Last Friday Madalynn had her first quiz in our adventures. I really want to teach her some more about different aspects of art, but I want to make sure that the concepts that we learn about are sticking. We went to the BYU MOA again this week. They had some print on display in the print study room this week only. Several weeks ago they had some Rembrandt prints on display. This week it was a German artist named Max Thalmann. They were both shown in conjunction with the religious paintings through history display. The Thalmann prints were so cool. The images were drawn with only white lines to outline the objects in the painting and everything else was black. Most of the time I could see what the images were. After Madalynn realized that they were in sequence of the events leading to Christ's death she was able to see them all. It is amazing how easily she saw them when I really had to look hard to see a few of them. The contrast between the sparsity of detail in the print of Christ at the last Supper and then the amount of light surrounding him after his resurrection was a really striking reminder of just how significant the Resurrection is. We read the 4 gospels from the New Testament starting in August with the kids. It was soooooo great to see that Madalynn remembered the story really well. History lesson..check. Art lesson...check.
We went and walked through the Costume exhibit again. This time I let her just go to her favorites and tell me why they were her favorites. However, following all the costumes there is a gallery of portraits. After reviewing that they were portraits, I had her look at the clothes that they were wearing. I then had her go back and pick out dresses that were similar to the dresses in the paintings. We discussed that designers use these paintings to discover/recreate/ and design period clothing with the help of art from the time period. This led to an interest in clothing in pictures for the rest of the day. When we got home, she wanted to copy a master painter again and this is the picture she chose, her progress and finished product.
We went into the exhibit of pieces that the Museum owns. It has been a year since we have been in there. Before entering I asked her what words she knows to classify a picture. She came up with all the words we have been working on for the past 6 weeks; portrait, landscape, still life, photograph. She correctly identified everything in the exhibit. It was awesome. Then I moved onto sculpture mediums. She has seen bronze before. However, we have never encountered or discussed marble or wood sculptures. There was a marble bust of Christ. We discussed the word bust and the color of marble.
We walked over to the HFAC because there was a clothing exhibit on display the other day on the 5th floor. However, it was sadly gone. I walked down to the visual arts department to see what student display they had out. It was very interesting. While I looked at that, Madalynn and Remignton were thoroughly in awe of the workers on the main floor. I have been taking the kid to see exhibits, but it was really fun to watch them setting up for a new exhibit. They had taken down Housescape that we saw last week and were prepping for something new.
Last Wed I had to go to campus for a rehearsal. While I was walking through the museum on my way to the HFAC I got to see an artist working on his newest piece. I was hoping he wouldn't be finished so the kids would be able to see him working. He was finished, but the final project was super beautiful and the kids LOVED it. This pieces, Plexus 29, is made of all thread in different colors. Everyone that came into the Museum stopped and took pictures. It is amazing. I vaguely remember something like this being in the Museum before many years ago, but I can't remember exactly what it was. I am glad that I got to see him making it.
It was a fun day and I hope that you enjoyed.
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