Leah Dantinne
Web Drop-in #5
“The
Painting has a life of its own, I try
to let it
come through” (Jackson Pollock)
These are the words of Jackson Pollock, the famous painter
and abstract artist and they are an explanation of his work. In art class, we constantly study artists and
their work, however, many artists had a great deal to say and their statements
often reveal their intentions. We try to
determine meaning in work and one method is to study what the artists were
saying themselves.
Directions:
1. click on the link at the bottom of the page to visit a
website with famous artists’ quotes
2. read quotes about or by famous artists and art
3. in your artbook divide the page into four columns and label
them: “quote”, “speaker”, “meaning” and “judgment”
4. fill in your chart with at least five quotes from the web
page you visit
5. in the first column,
write the quote. In the second column,
write who said it, in the third column, write what the quote means and in the
fourth column, decide whether you agree or disagree with the statement
6. pick one of the quotes from your chart and defend your judgment
position in a short paragraph written in your artbook below the quote
http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/art/