Harmony Fine Arts Art and Music Appreciation Level 1—Overview Year Appropriate for Ages 4-8

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Harmony Fine Arts—Grade 1

Artists

Pierre Renoir (Ren-wah) Edouard Manet (Man-ay) Mary Cassatt (ca-Saht) Paul Cezanne (say-Zahn) Vincent Van Gogh (van-Go) Edgar Degas (duh-Gah) Paul Klee Camille Pissarro (pe-Sah-ro)

Composers

Antonio Vivaldi Johann S. Bach Wolfgang A. Mozart Ludwig von Beethoven Frederic Chopin (sho-Pan) Franz Schubert Johannes Brahms Peter Tchaikovsky (chi-Koff-ski)

Harmony Fine Arts—Grade 1 Weeks 1-4 Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841-1919

Week Option 1 Weekly Picture Option 2 Art Appreciation with Follow-Up Option 3 Additional Art Appreciation Study Activities Using the Oxford First Book of Art with Follow-Up Coloring Pages

1 A Girl With a Watering Can,  Read: Pages 8-9-Mother and Child. View: Child-Size Masterpieces, Step 1, 1876  Ask: Look Closer Questions, page 9. Level 1  Activity : Page 9 –Create a bath picture.  Use the twelve cards marked Step 1, Level  Picture Study: Camille Monet and Her Son Jean in 1 to match the identical pairs. the Garden at Argenteuil, 1874. Compare this mother  Memorize the title to the painting, A Girl and child painting with the ones in the book. With a Watering Can by Renoir.  Color: Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: Page 42. A Girl With a Watering Can 2 Children by the Sea in  Read: Pages 10-11—Faces  View: By The Seashore, 1883 Guernsey, 1883  Ask: Look Closer Questions, page 10  Color: Impressionist Art Masterpieces to  Activity: Page 11—Create a shape drawing. Color: Page 43. By the Seashore  Picture Study: Julie Manet with a Cat, 1887. How does the face show what the girl is feeling?

3 On the Terrace, 1881  Read: Pages 12-13.—Figures  View: Girls at the Piano, 1892 [Image Index]  Ask: Look Closer Questions, page 12.  Color: Impressionist Art Masterpieces to  Activity: Page 13 Create clay people. Color: Page 44. Girls at the Piano  Picture Study: Pink and Blue, 1881. How would you describe these figures?

4 Luncheon of the Boating  Read: Pages 14-15—Moving Figures.  View: At the Concert, 1880 Party, 1881  Ask: Look Closer Questions, page 14.  Color: Color Your Own Impressionist  Activity: Page 15—Create a line drawing. Paintings: Page 28 At the Concert  Picture Study: Riding in the Bois de Boulogne, 1873. How does Renoir show that the horses are moving?

Extra View: By The Seashore, 1883  View: Still Life With Bouquet, 1871.

Bonus View: Girls at the Piano, 1892  Color: Color Your Own Impressionist Paintings: Page 26 Still Life With Bouquet

Harmony Fine Arts—Grade 1 Weeks 1-4 Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741

Music Links: All of the YouTube links can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5CB39011B408A392

Week Composer Study:

1 Lives of the Musicians, pages 10-13.

Listen to any Vivaldi music you have on hand or online. Suggested Listening: Vivaldi Four Seasons Spring (La primavera)

2 Listen to any Vivaldi music you have on hand or online. Suggested Listening: Vivaldi Four Seasons Summer (L’estate)

3 Listen to any Vivaldi music you have on hand or online. Suggested Listening: Vivaldi Four Seasons Autumn (L’autumno)

4 Listen to any Vivaldi music you have on hand or online. Suggested Listening: Vivaldi Four Seasons (L’inverno)