Colorful World: Vincent Van Gogh and Holi Festival Insights

1. Vocabulary Terms:COLOR!! POWERPOINT, DAY 1, POWERPOINT 1 out of 2

2. HUE • The property of color that distinguishes one gradation from another and gives it its name.

3. Primary Colors • The three basic colors, red, yellow, and blue, from which it is possible to mix all other colors. • The primaries cannot be produced by mixing other pigments.

4. Secondary Colors • colors that result from a mixture of two primary colors. • On the 12- color wheel, these are orange, green, and violet.

5. Tertiary Colors • colors produced by mixing a primary color and the adjacent secondary color on the color wheel • for example, (primary) yellow and (secondary) green for (tertiary) yellow green.

6. Complementary Colors • Two colors which are directly opposite each other on the color wheel, meaning they are in extreme contrast with each other. • Good for creating emphasis

7. Intensity • The degree or purity saturation or strength of a color. High intensity colors are bright, low intensity colors are dull.

8. Triad colors • any 3 colors equidistant on the color wheel. • Present tension to the viewer.

9. Split complementary Colors • On the color wheel, a hue which is combined with hues on either side of its complement.

10. Analogous Colors • Colors on the color wheel that are next to each other and are closely related, such as red, red-violet and red-orange

11. Powerpoint DAY 1, Powerpoint 2 of 2Vincent Van GoghMarch 30, 1853- July 27, 1890 www.vangoghgallery.com

12. Van Gogh • Dutch post impressionist artist who is known for vivid colors and emotional artworks. • Known for not only his paintings, but his mental illness • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (medicine causes people to see yellow dots, could be why he painted with this color so often!), • mania • bipolar disorder • Hypergraphia(need to write all the time, wrote over 800 letters in his lifetime ) • sunstroke from painting outside

13. The Red Vineyard This was the only painting he sold during his lifetime! This painting sold in Brussels for 400 Francs only a few months before his death. Painting, Oil on Canvas, Arles: November, 1888,Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia, Europe

14. His artwork… (post impressionism) • Influenced by impressionism (and exaggerated it!) • lighter brush strokes and brighter colors, • less attention to details • landscapes and less regal parts of life- “in the moment” painting of everyday life • Impasto, chunky paint style • Gauguin, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec were his friends, and also forged this movement.

15. Gauguin, Watermill in Pont-Aven, (1894) Toulouse-Latrec,, Portrait of Gabrielle (1891)

16. Cezanne Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1882–1885 The Bay of Marseilles, view from L'Estaque1885

17. Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers • Life cycle Painting, Oil on CanvasArles, France: August, 1888National GalleryLondon, United Kingdom, Europe

18. Starry Night Over the Rhone • What color combinations do we see here? • Does this scene look Warm or cool to you? Painting, Oil on Canvas, Arles, France:, September, 1888, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, Europe

19. Irises Painting, Oil on Canvas, Saint-Rémy, France: May, 1889Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

20. The Potato Eaters Why would Van Gogh choose this subject? What do you see here? What is happening in this scene? Painting, Oil on Canvas, Nuenen, The Netherlands: April, 1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

21. Starry Night • Painted while he was in the asylum at St. Rémy • Painted from memory, unlike most of his other works. • Do you think it would be more emotional to paint from memory, or from real life? Why? Painting, Oil on Canvas, Saint-Rémy, France: June, 1889, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.

22. Use this for your critique worksheet.

23. POWERPOINT DAY 2 Holi TheFestivalofColors

24. What is Holi? • A Springtime festival of color celebrated in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. (Primarily a Hindu tradition) • People celebrate Springtime’s new colors with a bonfire the first night, and a colored powder and scented water “food fight” the next day. • Brings together all social classes, ages, races, etc. • The mood is exciting, and full of joy. • This year it will be held on March 8th

25. Holi Celebrations

26. Holika- the bonfire before the Holi color celebration • Days before the festival people start gathering wood for the lighting of the bonfire called Holika at the major crossroads of the city. This ensures that at the time of the actual celebration a huge pile of wood is collected. • Symbolizes the burning of a demon; the fire shows a triumph of good over evil.

27. Colored Powders • Blue • Dry Color • * The Jacaranda flowers can be dried in the shade and ground to obtain a beautiful blue powder. The flowers bloom in summers. • * The blue Hibiscus can be dried and powdered as well • Wet Color • Crush the berries (fruits) of the Indigo plant and add to water for desired color strength. In some Indigo species the leaves when boiled in water yield a rich blue.

28. Dhuleti- the day of color • Thousands of people gather in the streets to cover each other in colored powders and scented water. • There is no tradition of holding gulal or abeer ( types of powders) and is meant for pure enjoyment. • Many also enjoy the traditional beverage of thandai • Thandai is most commonly made of almonds, pistachios, and rose petals steeped in water.

29. Questions • Why do you think Holi is important? • Do you have any traditions in your family that relate to color? (weddings, good luck colors, etc?) • How does this tradition relate to art? How could we make art out of the traditions of Holi?

30. Powerpoint , Day # 3 Warm and cool color paintings

31. Objectives for the project • Students will be able to individually create a warm color composition • Students will be able to individually create a cool color composition. • Students will identify the colors that are seen as warm and as cold. • Students will apply their comprehension of the color wheel to a composition, using blending techniques and knowledge from the paint demonstration.

32. Goals for the project: • Students applying their knowledge of color theory to a warm and a cool colored painting. • Students will be able to block out the main areas of the paintings before beginning to use paint. • Students understand the relation of culture (Holi festival) and history (Van Gogh’s Bedroom at Arles) of color and apply the knowledge to 2 paintings.

33. State Standards for The Color Unit: • 1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION(when looking at Van Gogh’s works, and discussing meanings and interpretations) • 2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION (warm and cool colors subject matter, color wheel template piece, both with tempura paint) • 3.0 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT (Holi Festival, Van Gogh’s work during the time period and how it was different and focused on the poor, not the regal) • 4.0 AESTHETIC VALUING (forming opinions on artworks by Van Gogh, and listening to the opinions of others) • 5.0 CONNECTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, APPLICATIONS Jobs related to color, bellwork questions, paint samples, Media’s use of color for marketing)

34. Warm or cool? Why?

35. Still Life Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers c.1889 by Vincent Van Gogh

36. Starry NightPainting, Oil on Canvas, Saint-Rémy, France: June, 1889, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.

37. Warm or cool? • The Tragedy (1903) • Pablo Picasso

38. How do we defend a work of art? 4.3 Formulate and support a position regarding the aesthetic value of a specific work of art and change or defend that position after considering the views of others.

39. Elements of Art Principles of Design Unity Emphasis Balance Proportion /Scale Contrast Movement Rhythm/Pattern Variety Harmony Space • 1 Texture • 2 Form • 3 Space • 4 Shape • 5 Color • 6 Tone (Value) • 7 Line Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, 1903, oil on panel, Art Institute of Chicago.