Photo Story

Thursday,
January 15, 2009

10:24 AM

"Great
Masters" Photostory Project

Choose
a "Great Master" from the 17th century.

Mr. Mullen has a collection
of 17th century painters.

Chapter 21 of the Humanitites textbook is devoted to these painters-- read
about them.

Select
3 paintings

Think and read about them.
Use the textbook, the internet, the art books in the
classroom, and the library.

Talk about them.

Enjoy them, for they are
beautiful!

Find the pictures online and
copy them to your folder or flash drive.

Create
a Photostory about the
paintings.

Photostory combines pictures, voice, and
music into a .wmv file suitable
for posting to Youtube, a wiki, or a
blog.

The
Photostory should
contain... (33)

the paintings

a voiceover explaining each painting

some baroque music

The
Photostory should
teach... (66)

the painter's signature
style-- how do you know this painting is by this artist?

how the paintings are Baroque

what prominent imagery,
metaphors, conceits, paradoxes, and / or ironies are present in the
paintings

Singles or pairs
only-- no trios or quartets (or quintets, etc.)

1-3 minutes

3 paintings

Pasted
from <http://mrmullen.pbwiki.com/Baroque-painting-and-music>