1. Cubism & Tangrams 3rd Grade April Art Project
Presentation modified and prepared by Alice Finch 2013
3rd Grade April Art Project
West Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program

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3. Lesson Overview 1 Lesson: Shape Medium: Paper Collage
Time: minutes
Curriculum Tie: Geometry
Project Overview: Look at shapes in art and how they are used to create objects. Students will learn about an ancient Chinese puzzle, made up of 7 geometric shapes, called a Tangram. They will experiment with these shapes to make a square and other designs.
Vocabulary
Geometric- a relationship of lines, angles, points, and shapes
Tangram- an ancient Chinese puzzle made up of 7 geometric shapes that can be formed into other designs and shapes. The 7 shapes fit into a square
Cubism- the subject of the artwork is transformed into a sequence of planes, lines, and arcs.
Print Suggestions
123.1 Still Life with fruit basket
118.6 The enamel saucepan
120 Lemons and oranges

4. Cubism & Tangrams Materials Needed
7 piece tangram square- use die cut in workroom to make one per student, use a variety of colors
Construction paper cut in half (9x12)- select 3 or 4 colors as background, half sheet per student
Tangram pattern papers- 6 copies of 5 different ones
Glue stick
Crayons

5. Today’s Project What is a geometric shape? Cubist art of Pablo Picasso
Tangrams

6. Pablo Picasso 1881-1971 Born in Spain
He painted in many different styles
When he was 25, he started painting with simplified, geometric shapes
Style became known as Cubism

7. Picasso Background
Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France. As one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Analytic cubism (1909–1912) is a style of painting Picasso developed along with Georges Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colors. Both artists took apart objects and "analyzed" them in terms of their shapes. Picasso and Braque’s paintings at this time have many similarities. Synthetic cubism (1912–1919) was a further development of the genre, in which cut paper fragments – often wallpaper or portions of newspaper pages – were pasted into compositions, marking the first use of collage in fine art.
Self Portrait and Mandolin and Guitar

8. What makes these paintings cubist?
What do you see?
Simplified shapes
Triangular flowers
Simple, solid colors
What do you think the titles are?
Lemons and Oranges
Still life with fruit basket

9. What makes this cubist? What do you see?
People
Bench
Clarinet
Guitar
Sheet music
What do you think the title is?
The Three Musicians

10. Tangrams in Art
Tangrams can be used to represent something geometrically
Tangram Abstract World Map
Each country is represented by a unique shape from all 7 tangram pieces
Map by DM9JaymeSyfu

11. 7 shapes = many possibilities
2 big triangles
1 medium triangle
2 small triangles
1 parallelogram
1 square

12. Step 1- Make some shapes
Use the colored pattern guides to make some shapes
Animals
Birds
People x2
Buildings
Make a few from at least 2 different pattern guides
Each pattern requires all 7 shapes

13. Step 2- Choose a pattern
Choose a favorite pattern from the ones you’ve tried or make up one of your own
Arrange it on a background paper
Glue it down

14. Step 3- Add in details
With the pen, pencil, or crayons, add in details to your design
Facial features
Landscape