Instead of trying to go through the whole thing with the kids, i would suggest choosing just maybe three slides to focus on the ones most relevant to this lesson are at the end from the protractor series, asking our discussion. You will be designing your own stella inspired artwork by constructing a. Frank stellas works in boston, tampa and santiago art. Each painting is named after a middle eastern city. Create a drawing inspired by frank stellas artwork. For the love of art with images frank stella, protractor art, 7th. Later he began his protractor series 71 of paintings, in which arcs, sometimes overlapping, within square borders are arranged sidebyside to. Frank stellas protractor series 71 paintings based on the circle.
He is noted for his experimentation in abstraction in painting and sculpture he decided early on in art school that he wasnt interested in traditional representative art, i. Find more prominent pieces of abstract at best visual art database. Stella was inspired by the illustrations that lissitzky did, between 1917 and 1919, for the childrens book had gadya. He is consistent with his hard edges, geometric shapes, pop of color and visual flatness, yet its hard to deny this series is very sculpturelike. A straight edge and a semicircle sydney living museums. Paintings from his socalled protractor series that followed, such as harran ii 1967, are composed of hypnotically fanning pinwheels, spinning the stripes of his previous series into rhythmic echelons of color. Mar 11, 2014 experiment with protractors, rulers, and compasses to make designs inspired by stella s pinstripe minimalist paintings and geometric shaped canvases or the arcs of his protractor series from the 60s and 70s. Frank stella protractor series with images protractor. Frank stella s protractor series are named for circularplan towns in asia minor. This is the problem that monochrome painting creates, and minimal art in general. Stella was infamous for his use of wide ranges of color, aligned straight and curved lines, and nontraditionally shaped canvases. See more ideas about post painterly abstraction, frank stella and abstract. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. With their emphasis on control and rationalism, the black paintings opened genuinely new paths for abstraction and exerted a profound influence on the art of.
Find inspiration from stella s freeform shapedcanvases from the 80s and 90s. The slideshow is long and is largely for you to get a familiarity with the artist. Lesson plan frank stella by lindsey shannon on prezi. Stellas irregular polygon canvases 196567 and protractor series 196771 further extended the concept of the shaped canvas. Frank philip stella born may 12, 1936 is an american painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and postpainterly abstraction. Frank stella is an american artist best known for his use of geometric patterns and shapes in creating both paintings and sculptures. Frank stella powerpoint from the public schools of robeson county slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Students will consider the elements while looking at a variety of stella s pieces. Each change in stella s style appears to react logically and. Pupils subsequently created their own collages in a similar style.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, frank stella broke the stronghold of abstract expressionism with his deceptively simple paintings of black stripes separated by narrow lines of unpainted canvas. Frank stella purity precision impersonality abstraction richard serra, tilted arc, 1981, raw rusting steel, 120 x 12, federal plaza, lower manhatan destroyed. The artist created thirtyone canvas formats and presented each format in three variations, which he identified by the. Frank stella protractor series frank stella 1936 is one of the most influential modern artists still living. Eventually, stella began to work with more rounded shapes, as in the protractor series. Frank stella s protractor series 71 paintings based on the circle 22. Add some math skills to your art lesson with contemporary art and a living artist. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Dec 14, 2018 frank stella, star of persia ii axsom 2 stay safe and healthy.
In 1972, stella donated isfahan iii 1968 to the museum of solidarity in chile. Most of his beginning works were on canvases shaped as l,n,u, or tshapes. With artist frank stella, what you see is what you see early in his career, stella s goal was to not depict anything. The lessons culminate with the creation of a mixed media abstract piece of art based on the protractor series. From 19671970, frank stella painted the protractor series of more than one hundred paintings based on variations of the protractordrawn shape. Its a little known fact that in 1972, minimalist artist frank stella. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id.
