Landscapes
Lesson Four For all levels
This lesson attempts to answer the question: ‘How have New Zealand artists seen and painted this land since the arrival of the European settlers?’
Landscapes selected for this visit can focus on:
- The historical development of landscape styles.
- The purpose of landscape painting, as a window into our past or specifically on Canterbury as a place.
- The lesson ranges across works that show a variety of stylistic approaches that are influenced by the times in which they were painted.
Tour and workshop 2 hours
Each lesson will include discussion of:
- The location.
- When the painting was made and how this has influenced the way it was painted.
- What the artist has chosen to include or leave out.
- Technique (Compositional choices, foreground/background/overlapping,
use of colour to create space/depth, visible brushstroke). - Media.
The main focus of the questions is dependent on the learning outcome signalled for the visit.
Activity 1 1/2 hour
- A foreground, middle ground, background exercise using one of the works studied in the Gallery
- An analysis of the composition of one of the works, then a mixed media version
- A landscape in the style of a selected Canterbury artist, analytical drawing through to finished work
Curriculum Links
- Visual Arts
• Practical knowledge, developing ideas, communicating ideas and understanding art in context - English
• Oral language: Listening and speaking
• Visual language: Viewing and presenting - Social Studies
• Time, continuity and change
• Culture and heritage
• Place and environment
This topic can be refocused to meet the requirement of NCEA Level 1 and Bursary Art History Option 12: Topic 1: Approaches to Landscape/Regionalism
