Educational Activities for Ovation documentary Raiders of the Lost Art: Leonardo da Vinci Grade Level – 9-12 Discipline - Visual Arts - Also included: Social Studies activity Materials for teacher - Ovation’s Arts Ed Toolkit educational resources http://www.ovationtv.com/education/ - Programming clips for the Ovation documentary Raiders of the Lost Art: Leonardo da Vinci - Visual arts activities Note: It is recommended that teachers view all program clips and related web links contained in these activities prior to using the resources in class. Standards National Core Arts Standards – Visual Arts High School Activities and resources contained in this document support the areas of: - Creating - Presenting - Responding - Connecting National Visual Arts Standards Grades 9-12 1. Content Standard: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes 2. Content Standard: Using knowledge of structures and functions 3. Content Standard: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas Page | 1 4. Content Standard: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures 5. Content Standard: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others Overview of Activities There are two parts to these activities Part I Students will explore the artistic style and creative process of Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci – focusing on themes, techniques and mediums used in three of his portrait paintings. They will view selected footage from a documentary about Da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, as well as other significant artworks of this artist. Students will gain an understanding of a 1911 robbery of the Mona Lisa painting, the search to solve the crime and recover the painting. Students will research information on the Internet about issues related to this historical event. They will research information about a renowned renaissance artist, several of his paintings and drawings. Part II Students will engage in two art-making activities. Students will analyze and evaluate the merits of their own work and the work of other students. In addition to activities for visual arts, a social studies activity is included. Length of Activities – Eleven 45 minute class periods Part I – 2 days Part II – 9 days Instructional Objectives Students will: - Gain knowledge about the Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, and understand the nature of his style, themes, compositions and mediums. - Identify significant works of a renowned Renaissance artist. - Gain knowledge about three portraits of females painted by or attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, and identify/compare/contrast distinctive elements of these works. - Create art inspired by the style of Da Vinci. - Research information about a significant artist through use of Internet websites. Page | 2 - Research information about the 1911 robbery of Da Vinci’s masterpiece painting, the Mona Lisa, through use of the Internet. - Research and analyze details about the individual who committed the crime, a police search to recover the work, and the outcome of this crime. Supplies: - Computers with Internet access - White Board, or laptop computer, screen and speakers - Journals in binder format (for each student) - Ovation documentary Raiders of the Lost Art: Leonardo da Vinci - Images of specific artwork - Journal or Blank writing paper for each student - Paper toweling - Materials for art-making exercises, including: o canvas or canvas board for each student (size TBD by teacher) o sketch paper for each student (size TBD by teacher) o thin tipped paint brushes o acrylic paint in colors: . white, black, bright blue, crimson, bright yellow, gold o lead pencils o color pencils Subject Related Words The teacher will relate the following list of words and definitions to the students for use during class discussions and in their writing assignments. This information was selected, specifically for its correlation to words used in association with this lesson, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/. The students can obtain additional meanings for these words and usage from this website. aesthetic adjective :appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful; also, responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses chiaroscuro noun : 1 pictorial representation in terms of light and shade without regard to color : 2 a: the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art b: the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities (as of mood or character) : 5 the quality of be veiled or partly in shadow composition noun : the way in which something is put together or arranged : the combination of parts or elements that make up something design verb : to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan: to conceive and plan out in the mind Page | 3 dimension noun : the quality of spatial extension : MAGNITUDE, SIZE c: a lifelike or realistic quality d: the range over which or the degree to which something extends : SCOPE —usually used in plural masterpiece noun :1 work done with extraordinary skill; especially: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement : 2 a piece of work presented to a medieval guild as evidence of qualification for the rank of master motif noun :1 a: usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts); especially: a dominant idea or central theme fresco noun :1 the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water- based pigments pigment noun : a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials; especially : a powdered substance that is mixed with a liquid in which it is relatively insoluble and used especially to impart color to coating materials (as paints) or to inks, plastics, and rubber process noun : a series of actions or operations conducing to an end; especially: a continuous operation or treatment especially in manufacture resonate verb : to relate harmoniously: strike a chord Renaissance noun :1 a the transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flower of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science symbolism noun :1 the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations: as a: artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing or suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states PART 1 Activity 1 Homework The teacher will ask students to research background information about the Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, three of his portraits of females and selected drawings. Following are suggested links for this exercise. It is also suggested that students explore the following websites about the Louvre Museum and about the man who stole the Mona Lisa artwork. This activity is provided as a means for students to become acquainted with subjects of the activities. Page | 4 Related Websites Leonardo da Vinci The Metropolitan Museum of Art Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History – Leonardo da Vinci http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm Webmuseum - Paris http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/ Museum of Science – Rennaisance Man http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html Google – Images http://www.google.com/search?q=leonardo+da+vinci&start=10&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1165 &bih=699&prmd=imvnsbo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=xC7ETqfwCKLg0QHqn8y hDw&ved=0CD0QsAQ4Cg Paintings by and/or attributed to Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Encyclopaedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa Ginevra de’ Benci Universal Leonardo – University of the Arts, London http://www.universalleonardo.org/work.php?id=249 National Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C. http://www.nga.gov/kids/ginevra.htm Page | 5 Lady with an Ermine Encyclopedia of Art Education http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/lady-with-an-ermine.htm Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_with_an_Ermine The Battle of Anghiari Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Anghiari_(painting) Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Select drawings by Da Vinci http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/ The Head of Leda http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/images/leda.jpg Study of Young Woman in Profile http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/images/studyofwomaninprofile.jpg Louvre Museum http://www.louvre.fr/en Uffizi Gallery Museum http://www.uffizi.org/ Page | 6 Vincenzo Peruggia Big Think http://bigthink.com/Picture-This/how-vincenzo-peruggia-created-the-mona-lisa-by- stealing-her “Stealing Mona Lisa” – Vanity Fair magazine article, May 2009 http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/05/mona-lisa-excerpt200905 PART 1 Activity 1/Day1 Exploring the case of the missing Mona Lisa, and an Introduction to Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Class work activity The students will be introduced to the world of museum intrigue, an historical art heist, and a masterpiece Renaissance portrait. They will view and discuss selected programming clips from the documentary Raiders of the Lost Art: Leonardo da Vinci. Each clip is approximately three minutes in length. Following each clip, the teacher will engage the students in some or all of the discussion points listed below. Clip 1 Discussion Points - Discuss the significance of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece missing at one of the