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Students study Monet, learn the art of pointillism
Published Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Ferriday — It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it can also be said that beauty is in the eye of the creator.
When Natasha Poole’s fifth grade class got a lesson in impressionable art, they took to the chance to create their own works of art by dipping and dabbing cotton swabs and the occasional fingertip or two.
Besides making their own masterpieces, part of the goal was to use dots to create an image or pointillism, as would 19th century French Impressionism artist Claude Monet — who created landscape-type scenes using the method.
A few of the young artists chose the same genre while others chose to depict life a bit more close up and created portraits of themselves and others.
The theory was introduced to the students by their French teacher Mariana Joos and though the kids may not have created pieces that will be shipped off to the museum, they did enjoy the lesson.
Brianna Ceaser explained it best when she said “It’s fun!” And that’s exactly what you’d expect a fifth grader with full access to paint and the green light to say.
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Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on December 4, 2007 at 7:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
While it's fun and wonderful these children are learning art in school it should be pointed out (pun intended) that Georges Seurat is the creator of "pointillism" and is classified as the founder of the neo-impressionist art movement.
While roughly contemporary, Monet is credited with being the founder of French impressionism which is a different artistic school with techniques differing from those of the neo-impressionists.
The moral, check your facts before you incorrectly educate the kids. Just trying to help.
Posted by rahnia (anonymous) on December 4, 2007 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I was going to say exactly what sammohon said...it is misleading both to the children and to the readers of this newspaper to imply that Monet created this technique.
Posted by protectthebluff (anonymous) on December 4, 2007 at 11:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I asked the teacher this morning : the children were taught that Monet was the founder of impressionism and that Seurat is the creator of pointillism. She used posters to emphasize those issues. Well, it is a little mistake in the paper. Not in the classroom.
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