Students are asked to look at letters, words and numbers as art.
At the end of the discussion, they are challenged to create a work of art that has text as its subject.
There is a link on the last page for a video of an artist creating a new font based on an object that he chose for a reason. For an educator's guide to go with the video, go to http://www.mnoriginal.org/art/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Chank_Diesel.pdf
Sometimes letters need to be drawn a certain way. But sometimes they are different.
Have you seen letters in art?
Title: Children's Alphabet
Artist: Artist Unknown (The Netherlands)
Date: 18th century
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Sometimes words are added to give information about the picture.
Title: Lobster, Prawn and Shrimps
Date: 1830-1844
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Sometimes the words are the art.
Artist: Artist Unknown (Egypt)
Date: c. 1350
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Title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted
Artist: Edward Coley Burne-Jones ; William Morris ; Published by Kelmscott Press ; William Morris at Kelmscott Press
Date: 1896
Title: Gray Alphabets
Artist: Jasper Johns
Date: 1968
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Title: Figure 5 from the Color Numeral Series
Artist: Jasper Johns
Date: 1968
Title: Figure 9 from the Color Numeral Series
Artist: Jasper Johns
Date: 1969
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Which letter stands out the most?
Which letter in your art will stand out the most?
How will you do it? Try lots of ideas before you decide.
Title: Title Page for Moonstripes Empire News
Date: 1967
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Chank Diesel is a designer of fonts. He calls himself an "Alphabetician".
Below is a link to a video of him creating a new font.
http://www.mnoriginal.org/art/?p=3421
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