 San Vitale

n The mosaic in San Vitale n Can you tell which figure is

Theodora in the mosaic?
n Looks as if it is filled with light.
n Has much of the background made of gold, n She is the tallest figure
which catches and reflects the light n She is carrying a golden cup
n coming through windows
n from candles
n What else makes her more
noticeable than the other?
 San Vitale
n If you visited San
Vital, you would
see that this
mosaic
n Is large
n Has figures that
are almost life-size

n Just think how

many tiny squares
it took to make
Theodora!
 Hagia Sofia

n Is the most famous building from the Byzantine Empire

n Is in the city of Istanbul, Turkey, which is the modern name for
Constantinople
n Was built as a Christian church
n Was destroyed by fires and earthquakes that damaged it, was rebuilt by
the people of Constantinople
n Later became a mosque
n Is a museum, today
 Hagia Sofia

n Its largest dome

n 102 feet across

n 180 feet above the floor
 Le Pont du Gard

n The Romans built their aqueducts so well that you can still
see some today.
n In France, cars now drive over the Pont du Gard, which
was built
n As an aqueduct by the Romans
n In 19 B.C.
 When in Rome,
do as the Romans do.
 References

Text from
n Hirsh, Jr., E.D. (2006). What Your Fifth
Grader Needs to Know. New York, NY:
Bantam Dell Inc.

n Hirsh, Jr., E.D. (2005). Grade 3

Teacher Handbook. Charlottesville, VA:
Core Knowledge Foundation.
 Photo
References
Images from
n Google Image Search.
[Online]. Available: http://images.google.com/.

n Wikimedia Commons Search. [On-line]. Available:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.

Credits

n The photo of the Navajo Blacket on page 36. 41 and 42 by Durova under the following
license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.

n The photo of the Ruby Green Singing on pages 25-27 was uploaded by
http://flickr.com/photos/inconstanti/23391944/.

n The photo of Faith Ringgold portrait on page 59 was taken by the AP Britannica.
[On-line]. Available: http://www.britannica.com/.

n The photo of Kachinas on page 47 were taken by Tom Bean/Corbis Britannica.

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