Monkey Master Introduction

Monkey Master Introduction

By Angela Marshall

​art that does not try to show what things really look like, but instead tries to use shapes, forms, colors, and textures to represent an object.

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Abstract Art

Multiple Choice

What is abstract art?

• Art that shows what things really look like in real life.

• Art that is drawn by monkeys.

• Art that uses color, lines, shapes, and textures to draw objects that often do not look like they do in real life.

• Any painting on a large canvas is called abtract art.

This is NOT abstract art. This is a pointing in which the painter tries to make a tree really looks like in real life.

Tree Painting

Notice that with this painting, a tree doesn't really look like a tree we see in real life. Colors, lines, shapes, and textures are used to paint a "tree."

Abstract Tree Painting

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of abstract art representing a person?

​Objects are painted in very simple ways with very little details - just their basic forms.

Purist or Purism

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having to do with beauty or art​

Aesthetic​

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means "putting together" and can be used to describe any work of art​

Composition​

​Other Art Vocabulary Words

Multiple Select

If aesthetic has to do with beauty or art, which of the following TWO sentences uses the word aesthetic correctly?

• Because Henry could see both the mountains and the ocean from his hotel room, he really enjoyed the aesthetic view.

• Because Henry hated the ugly , dead trees he could see out his window, he had an aesthetic appreciation of his view.

• I think my new outfit is beautiful, but would you mind giving me your aesthetic opinion of it?

• I found the ugly color, gaudy decorations, and awful print on her new outfit to be aesthetic in quality.

Often abstract art seems silly to people...or many wonder why anyone would pay lots of money for something that looks like a monkey painted it! Watch this Sesame Street Video to get a sense of how abstract art can be confusing to those who don't understand it!

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But ANYONE can do that!!!!

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Monkey Master

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Multiple Choice

Who is Congo?

• A chimpanzee who created many famous abstract paintings in the 1950's.

• A famous painting.

• A well-known art critic.

• A famous painter who lives in London.

Open Ended

Do you think a chimpanzee can truly be considered an artist?

Why or why not?

​ Stop and Read the short version of Monkey Master that is attached in your Google Classroom. Then answer the questions in the last slide.

Multiple Choice

About how many paintings did Congo paint?

• 10

• 100

• 400

• 1,000

Multiple Choice

How much did one American art collector pay for one of Congo's paintings?

• 1 million dollars

• $25,000

• $5,000

• $500

Multiple Choice

What was Congo's favorite color to use when painting?

• blue

• yellow

• green

• red

Multiple Choice

The art critic, Waldemar Januszczak, wrote this essay to:

• Prove that no abstract painting is good.

• To describe and analyze paintings by Congo, and to share his opinion about whether Congo's paintings are true art.

• To teach us all about abstract art and painters.

• To teach others how to paint abstract art.