PPT-Winslow Homer February

24 1836 September 29 1910 Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and printmaker selftaught Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator c reated oil paintings and watercolors . 3 2 Why see it: Winslow Homer was an incredible observer. His paintings are lyrical meditations on the environmentnarrative masterpieces. e paintings graphically demonstrate Homer’s ability to for HOMER Legacy ( Version 2.68 ) January 20 11 HOMER Energy 2334 Broadway, Suite B , Boulder , Colorado 80304 720 - 565 - 4046 • www. homerenergy.com Natio nal Renewable Energy Laboratory 1 for HOMER Legacy ( Version 2.68 ) January 20 11 HOMER Energy 2334 Broadway, Suite B , Boulder , Colorado 80304 720 - 565 - 4046 • www. homerenergy.com Natio nal Renewable Energy Laboratory 1 This week ’ s w ork of Art - - 76 You can view it at: http://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/File:Breezing_Up_%28A_Fair_Wind%29_by_Winslow_Homer,_18 73 - 76.png Breezing Up ! We're studying a famous Ame The Odyssey. May have lived sometime between 850 BCE and early 1200 BCE. Much of his life is a mystery. He probably lived closer to the 850 BCE date. The Iliad . and . The Odyssey . both date from around this time. By . Olympia Nakos. . Winslow Homer uses many realistic techniques to portray this scene of a Massachusetts shore. Most of the colors are cold and there are basically . no shades . that are bright or . Created By. Debra . Troyanos. What story is being told here? Who are these people? Where are they? What will happen next?. Does this look like a scene that looks similar or different from where we live?. HOMER & ROUSSEAU. WINSLOW HOMER. Was . an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects.. WINSLOW HOMER. Born in 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts.. WINSLOW HOMER. He learned to paint on his own.  . Homer Simpson is world-renowned for being a fool, through his inadequacies as a father figure, from his turbulent career working for Mr Burns and through his many well-documented failures. However, a man who can boast having gone to space on a NASA space programme, owned an NFL team and fronted one of the most successful television programmes of all time is unlikely to also be a fool by normal human convention and his achievements must be taken into account.. why the Greeks are hospitable. See where Odysseus travels. Review theme, irony, characterization, and symbolism. Who Was Homer, Anyway?. Blind poet from the island of Chios. describes events as a seeing person. Homer. * Foundation of Greek cultural identity. * Basis for Greek education. * Reflected by nearly all Greek philosophy, literature and art.. * Well into Roman Empire, Homer held a cultural position in the Mediterranean only comparable to the Bible.. About the Artist. Winslow. Homer. About the Painting. Breezing Up – A Fair Wind. What is the name of the boat? . . And where can you find the name?. GLOUCESTER. A few other . paintings . by the artist . _______ . Greek . poet who wandered from town to town chanting his poetry to the accompaniment of a . ____. .. . Some say that the lyrics were not written by one person but are instead a . ________ . Many believe that Homer was a blind Greek poet who wandered from town to town chanting his poetry to the accompaniment of a lyre. . Some say that the lyrics were not written by one person but are instead a collection of Greek poems..