Art 2 abstracting nature and georgia o'keefe
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The document provides a profile of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, including biographical details and examples of her artwork. It discusses how she studied art in Chicago and New York and was influenced by Arthur Wesley Dow's ideas about expression and arrangement of visual elements. It describes her marriage to photographer Alfred Stieglitz and how living in Lake George inspired her interest in abstracting nature. Later, she moved to New Mexico and incorporated the landscape into her figural and abstract flower paintings. The profile includes examples of her paintings from different periods of her career focusing on nature and landscape.
Art 2 abstracting nature and georgia o'keefe
- 1. ABSTRACTING NATURE ART 2 UNIT PROJECT - MR. TREACY FOCUS ARTIST: GEORGIA OKEEFFE
- 2. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE INFORMATION FROM: HTTP://WWW.OKEEFFEMUSEUM.ORG/ABOUT-GEORGIA-OKEEFFE.HTML BORN IN 1887 IN SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN SHE STUDIED ART AT THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC) AND THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE IN NEW YORK SHE LATER STUDIED TO BECOME AN ART TEACHER AT THE TEACHERS COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA SHE STUDIED THE IDEAS OF ARTHUR WESLEY DOW WHO BELIEVED THE GOAL OF ART WAS THE EXPRESSION OF THE ARTIST'S PERSONAL IDEAS AND FEELINGS AND THAT SUCH SUBJECT MATTER WAS BEST REALIZED THROUGH HARMONIOUS ARRANGEMENTS OF LINE, COLOR, AND NOTAN (THE JAPANESE SYSTEM OF LIGHTS AND DARKS). Early Life:
- 3. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE STIEGLITZ WAS AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER AND GALLERY OWNER WHO FIRST INTRODUCED OKEEFFES WORK TO THE PUBLIC AT HIS GALLERY 291 STIEGLITZ LEFT HIS WIFE AND FAMILY TO MARRY OKEEFFE STIEGLITZ AND OKEEFFE LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY AND VISITED THE STIEGLITZ FAMILY HOME IN LAKE GEORGE (UPSTATE NEW YORK) DURING THEIR TIME IN LAKE GEORGE, GEORGIA OKEEFFE DISCOVERED HER INTEREST IN ABSTRACTING NATURE BY TAKING SCENES FROM REAL-LIFE AND ZOOMING IN OR SIMPLIFYING HER SUBJECT AS OKEEFFES MARRIAGE TO STIEGLITZ CAME TO AN END, OKEEFFE REALIZED SHE NEEDED TO STEP OUT OF HIS ARTISTIC SHADOW Marriage to Alfred Stieglitz: INFORMATION FROM: HTTP://WWW.OKEEFFEMUSEUM.ORG/ABOUT-GEORGIA-OKEEFFE.HTML
- 4. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE AFTER SEPARATING FROM HER HUSBAND ALFRED STIEGLITZ, OKEEFFE RELOCATED HER LIFE AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE TO TAOS, NEW MEXICO IN 1930 THE NEW MEXICO LANDSCAPE BECAME A IMPORTANT PART OF HER ARTWORK SHE CONTINUED TO WORK BETWEEN FIGURATION AND ABSTRACTION WHILE USING NATURAL FORMS LIKE ANIMAL BONES AND FLOWERS AS HER POINT OF REFERENCE OKEEFFE CONTINUED PAINTING THROUGHOUT THE 1950S, 60S AND 70S UNTIL SHE STARTED TO LOSE HER SIGHT OKEEFFE DIED IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 98 Later Life INFORMATION FROM: HTTP://WWW.OKEEFFEMUSEUM.ORG/ABOUT-GEORGIA-OKEEFFE.HTML
- 5. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: Paintings from Lake George, NY
- 6. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: Paintings from Lake George, NY
- 7. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: Paintings from Lake George, NY
- 8. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: Flower Abstractions
- 9. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: Flower Abstractions
- 10. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: Nature Abstractions
- 11. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: New Mexico
- 12. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: New Mexico
- 13. ARTIST PROFILE: GEORGIA OKEEFFE Artwork Examples: New Mexico
- 14. ABSTRACTING NATURE ART 2 ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW ESSENTIAL QUESTION: USING THE ARTWORK OF GEORGIA OKEEFFE, HOW CAN YOU USE ELEMENTS FROM NATURE AND THE LANDSCAPE TO CREATE ARTWORK THAT USES VISUAL METAPHOR AND ORGANIC ABSTRACTION? VISUAL METAPHOR ORGANIC ABSTRACTION USING ELEMENTS FROM NATURE TO SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING FROM YOUR LIFE, OR A MOOD, OR FEELING TAKING ELEMENTS FROM NATURE AND ZOOMING IN, SIMPLIFYING OR ALTERING TO MAKE THEM LESS RECOGNIZABLE
- 15. FIGURATIVE ABSTRACT ELEMENTS WITHIN THE PICTURE ARE RECOGNIZABLE FROM LIFE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE PICTURE NOT RECOGNIZABLE AS SOMETHING SPECIFIC ARTIST USES OPTICAL, LINEAR OR ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE TO CREATE A SENSE OF DEPTH ARTIST PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON COLOR, SHAPE AND TEXTURE COMMUNICATING A GESTURE OR MOOD ARTIST USES RENDERING TO DESCRIBE FORM EXPRESSION MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN RENDERING
- 16. ABSTRACTING NATURE ART 2 ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW MINI PORTFOLIO 1. OUTDOOR CLASSWORK: Three gesture sketches (quick sketchbook drawings that focus on observing the natural landscape around Skylines campus 2. SKETCHBOOK HOMEWORK: Create a drawing that abstracts one of your gesture studies done in class 3. VISUAL METAPHOR PIECE: Create a figurative drawing or painting that demonstrates a personal visual metaphor 4. ORGANIC ABSTRACTION: Create an abstract drawing or painting that alters or simplifies something from nature