Art Element: Shape
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec | Moulin Rouge: La Goulue | 1891 |
color lithograph
Pablo Picasso | Three Musicians | 1921 | oil on canvas 170 x
119 cm | Indianapolis Museum of Art: Indianapolis, IN
Henri Matisse| La Gerbe 1953 | Paper Cutout
2.94 m x 3.5 m | LACMA: Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Douglas | Aspiration | 1936 | oil on canvas 205 x 208
cm | DeYoung Museum: San Francisco, CA
Joan Miró | Dutch Interior II | 1928 | oil on canvas |
Guggenheim Museum: New York, NY
Kazimir Malevich | Suprematist Composition | 1916 | oil on
canvas NY 325 x 204 cm | Private Collection
1. What is a shape? _________________________________________________________
2. What are Organic Shapes? _________________________________________________
3. What are Geometric Shapes? _______________________________________________
4. On the next page make a design using shapes. Cut out paper shapes
and glue down as well as draw shapes. Creativity counts!