Still Life / Photograms

Photograms, Still Lifes, & The History of Art

"A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, an so on...) With origins in the Middle Ages and Ancient Graeco-Roman Art, still life painting emerged as a destinct genre and professional specialization in Western Painting by the late 16th century, and has remained significant since then. Still life gives the artist more freedom in the arrangement of elements within a composition than do paintings of other types of subjects such as Landscape or Portrait." ~Wikipedia

1) What makes a good photogram?

•  Answer this question in your process journal after the class discussion (treat this like you would a Visual Response)

2) How can a photogram also be a still life?

• "How can a photogram also be a still life?" Create a blog post titled, "Still Life" and answer this question in your own words.
•  Learn  how to use the flatbed scanner & scan your best "still life" photogram and add to the post.

    

    



    

    

 Due Date: on or before May 29th.