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Mathematics
+2 Age Levels Elementary (9 to 12 years old)
This collection supports learning in the Grade 4 gesture drawing and wire sculpture lessons. Activities:
- Realism vs. Abstraction: students sort sculptures of the human figure into two categories (realistic or abstract). Describe the ways that some artists abstract the human figure.
- Compare contrast 2D/3D: identify the shapes an artist used to portray the human figure in a gesture drawing, then identify the equivalent forms used in a sculpture. Record findings in a T-chart.
Human Figure
- Created by:
- Jean-Marie Galing
- Date Published
- August 28, 2018
- Last Modified
- January 04, 2022
- Description
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This collection supports learning in the Grade 4 gesture drawing and wire sculpture lessons. Activities:
- Realism vs. Abstraction: students sort sculptures of the human figure into two categories (realistic or abstract). Describe the ways that some artists abstract the human figure.
- Compare contrast 2D/3D: identify the shapes an artist used to portray the human figure in a gesture drawing, then identify the equivalent forms used in a sculpture. Record findings in a T-chart.
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