See more ideas about frank stella, post painterly abstraction and art. Frank philip stella born may 12, 1936 is an american painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted. After a coup detat, the artwork disappeared for nearly 20 years, but its story is coming to light as the museum. May 12, 2018 weve been studying frank stella s protractor series. The littleknown story of a frank stella work once mistaken for a. Artist interviews watch ruth asawa on her forms and materials watch sahar khoury on creative repair watch dawoud bey on visualizing history watch hal fischer. See more ideas about frank stella, sculptures for sale and american artists. For almost six decades frank stella has been one of the most important and influential figures in the evolution of modern art, expanding the definitions of art and challenging its conventions.
Jan 23, 2015 weve been studying frank stella s protractor series. He is noted for his experimentation in abstraction in. You can draw organic or geometric shapes using tools or your imagination. From 19671970, frank stella painted the protractor series of more than one hundred paintings based on variations of the protractor drawn shape. Frank stella takhtisulayman variation 1 1969 cranbrook art. Instructions using templates and tools such as the compass or protractor, create a design like frank stella using pencil once you have made a complete design, begin filling in teh spaces with color choose 45 colors to make a unifying color scheme remember unity means working. Stella 68 on the right turning edge acrylic on shaped canvas 60 x 120 in. Midterm study deck, art since 1945 at state university of. With that thought it mind he created the protractor series. Stella took some turns in this series by moving away from the flat surface to the third dimension. Arguably one of the most influential living american artists, stella s works utilize the formal properties of shape, color, and composition to explore nonliterary narratives, as seen in his work harrar ii 1967 from the protractor series.
Frank stella s paintings are lean, but leanness does not necessarily mean unfeelingness. Protractor variation ix was created in 1968 by frank stella in color field painting style. In his exploration of formal issues, stella habitually worked in series, developing increasingly complicated variations on selected themes. Modern art museum of fort worth chief curator michael auping and artist frank stella speak about the exhibition on view at the modern through september 18, 2016. Frank stella art from his protractor series 71 paintings based on the circle raqqa ii, frank stella nc museum of art raleigh, nc harran ii, frank stella. In his quest to enrich his work with fluid and plastic qualities, seidler was particularly influenced by stella s protractor series 196771. After learning about the artist and analyzing his work through a powerpoint, students began. Frank stella, star of persia ii axsom 2 art, prints. See examples of how abstract artists get ideas for their work. Frank stella, protractor series, protractor series dates. Nov 30, 20 this pin was discovered by milena misheva.
Frank stella powerpoint presentation teaching resources. Jul 1, 20 weve been studying frank stella s protractor series. After learning about the artist and analyzing his work through a powerpoint. Frank stella began his protractor series in the late 1960s, painting bright, curved bands of color on large canvases cut to resemble the semicircular shape of. Use new tools such as a french curve and protractor. Things doubling back on themselves like snakes swallowing their tails. Create an abstract artwork inspired by the art of frank stella. After learning about the artist and analyzing his work through a powerpoint, students began drawing their own designs using a pencil, protractor, and ruler. Following a trip to the middle east, stella was very inspired by the way the cities circular paths interlaced and interweaved like snakes chasing their tails. This lesson guides you and your students through the investigation of contemporary artist frank stella and his protractor series. Comprising approximately 90 original paintings based on 27 diagrams, the series was inspired by and based on the shape of a protractor. Using the powerpoint slideshow, introduce the kids to the work of frank stella. Make relief sculpture collages from pieces of painted cardboard, manipulated paper or clay slabs. With artist frank stella, what you see is what you see.
Most of the paintings are shaped canvases, one of stella s important inventions. In contrast to the monochrome black paintings, the protractor series, to which harran ii belongs, deploys a vivid palette and composition consisting of rectangular shapes superimposed on curving and circular forms. Jul 1, 20 weve been studying frank stellas protractor series. Raqqa ii, frank stella nc museum of art raleigh, nc 23. Named after an ancient mesopotamian city in what is now turkey, harran ii is an early reference by stella to architectural forms, michael auping explains. Frank stella, an iconic figure of postwar american art, is considered the most influential painter of a generation that moved beyond abstract expressionism toward minimalism. Very short powerpoint presentation i used to introduce the collages of frank stella to a year 2 class.
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