Art History Hall of Fame

Introduction:  History is the foundation on which our current art styles are built.  By understanding the historical development of art, we are better able to appreciate the wealth of artwork

Assignment:  Using Microsoft PowerPoint, create a minimum of six (6) slides:  

1.) A title slide, which includes:

  • The name of the artist you have chosen

  • Your name and class period

2.) A biographical slide which includes a picture of your nominee or an example of his/her work

  • Introduce your artist with a powerful statement that catches your audience's attention

  • Include information about your artist's style and art period

3.) A timeline slide which shows when in history your nominee lived and/or died

  • Where and when your artist was born and died, his nationality, etc.

  • Give at least 3 interesting facts about your artist's life

4.) A slide containing some of the important works and contributions of your nominee

  • Name some of the works of  your artist (at least 3)

  • Include an example of your artist's work

5.) A concluding slide which should include persuasive information as to why your nominee should be included in the Hall of Fame

  • Tell why YOU think this person should be nominated

6.) A bibliography slide citing your sources

  • This slide tells your audience where you got your information

 

Procedure

  1. Do all of your research first & write notes for each slide on the storyboard handout you are given (download here) (Use only the Web Sites you are told to use – for your safety)

  2. Launch PowerPoint

  3. Save your presentation in a folder you create called: “Art History - ___ Hour” in the My Documents folder

    Name the file: “Art History - YourFirstName YourLastName”

    Note: Failure to save your presentation in this way will result in your presentation not being graded

  4. Complete all the typing first (NO COPYING AND PASTING FROM THE INTERNET INTO YOUR PRESENTATION WILL BE ALLOWED except for the web addresses where you got your information)

  5. Spell check

  6. Copy and paste a picture of your artist on your 2nd slide

  7. Copy and paste examples of your artist's work on the 4th slide - Successes

  8. Complete your Sources slide using the examples on the storyboard

  9. Apply a Design Template (You may need to adjust the position and/or size of text on the slides after you do this, so look through each slide carefully and make adjustments as necessary.)

  10. Create transitions between slides

  11. Create a self-running presentation with timings

If you are unsure as to how to do each of the above steps, please refer to the PowerPoint Skills section below.

NOTE:  You are responsible for preparing and presenting the final nomination presentation.  Your art teacher will be grading your presentation, so do your best.

 

Artists To Choose From - Biographies
Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro Filipepi) Matisse, Henri
Bruegel, Pieter Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti)
Cassatt, Mary Monet, Claude
Cezanne, Paul O'Keeffe, Georgia
Chagall, Marc Picasso, Pablo Ruiz y
Dali, Salvador Pollock, Jackson
Degas, Edgar Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn)
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) Renoir, Pierre Auguste
Gauguin, Paul Rivera, Diego
Gogh, Vincent van Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de Vinci, Leonardo da
Hopper, Edward Warhol, Andy
Klee, Paul Wood, Grant

 

PowerPoint Skills

Additional Art Research Web Sites (where you'll find examples of the artist's work)

 

PowerPoint Resources

 

PowerPoint Presentations (right-click and choose Save Target As to a folder on your computer's hard drive)

 

 

 

Thanks to Charlotte Combs  for the basis for this lesson plan.