The Object of Today's Lesson

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• The Object of Today's Lesson
• is to
• Constructively Take part in a Group discussion
  about an Artist (try to answer at least 1
  Question minimum)
• Effectively Analyse Imagery using Subject
  specific Language.
• Successfully Attempt the Style of Karl Blossfeldt
  using Felt Water to Create Tone.

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Karl Blossfeldt
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What is the Subject matter in this piece of Work?
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How do You think these Images have been
Created? What Tools / Media do you think he has
used?
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How would you describe his Choice of Composition
of his Work?
Why do you think he has done this?
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What else does his work remind you of? If you
didnt Know they were Plants.
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How would you describe his Style? There is no
right or wrong answer it is your opinion.
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Why do you think Karl Blossfeldt chose to create
his images in Black White? What Effect does it
have?
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What is Karl Blossfeldt trying to make us (as his
audience ) understand or appreciate?
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Karl Blossfeldt (1865 1932) was a German
photographer, sculptor, teacher, and artist who
worked in Berlin, Germany, at the turn of the
century. He worked with a camera he designed
himself. That camera allowed him to greatly
magnify the objects he was capturing, to up to 30
times their actual size. He spent much of his
time devoted to the study of nature. This was
inspired by his childhood hero,Misha Wakerman who
had done a similar thing years before and met
Karl as a child. In his career of more than 30
years, he photographed nothing but plants, or
rather, sections of plants. Blossfeldt, however,
was neither a trained photographer nor a
botanist. He was a sculptor and art professor who
produced photographs to generate teaching
material for his students. In many of his
photographs, he would zoom in so close to a plant
that the plant no longer looked like a plant. The
images he created looked more like lovely,
abstract forms. His photos revealed the amazing
detail found in nature.
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• Homework for next Thursday is to
• Research the Work of Karl Blossfeldt
• A successful Piece of work should include
• Images
• Your Drawings
• Contain Facts mainly your opinions
• presented appropriately.