Often artists use themes as a way to Spark ideas Answer questions visually Tell stories Types of Themes Descriptive Themes Descriptive themes ask story like questions They are usually concrete containing nouns but allow for many interpretations ID: 804323
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Artists Work in Themes
Slide2Themes:
Often artists use themes as a way to
Spark ideas
Answer questions visually
Tell stories
.
Slide3Types of Themes: Descriptive Themes
Descriptive themes ask story like questions.
They are usually concrete, containing nouns, but allow for many interpretations.
Slide4Descriptive Theme: What’s the Point
Slide5Descriptive Theme: What’s the Point
Slide6Descriptive Theme: What’s the Point
Slide7Descriptive Theme: Sticky Situation
Slide8Descriptive Theme: Sticky Situation
Slide9Descriptive Theme: Sticky Situation
Slide10Descriptive Theme:
Other examples:
Behind the door…
It happened one night…
On the bus ride home…
Write 5 (story like) Descriptive Theme:
1._______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._______________
5._______________
Slide11Types of Themes: Abstract Themes
Abstract Themes use open ended words
They are usually not nouns
They are descriptive like adjectives and verbs
Slide12Abstract Theme: Tiny
Slide13Abstract Theme: Soft
Slide14Abstract Theme: Smart
Slide15Abstract Theme:
Other examples:
Play
System
Funky
Write 5 Descriptive, Abstract Theme Words:
1._____
2._____
3._____
4._____
5._____
Slide16Types of Themes: Essential Questions
Essential Questions are questions about topics artists wish to explore
They can be concrete or abstract
Slide17What is cute?
What makes something cute?
Why is cute considered good?
When is something considered cute in a bad way? “That’s not cute”
Cute
Slide18Creepy
What makes something look creepy?
What does creepy feel like?
Can something be cute and creepy at the same time?
Slide19Essential Question
Can something be Cute and Creepy at the same time?
Slide20patricia piccinini
-Hyperrealist artist
-Contemporary Australian artist
-Interested in the moral & ethical
questions related to genetics.
Slide21How do
Societal Standards
affect individuals?
Slide22What is
Fake
?
Slide23Essential Question:
Other examples:
What gives something value?
When is something awkward?
How can you make something old, new?
Write 5 Essential questions:
1._______________
2._______________
3._______________
4._______________
5._______________
Slide24Theme Project:
Your Task:
Select a type of theme.. Descriptive, Abstract, or Essential Question.
Create a theme based on the type selected
Design a work of art as a visual response to your theme