Melissa in St Louis Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Any good ideas for an artist to study during December? I was thinking Norman Rockwell, maybe? I dunno. :confused: I know the Hive is bursting with ideas!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Maybe instead of one artist, you could look at different depictions of the Nativity--might be fun to find an ancient one (like an icon or something--although the icon writers are usually anonymous), a Renaissance one, and a modern one to compare. I like my dd to know things don't have to be drawn a certain way--gives her more confidence in her own art! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in St Louis Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Maybe instead of one artist, you could look at different depictions of the Nativity--might be fun to find an ancient one (like an icon or something--although the icon writers are usually anonymous), a Renaissance one, and a modern one to compare. I like my dd to know things don't have to be drawn a certain way--gives her more confidence in her own art! ;) Ooh! I like that! :D I already planned on taking them to a church that has over 100 nativities displayed, so this would be perfect! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Ooh! I like that! :D I already planned on taking them to a church that has over 100 nativities displayed, so this would be perfect! Thanks! What church is that? I'm in the St. Louis area and would love to do this as well. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 They often have very large icons of the Heilige Paar or the holy family. Icons tend to be copied over and over, so they are often based on very old images. Locally some Orthodox churches offer tours. There is a book recommended in SOTWII AG called "Let's Take A Walk Through An Orthodox Church" that explains the other facets of the orthodox church layout--if you can get it, it would be great to preview. Also, in our local orthodox church is a small orthodox bookstore. I picked up a children's book about icons there--it had 8 1/2 by 11 pictures of the more famous icon designs, and described what they meant in Christian terms. It has been a great resource! (They also had some children's books from Concordia Publishing House for sale. It made me feel right at home, LOL!) Another idea: Last year there was an outstanding exhibit here in town about Leonardo DaVinci, and to prepare for that and supplement our Renaissance studies I bought a big, gorgeous book of Renaissance paintings. I used it for my devotions this last Lenten season--I would look at one or two each day, very carefully, figuring out the symbolism and the Biblical allusions. There were a lot of paintings that related to Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. I'll bet that you could find a great book like that at your library. My DD's favorite is the Caraveggio Madonna. I'm partial to the DaVinci painting of the arrival of the Wise Men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Wonderful ideas, all of them, ladies. I am taking note of each and every one because I'm an art teacher in a Christian school. I think that a theme rather than an artist is a great way to go. I've had my students do a unit on gothic stained glass windows which was a beautiful study during Christmas. Many of the windows have the nativity or related themes, and they are so colorful. For history, you can add in a bit about the glaziers that created the windows and their particular art and craft. To go along with this, I had the children create little rosette windows that looked like stained glass. They were made with black construction paper cut out and the openings were filled with colored tissue paper. We laminated them and suspended them with ribbons so they could be hung in the window as light catchers. They were just gorgeous and made great gifts for the students to take home. This Christmas we are going to take a look at various artists throughout history that have depicted angels. We'll then do a block print project and create our own angels. These will make great Christmas gifts too. I love sharing ideas like this. Thanks everyone! Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in St Louis Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 SOUTHSIDE JOINT MINISTRIES ANNUAL NATIVITY WALK held at Grace UCC 5700 Leona Saturday, December 5th 1pm-6pm & Sunday, December 6th 11am-2pm (after worship at 10 am) Please join us for this unique display of approximately 100 nativity scenes. In addition to the nativity display we will have: *Christmas shopping including Plowsharing Crafts Scholastic Book Fair Handmade Cards Handmade Stained glass items *Music *Christmas refreshments If you would like to display your nativity scene, please bring it to Grace United Church of Christ’s office before December 4th. Please call 481-5700 to arrange a drop-off time. If you would like to have a table to sell items, please call 481-5700 to arrange for set-up on Dec. 4th. There is no charge for attending or setting up a booth, so please plan to join us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in St Louis Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Thanks so much for all the great ideas! :D You are right, the "theme" idea is a better fit for us right now than the "artist" idea that we usually do. Love the thought of really studying the Nativity, and you can be sure that next year we are studying angels! :D Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 One of my favorite websites is http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ You can search by artist, title, medium, subject and so on. It's a great site to help you discover new artists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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