Pierre-Auguste Renoir Lesson Plans

1. Lesson 1, Exploring Impressionist Landscapes
...eve this effect? o How has the artist used line in the picture? What sort of feeling or experience does this use of line evoke? o How is the illusion of space created in the piece? o What three words would you use to describe this painting? + Have students visit the Web Museum exhibits on Monet and Renoir (see Internet Resources below). Have students focus on Renoir's landscapes and Monet's haystacks and water lilies. Students should also read the biographies of both artists' that accompany the art works. Students should respond to the questions listed above and record their observations for later use. + Assemble t...

2. Lesson 3, Comparing Asian and Impressionist Landscapes
...ctures by Hokusai, a Japanese artist who worked during the mid-1800s, and a brief biography and discussion of his work. + Works by Claude Monet at the Web Museum This site provides a brief biography and discussion of Monet's works in addition to samples of his work throughout his career. + Works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir at the Web Museum This site provides a brief biography and discussion of Renoir's works in addition to samples of his work throughout his career. Up to Contentsof this Page Back to Comparing Landscapes Lesson Plans LETSNet is © Michigan State University College of Education and Ameritech

3. IUPUI/IMA Community Project > Activities > Instructional Units > Art Exposes
...Indianapolis Museum of Art 4. PowerPoint 5. Hispanic Artists: Pablo Picasso, Diego Velazquez, Diego Rivera, Francisco de Goya, Siquieros, Salvador Dali, El Greco, Frida Kahlo, Luzan Tiepolo, Francisco Bayeu, Luis Melendez, Lorenzo Tiepoldo 6. French Artists: Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Francois Boucher, Jean Honore, Fragonard, Henri Matisse, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Honore Daumier, Camille Pissarro Preparation: 1. The purpose of this project is to familiarize French and Spanish students with Hispanic and French Impressionistic art, therefore plan for computer use. 2. Put toge...

4. Grade Level: 5th & 6th
...a group of artists who shared a set of related approaches and techniques. The most conspicuous characteristic of Impressionism was an attempt to accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and color. The principal Impressionist painters were Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Armand Guillaumin, and Fr?d?ric Bazille, who worked together, influenced each other, and exhibited together independently. Edgar Degas and Paul C?zanne also painted in an Impressionist style for a time in the early 1870s. The established painter ?dou...

5. ARTSEDGE: Art Show with the Masters!
...: (Before the students enter the room, place large chart paper around the room, and pictures, from the artists the class will discuss, beside a piece of chart paper. Try to have a minimum of twelve different artists.) Begin by asking students if they have ever heard of Van Gough, Picasso, Da Vinci, Renoir, or Monet (include any artist you think _ important). Hold up reproductions of various works of art by Assignments the artists you have chosen and allow the students to comment for Group on the pieces. Printed Work Media Icon Distribute the Questions for Viewing worksheet. These questions will help them understand...

6. The Community Discovered - Me in a Box
...Georgia O'Keeffe: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists. Read the grant Venezia, Mike. Pablo Picasso: Getting to Know the World's abstract, goals, Greatest Artists. and other background Venezia, Mike. Jackson Pollock: Getting to Know the World's information. Greatest Artists. Venezia, Mike. Pierre Auguste Renoir: Getting to Know the Worlds' Greatest Artists. CD Venezia, Mike. Diego Rivera: Getting to Know the World's Eval Team Evaluation Team Greatest Artists. Website Website Venezia, Mike. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists. View surveys, data, and more Venezia, Mike. V...

7. The Community Discovered - "I Am!" Said I
...ucille Clifton The Bestest Mom adapted by Susan Hood from "The Rugrats" The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto Going Home by Eve Bunting Standard Resources - Art Reproductions Cassatt, Mary - After The Bath Children Playing on the Beach Gainsborough, Thomas - Blue Boy Renoir, Pierre Auguste - Girl With Watering Can Leyster, Judith - Boy and Girl with Cat and Eel Ghirlandaio,Domenico Bigordi - Old Man and his Grandson Moore, Henry - Family Group Crite, Allan Rohan - Shadows and Sunlight Bruegel, Pieter the elder - Children's Games Bachman, Kathryn - Girl with Kitten Morley, Malcom - Be...

8. Cleveland Museum of Art - Lesson Plan
.... At the age of 19 Monet went to The Academie Suisse in Paris where he met Camille Pissarro. After a period in the army in Algeria he returned to Le Havre and began to paint landscapes. In the 1860's Monet went to Paris to study in the atelier of Charles Gleyre with his classmates Frederic Bazille, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley, Monet and these artists went to paint in the forest of Fontainebleau. It was through this group excursion that many of the fundamentals of Impressionism such as plein-air painting and light ground canvases were developed. Monet had some success exhibiting his work at the Paris Sa...