Year 9 LAC Art September

Picasso

 

1.                Picasso - Picasso is thought to be the greatest artist of the 20^th Century.
 

2.                portrait - A portrait is a picture of a person or animal.
 

3.                profile - A profile is a side view of a person’s face. 
 

4.                monochrome - When only one colour is used for a painting it is called monochrome e.g.  Picasso’s Blue Period paintings.
 

5.                abstract art - This term is used to describe images that are not easy to recognise and paintings are often made of squares, spots and splashes of colour.    
 

Year 9 LAC Art October

cubism

 

1.                cubism/cubist - The Cubists painted things as if they were seen from many different directions – often simplified to geometric shapes.  Picasso, Gris and Braque were Cubist painters.
                                     

2.                Georges Braque - Georges Braque and Picasso were the founders of Cubism.
 

3.                founder - A founder is a person who starts something.
 

4.                period - A period is a length of time e.g.  A school period lasts for 40 minutes.
 

5.                blue period - Picasso’s Blue Period started in 1901 after one of his friends shot himself in a Parisian café.  Various blue tones dominated Picasso’s work for several years.
 

6.                rose period - From 1904 Picasso became a happier person.  This could be seen in his paintings as he introduced new colours such as warm red tones and a gentle rose pink.  This was called Picasso’s Rose Period – he experimented with pictures painted entirely in pink tones.   

Year 9 LAC Art November


 

1.    Guernica - Guernica is one of the most famous paintings of the 20^th Century.  It was painted by Picasso in 1937 and shows the pain and suffering of war.  Everything looks ugly and distorted.  There are no colours in the painting.  The use of black, white and grey increases the power of the image.
 

2.    Spanish Civil War - The Spanish Civil War started in Spain in 1935 when Fascists led by General Franco rebelled against the government.
 

Year 9 LAC Art December

1.    collage – The word collage comes from the French word ‘coller’ meaning to stick or glue.  Picasso and Braque invented this technique.  They included bus tickets, newspapers, shopping lists and scraps of material in their paintings.
 

2.    paper cut-outs – The French artist Henn Matisse (1869 – 1954) used a form of collage called “paper cut-outs” e.g. The snail.
 

3.    montage – is created when images or sections of a picture are used to make a new picture.
 

4.    photomontage – is created when only photographs are used to make a new picture.
 

Year 9 LAC Art January

1.    2-dimensional – a 2-dimensional work of art is a flat work.
 

2.    relief – a relief is a 3-dimensional work which is attached to a 2-dimensional background or support.
 

3.    mosiac – is a technique which uses small pieces of paper, glass or stone to create a decorative pattern.
 

4.    assemblage – an assemblage is created when a construction of 3D objects such as boxes, cardboard, plastics and other materials is grouped together.
 

Year 9 LAC Art February

1.    letters and alphabets – letters are abstract shapes which have meaning and when put together form words.
 

2.    hieroglyphics – are pictures or symbols used in ancient Egypt to represent words.
 

3.    calligraphy – comes from the Greek words meaning “beautiful writing”.
 

4.    typeface – computers can produce almost any typeface – style of literary
 

Year 9 LAC Art March

graphic design

 

1.    graphic design - The main function of graphic design is to convey a message in a striking manner. Graphic design deals with the more commercial side of art such as advertising, printing and promotional work.
 

2.    image - An image is something visual.  It can be any picture, illustration, sign, symbol, photograph or design.
 

3.    sign - A sign is used to represent or point out something – such as the male and female signs on toilet doors.
 

4.    symbol - A symbol is something which stands for or represents an idea e.g. the dove is a symbol of peace
 

Year 9 LAC Art April

    graphic design

 

1.    logo - A logo – or trademark – is used by most companies.  It lets you know at a glance what the product or company is.
 

2.    poster - A poster is a large sheet of paper giving information about an event or advertising something.
 

3.    graphic designer - A graphic designer is a person who designs posters, book covers, logos etc.
 

4.    Henri Toulouse (Lautrec 1864 – 1901) - Lived in Paris and is famous for his posters and paintings of Parisian night life - cafes, dancers and cabaret artistes.
 

Year 9 LAC Art May

graphic design

 

1.    paint shop pro - The programmes Paint Shop Pro and Paint (free with Windows) can be used for graphic design on the computer.
 

2.    illustration - An illustration is a picture in a book or magazine.
 

3.    monogram - A monogram is a symbol made up from two or more letters or numerals e.g.  K9, your initials or C2k.