Perspectives on Art
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Video Summary
Artwork can be incredibly rich in form and meaning. You can use ThinkBlocks to help your child understand the complexities of art, by thinking from different perspectives. This helps your child understand art and media from various perspectives, and how their simple parts produce complex impressions.
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Video transcript: Artwork can be incredibly rich in form and meaning.You can use TB to help your child understand the complexities of art, by thinking from different perspectives. Place an image or other artwork in your playspace. Here, we use Van Gogh’s Starry Night, but you can use anything from sculptures to family photos.Place TB around the image and label them with different perspectives, such as FEELING or COLOR. Aim their reflective surfaces at the image. First look at the art from the perspective of feelings. Ask “what do you feel when you look at this image?” Write their answers on TB and place them inside FEEL.
Now look at the art from the perspective of line. Ask “what kinds of line are in this painting?” They’ll probably say things like “flowy” or “wispy.” Write their answers on TB and place them inside line.
Now put the two perspectives together and ask “how does the line in this image make you feel?” They may say things like “dreamy” or “peaceful.” Write their answers on TB and place them inside FEEL.
You can do this activity for any concepts or media. Combine any perspectives you like, and explore how the perspectives interact. This helps your child understand art and media from various perspectives, and how their simple parts produce complex impressions.