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Shape and Color
This is a collection of images that could be used to teach kindergarten-2 grade students about shape and color.
After viewing these slides, students will understand that an artist's choice of color can affect the mood in a work of art. They will also understand the difference between organic and inorganic shapes, and how an artist can use shape to portray images in different ways.
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Mire G117 (Kowloon)
Artist: Jean Dubuffet
Date: 1983
Medium: Paintings
Size: framed 54.375 x 40.5 x 2 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1998.12
How do you feel when you look at this image? How do the colors affect how you feel?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.744791666667" id="zoomer_20548_4682iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/95/7f/19ab909633c4c2b8c9c66f8d8073/140/120/20548.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Mire G117 (Kowloon), Jean Dubuffet" height_offset="0" /></div>
Composition
Artist: Arshile Gorky
Date: 1936-1939
Medium: Paintings, Painting
Size: 29 3/4 x 35 3/4in. (75.6 x 90.8cm)34 x 40 1/4 x 2 in. (86.36 x 102.24 x 5.08 cm) (outer frame)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 63.14.1
What organic shapes can you see in this image?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:115.117773019px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.21614583333" id="zoomer_2327_13675iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/dd/1c/f33de22890f3aa7393513f2a763e/140/120/2327.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Composition, Arshile Gorky" height_offset="0" /></div>
No.13 Mount Fuji Seen Over Ashigara Mountain in Numazu
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige ; Tsutaya Kichizo_
Date: July 1855
Medium: Prints, Print
Size: 13 9/16 x 8 7/8 in. (34.5 x 22.5 cm) (image)14 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (36.1 x 23.4 cm) (sheet)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 74.1.283
What parts of this image stand out? How does the artist show that these parts are important?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.666666666667" id="zoomer_73905_56474iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/6b/58/5cebe299058a45aede2eb2949b7c/140/120/73905.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="No.13 Mount Fuji Seen Over Ashigara Mountain in Numazu, Utagawa Hiroshige ; Tsutaya Kichizo_" height_offset="0" /></div>
Synchromy Number 4 (1914) To Form
Artist: Morgan Russell
Date: 1914
Medium: Paintings
Size: unframed 23.75 x 19.375 x inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1954.6
What do you see in this image? What emotion is portrayed? How can you tell?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.809895833333" id="zoomer_22318_47158iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/de/e7/d89938843f615757ccd439b11b4e/140/120/22318.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Synchromy Number 4 (1914) To Form, Morgan Russell" height_offset="0" /></div>
Apron, from a three-piece set
Artist: Artist Unknown (Miao)
Medium: Textiles, Costume
Size: 16 3/4 x 18 in. (42.55 x 45.72 cm) (without ties)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2003.243.3.2
What shapes do you see in this work of art? Are they organic or inorganic?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:105.102639296px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.33203125" id="zoomer_98083_48564iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/f3/c6/8a7c14e4d0cfad17a2aa19be3f19/140/120/98083.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Apron, from a three-piece set, Artist Unknown (Miao)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Light Signs #3 (Korea)
Artist: Gabriel Orozco
Date: 1995
Medium: Sculpture, Sculptures
Size: actual 39.375 x 39.375 x 7.75 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1996.168
What shapes and colors do you see in this image that repeat? What kinds of colors are in this image? What is the artist trying to portray?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.11458333333" id="zoomer_22141_15056iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/e5/8b/ed5ce65750bca6ba76517e38bd80/140/120/22141.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Light Signs #3 (Korea), Gabriel Orozco" height_offset="0" /></div>
Desire In Primary Colors
Artist: Jim Dine
Date: 1982
Medium: Prints, Edition Prints/Proofs
Size: sheet 30 x 64.875 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1984.1117.1-.3
How is this image different from the previous images?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.76171875" id="zoomer_19730_36050iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/91/4c/d599cc42906f9727592d2bb94e82/140/120/19730.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Desire In Primary Colors, Jim Dine" height_offset="0" /></div>
Tropaeolum majus (Garden Nasturtium)
Artist: After Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Date: 1827
Medium: Prints, Print
Size: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.67 x 20.96 cm) (plate)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: P.18,342
Why do you think the artist chose to leave the background white?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.768229166667" id="zoomer_97138_11411iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/f5/18/f61e53becd2ebe8e0ab05fbe9096/140/120/97138.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Tropaeolum majus (Garden Nasturtium), After Pierre-Joseph Redouté" height_offset="0" /></div>
Landscape at Camaret
Artist: Maximilian Luce
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Prints, Print
Size: 12 15/16 x 17 11/16 in. (32.86 x 45 cm) (image, irreg)13 3/4 x 19 5/16 in. (34.9 x 49.1 cm) (sheet, irreg)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: P.93.21.12
How did the artist use color to show that the water is moving? Why do you think the artist used so many colors to create the mountain?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:98.1640625px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.42618384401" id="zoomer_103416_44606iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/fd/14/ee3524e5ddf2ae823875c53ed98a/140/120/103416.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Landscape at Camaret, Maximilien Luce" height_offset="0" /></div>
Chemical Man in a Toxic World
Artist: Frank Big Bear
Date: 1989-1990
Medium: Drawings and Watercolors, Drawings
Size: 90 x 44 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1991.10.1-.3
What do you see in this image? Are there colors and shapes that repeat? How do the colors affect the mood of this image?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.48046875" id="zoomer_22884_63772iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/db/d6/4ddc3252d894aa5d8ad8b637395f/140/120/22884.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Chemical Man in a Toxic World, Frank Big Bear" height_offset="0" /></div>
End Table
Artist: Jerome D. Mathiason
Date: 1977
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 10 1/2 x 10 in. (26.67 x 25.4 cm) (image)14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm) (sheet)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 79.48.8
What geometric shape repeats more than once in this image? What do you notice about the colors in this image?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.951822916667" id="zoomer_91514_50586iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/15/e0/a8e9fb033e92dfd0250941de5554/140/120/91514.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="End Table, Jerome D. Mathiason" height_offset="0" /></div>
Ice Skaters
Artist: Vervik
Date: 1777
Medium: Drawings and Watercolors, Drawing
Size: 13 1/8 x 18 5/16 in. (33.34 x 46.51 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 90.137.5
Are the people in this image happy or sad? Is this a fun place to be or not? Why do you think so?
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:99.2578125px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.41046831956" id="zoomer_104582_3849iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/26/d0/217f5f655058c8795a075efc2dd2/140/120/104582.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Ice Skaters, Vervik" height_offset="0" /></div>
