Drawing Art, Learning Drawing Techniques （绘画艺术,学习绘画技巧）.pdf

Drawing Art, Learning Drawing Techniques A lesson based on the works of art in From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A Century of Italian Drawings from the Prado At the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University January 23 – April 5, 2009 Age Level: Middle School/High School Estimated Time: 180 minutes – Lessons can be broken up into 3-4 class periods. Specific Topic: Creating three drawings using the methods of gesture drawing, contour drawing, and shading while applying the elements of line and value – Understanding the characteristics of Italian Renaissance drawings. *** Vocabulary words that are italicized are defined either in the immediate sentence in which the word is used or towards the end of this lesson in the Lesson Glossary. This lesson is based on the drawings of Italian artists on display at the Block Museum of Art during the Winter 2009 quarter. This exhibition of 70 drawings explores the working methods of the most important artists active in Italy during a time of unprecedented artistic patronage. Focusing on the period from 1520 to 1620, the exhibition features detailed studies for commissioned work as well as intimate primi pensieri — quick sketches that captured the heat of a creative moment. This exhibition marks the first time that many of these extraordinary drawings have traveled outside of Spains Prado Museum and includes works by artists such as Giulio Romano, Paolo Veronese, Giorgio Vasari, and Andrea del Sarto, as well as two recently discovered figural studies for Michelangelos Last Judgment . The works in this exhibition explore the various ways artists used drawing as a preparatory exercise for larger works, giving