This morning we started by curling up on the loveseat, talking, and looking at book about mosaics. Then the kids browsed the gallery at the back of the book, laughing when we got to the shish kebob mosaic, to get ideas for their own artwork. Golden moment: Anthony pointed out that the perspective in one mosaic reminded him of how Cezanne changed perspective within a piece to draw your eye across the entire work. (They have learned something!)
They took out pattern blocks and used different colors of background paper (to simulate different colors of grout) and designed their own mosaics. Cecilia used mosaic magnets. Maria, who is also sick with croup and only halfway doing school, stayed absorbed with the blocks the rest of the morning. Her dream is of a school day of only art.
To segue back to our Human Body study I showed the boys some pictures of the bone mosaics in the crypt below Santa Maria della Concezione in Rome. I don’t think they are proper mosaics really, but they are pretty cool. Sadly though, nothing could make our study of bones less dry after the excitement of designing their own artwork in a new style, and it was tough to keep their attention. Dem Bones by Bob Barner came to my rescue, at least halfway engaging them so we could look at the more educational but un-singable Visual Dictionary of Human Anatomy.
To segue back to our Human Body study I showed the boys some pictures of the bone mosaics in the crypt below Santa Maria della Concezione in Rome. I don’t think they are proper mosaics really, but they are pretty cool. Sadly though, nothing could make our study of bones less dry after the excitement of designing their own artwork in a new style, and it was tough to keep their attention. Dem Bones by Bob Barner came to my rescue, at least halfway engaging them so we could look at the more educational but un-singable Visual Dictionary of Human Anatomy.
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