Georgia O'Keeffe has been referred to as one of the great American modern
artists. This lesson takes the students briefly through some biographical
information on O'Keeffe and the development of her unique style via selections
of an autobiographical video and Web activity. Each student will also
learn some basic manipulations of digitized images via the Adobe PhotoShop
application. Finally, the individual students will use a digital camera
or scanned images from a regular camera and the PhotoShop application
to create a landscape of their own which reflects the important shapes
or objects in their everyday life.
Students will be able to:
- Explain the development of the modern art movement in the United
States via the life of Georgia O'Keeffe
- Electronically alter digital images through the use of Adobe PhotoShop
software
- Create personal works of electronic art
- Write a reflective summary of their use of style, composition, color,
and shape about their finished electronic art project
New
York Standards for Art
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/guides/arts/artsperf.pdf
Students will be able to:
- Create art works in which they use and evaluate different kinds
of mediums, subjects, themes, symbols, metaphors, and images
- Demonstrate an increasing level of competence in using the elements
and principles of art to create art works for public exhibition
- Reflect on their developing work to determine the effectiveness
of selected mediums and techniques for conveying meaning and adjust
their decision accordingly
- Use the computer and visual media to express their ideas and demonstrate
a variety of approaches to artistic creation
- Create art works that reflect a variety of cultural influences
- Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles,
and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment
and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
Video:
American Masters: Georgia O'Keeffe
Web sites:
Spirit
of American Art and Music
http://www.lcet.doe.state.la.us/conn/sections/lessons/materials/coush/georgia.doc
This site has a short biographical essay on O'Keeffe complete with some
questions for students to answer as an additional assignment.
Georgia
O'Keeffe Museum Index Page
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/indexflash.html
This page will connect to sites with biographical information as well
as to exhibitions of O'Keeffe's works.
Encarta
O'Keeffe Biography Page
http://btr0xw.rz.uni-bayreuth.de/cjackson/okeeffe/okeeffe_bio.htm
This site has an Encarta biographical entry for Georgia O'Keeffe.
O'Keeffe on O'Keeffe
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~smith82/okeef.html
This site contains a great quote on O'Keeffe's use of artifacts in her
work with four images for viewing.
Chronological listing of O'Keeffe Works
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/O/okeefe.html
This index page lists the title, year, and links to major works of Georgia
O'Keeffe over the span of her career.
Arts
Cyclopedia – Georgia O'Keeffe
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/okeeffe_georgia.html
This index page lists a few quotes of O'Keeffe and all of the major
museums that post her work on the Web. Just click on the museum name
and the link will take you to the selections listed for that museum.
Museum site content will vary from pictures and titles to descriptive
essays along with with the work.
Abstract
Art – Grandmothers and Influences
http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_Grnfthrs_fldr/
g065_okeefe_blk_door_w_red.html
This page shows one of O'Keeffe's later abstracts with a short descriptive
essay.
Illustrated
Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
http://www.geocities.com/moondarlin/artokeeffe.html
This site provides a comprehensive biography with illustrations of representative
stages in her career as an artist.
Vocabulary
for Art
http://www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/environ/okeeffe.html
Vocabulary for Art includes a short biographical essay on O'Keeffe along
with brief explanations of the terms abstract, modern/modernism, and
cropping.
Ellen's
Place – Georgia O'Keeffe
http://www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html
This is a great biographical site. Just click on the appropriate line
to see the three-part biography and pictures associated with each.
Per pair of students:
Atlas with a physical map of the U.S.
Per class:
- 4 overhead acetates or heavy-duty plastic wrap
- 1 dry-erase marker
- 1 roll of masking tape
- 1 scanner (if standard cameras are to be used)
- 1 color printer for publication of finished student work
Per student or pair of students:
- Access to the Internet via computer
- Use of Adobe PhotoShop 5.5 or newer
- Access to a digital camera
Per student or pair of students:
- Internet Activity sheet
- 1 floppy disk to store images
- 1 sheet of regular and high gloss paper for printing final projects
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