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Teacher Packet Scenic Impressions:

Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection

On View at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens November 1, 2015 - January 3, 2016

Helen Maria Turner (1858-1958) Song of Summer, circa 1915 Oil on canvas 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches

Objective This teacher packet has been designed to help you and your students prepare for your Dixon field trip by introducing vocabulary, art history and geography. You will find the grade level lessons in the attached grid. There you will see objectives, pre-visit activity, standards and recommended Dixon visit activity. Tennessee Academic Standards -Visual Arts Standard 2.0 Structures and Functions Standard 4.0 Historical and Cultural Relationships Cross-curricular studies English and Writing IV About the Exhibition Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection will be on view at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens from November 1st- January 3rd. This collection features a wide variety of artists who are either native southerners or foreign travelers to the south. Painters such as Wayman Adams, Elliott Daingerfield, James Herring, Hattie Saussy, Helen Turner, and Ellsworth Woodward display their interpretation of the American south’s landscapes and people. The exhibition features work from 1880-1940. By this time, Impressionism was widely accepted, and painters were moving more into Realism. The specific art movement associated with most of this collection is Barbizon, which is a more subdued way of painting landscapes. The colors are darker and the landscapes are simpler. Older works of art post date impressionism, and start to look more expressionistic. It will be fun to see if your students can see the differences as they move through the galleries. Helpful Terminology Background The part of the image that appears to be farthest from the viewer in the picture plane. Barbizon An art movement that is similar to realism and impressionism. Barbizon artists originated in France in the mid 19th century. They painted peasant life and natural lighting in a landscape. Expressionism A manor of painting which the artist uses distortion of objects, color, and composition to convey a mood. Foreground In a painting, it is the part of the image that appears to be closest to the viewer in the picture plane. Impressionism An art movement that originated in France in the late 19th century. Impressionist paintings are characterized by painterly brush strokes and vivid colors. Impressionists were more interested in capturing the feel, or “impression” of a scene rather than recreating it. Middle ground In a painting, it is the part of the image which appears to be in the middle of the in the picture plane. Horizon Line: Where the land meets the sky. In a painting, it is the imaginary line that everything

recedes to. Painterly Painterly refers to the characterization of how paint is applied. Paint tends to appear more textured with brush stokes more noticeable. Realism To paint an ordinary experience, such as workers in a field, rather than spiritual or mythological subjects. Visual Thinking Strategies A method of talking to students about artwork which uses guided questions so students come to their own conclusions about artwork. http://www.vtshome.org/

Grade Objective Pre-visit Activity Standards Recommended Dixon Program

Pre-k Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

Students will learn art history, new vocabulary, and gain a better understanding of texture in art.

Introduce or review the terms in this packet so your students will be able to follow along and understand the words when used in their tour. Show students images in this teacher packet. Ask them guided questions using the Visual Thinking Strategies technique. Help your students understand the word “Impression” by making impressions, with texture plates and nature rubbings.

2nd Quarter Curriculum map Fine art Standard 1 and 2 Perform/texture. Then cut the rubbings out to collage a landscape.

Dixon Discoveries

Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Students will use art history as a reference for learning how to compose a picture.

Introduce or review the terms in this packet so that your students will be able to follow along and understand the words when used in your tour. Show your students images in this teacher packet. Ask them guided questions using the Visual Thinking Strategies technique. Discuss the composition in the landscapes in the packet, or landscape paintings from other times in history. Plan a few compositions on a piece of paper that includes foregrounds, middle grounds and backgrounds. The students can create a seascape or cityscape.

2nd Quarter Curriculum Map Fine Art Standard 2, 3 and 4 create and respond. Compare their landscapes with the landscapes from the exhibition.

Dixon Discoveries

Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade

Students will learn first hand about an art and social movement by creating art in the manor of an artist.

Introduce or review the terms in this packet so that your students will be able to follow along and understand the words when used in your tour. Show your students images in this teacher packet. Ask them guided questions using the Visual Thinking Strategies technique. Create a landscape in the manor of an artist from the show. The students can either replicate the artwork or paint in the artist’s style but change the composition to make the scene more relevant to his or her own surroundings.

2nd Quarter Curriculum Map Fine art standards 2, 3 and 4.

Guided Docent tour Sketching in the galleries

Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

Students will gain appreciation and deeper understanding of history by researching a specific artist’s time period, life and art.

Introduce or review the terms in this packet so that your students will be able to follow along and understand the words when used in your tour. Show your students images in this teacher packet. Ask them guided questions using the Visual Thinking Strategies technique. Ask your students to select an artist and one of his or her paintings to research. (a list can be found in this packet) After researching their artist, ask the students to write a fictional story about the artist’s point of view based on one of her paintings. This story can have historically accurate information like referencing the city the artist was living in during the time it was painted. But should also have imaginative elements, such as the mood or daily details of the artist’s life.

2nd Quarter Curriculum Map Fine art standards 3 and 4. Cross-curricular studies: English IV 2nd quarter Writing Workshop

Guided Docent tour Sketching in the galleries

Further Study More about the Johnson Collection http://thejohnsoncollection.org/ http://thejohnsoncollection.org/pages/learn/quick-study.aspx http://thejohnsoncollection.org/scholarship-resources/ Selected information about the artists http://www.katefreemanclark.org/biography2.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~edmundmoody/ps05/ps05_277.html http://thejohnsoncollection.org/elliott-daingerfield/ http://thejohnsoncollection.org/alfred-hutty/ http://thejohnsoncollection.org/rudolph-ingerle/ https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=992 http://thejohnsoncollection.org/lawrence-mazzanovich/ http://thejohnsoncollection.org/hattie-saussy/ Visual Thinking Strategies http://www.vtshome.org/ Dixon http://www.dixon.org/ http://www.dixon.org/educators

Helen Maria Turner (1858-1958) Song of Summer, circa 1915 Oil on canvas 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg , South Carolina

Anthony Johannes Thieme (1888-1954) Rain in the South, undated Oil on canvas board 20 x 24 inches The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg , South Carolina

Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) Swamp Scene, undated Watercolor on paper 21 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg , South Carolina

Hattie Saussy (1890-1978) Path with Mossy Trees, undated Oil on canvas mounted on masonite The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg , South Carolina

John Ross Key (1837-1920) View of Washington from Arlington, circa 1908 Oil on canvas The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg , South Carolina

John Ross Key (1837-1920) View of Washington from Arlington, circa 1908 Oil on canvas The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg , South Carolina