Mr. Saenz
Art Terms, projects, and Styles, and materials
Elements of Art
Day of the Dead
The Raft of the Medusa
100

Mr. Saenz's likes to wear this brand sometimes.

What is adidas?

100

A significant difference between 2 or more things, like dark and light.

What is contrast?

100

When a line connects to itself or becomes enclosed

What is a shape?

100

Many families set up one of these for a friend a family member that has passed away.

What is an Ofrenda?

100

The Raft of the Medusa is located here. It was just robbed recently.

What is the Louvre in Paris?

200

Mr. Saenz's favorite sport to play currently

What is pickelball?

200

This term describes art that does not represent anything recognizable and utilizes various elements of art

What is Abstract Art.

200

The look or feel of a surface.

What is texture?

200

Christians in Europe call the holiday after the harvest this.

What is All Saints Day or All Souls Day?

200

The Medusa was headed here, which is in what present day continent?

What is Senegal in Africa. 

300

Mr. Saenz would like to travel here.

What is Japan?

300

When most things on one side of a composition are NOT the same or similar on the other side.

What is asymmetrical?

300

The area around and in between the main objects in a work of art

What is negative space?

300

This is the purpose of the pathways of yellow petals.

What is to lead the spirits of the dead back to their altar/ofrenda because they are attracted to the color yellow and the sweet smell of the petals. 

300

This was the idea they had for the raft, but this happened instead.

What is that they raft was supposed to be towed/pulled by the lifeboats, but when they realized it was moving too slowly the captain ordered the line to be cut, leaving the raft stranded at sea.

500

Mr. Saenz's dream car.

What is a corvette?

500

The brand of colored pencil we use for brighter whites.

What is prismacolor pencils?

500

These are 3 elements of art that stand out in our Day of the Dead Figurines. Explain why for each. 

What are form, texture, color, space

500

Day of the Dead is usually celebrated on these 2 days.

What is November 1st and 2nd. 

500

These people got to go on the lifeboats and these people had to go on the raft.

Lifeboats: Captains, officers, politicians

Raft: Soldiers and settlers

1000

These are the names of Mr. Saenz's spiders.

What are Max, Maxine, Max Jr. and Maxzilla?

1000

These are the materials we used on the Day of Dead figurines. List all materials you can think of that may have been used. 

What are: Wire, tape, aluminum foil, cardboard, paper mache, newspaper, clay, paint, toothpicks, block of wood, heavy duty staples, and hot glue.

1000

Close all notebooks!

What are line, shape, value, texture, space, color and form.

Contrast, proportion, balance

1000

This is the name of the insect used to make red dye/color for Day of Dead Figurines.

This is the type of yellow flower used for Day of the Dead.

What is Cochineal?

What are Yellow Marigolds? (Cempasuchil)

1000

Gericault conducted this research to paint the Raft of the Medusa. (4 things)

 1) Interviewed the survivors.

2) Built a full size model of the raft in his studio.

3) Created small stages with clay figurine to organize them.

4) Used body parts from the morgue to paint them more accurately. 

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