The Tri-Fold Book Report

Famous Artists 

This report is a research project on the life and works of a famous artist. You will gather information about this artist from various sources and present this information on a tri-fold display board.

Click above to see and hear a video biography on Monet 

Step #1: Pick an Artist and Learn about them

Would you like to learn more about some famous artists? This is a great place to start. Take a look at the ones we wrote about. Look for your favorite and learn about new ones! There is a lot of information from when they were born to when they died, and important facts about their lives and artwork.

Enjoy reading and learning about our favorite artists!

Marc Chagall -- Salvador Dali -- Leonardo Da Vinci

Project Requirements

                  1. Project Title-Displayed at the top of the board in the center panel. Please use  Neat Creative Lettering that includes the artist's name, with your name written below it.

                   2. Timeline: Design a timeline of your artist's life that includes at least 15 events. Be sure to include his birthdate, early life, marriage, children ( If any), education, awards, when his major works were created, artistic period he/she lived in, what influenced the artist, how the art reflected the time he/she lived in, projects this artist did with other artists. (You can you use the graphic organizer in the packet your teacher handed out to take notes on). A final draft of this should be neatly written or typed and be pasted on the top left hand panel .

You may want to use one of the on-line timeline makers. You can type in your information and the timeline will be creazted for you. This can then be printed out to place on your panel.

IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF TIME LINE YOU WOULD LIKE

Time Lines can run horizontal or vertical. Choose the type of card you would like to make below.

Horizontal Time Line (Up to 6 Events)                 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905	Vertical Time Line (Up to 9 Events)   Title   2000 Event 1 2005 Event 2 2010 Event 3 2015 Event 4 2020 Event 5 2025 Event 6 2030 Event 7 2035 Event 8 2040 Event 9
Click Here to Make A Horizontal Time Line	Click Here to Make A Vertical Time

Since these allow less than 15 events you will need to complete one, print it out, then go back a create an additional one beginning wshere you left off!

Below are links to additional sites where you can create timelines

http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2c.html

The time line below allows you to create as many entries as you like

It looks like the picture below and can be found at: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

      3. Biography-use the timeline information to write a biography about the artist. You should include the following facts:

      Remember to use paragraphs and complete sentences. Please type this if at all possible or write VERY NEATLY.

• Early Life-1 paragraph
• Major events in their  private life- 1 paragraph
• Major Events in the artists life- 2 paragraphs

Place this under the timeline!

George O'Keefe talks about her paintings and her life! 

       4. Reproduction of the Artist's Work: Choose one of the Artist's major works and reproduce it so it looks as much like the original as possible. If the artist was a painter, you can either draw or paint your picture.

        5. Designing your own Work: Many artists are influenced by other artists. Study the style of your artist and create a new picture keeping the style of the artist in mind

        6. Letter to the Artist-Write a letter to the artist telling what you like and dislike about their style. . Think about the artist's color choices, subject matter, composition, and use of light, shape, texture, and shading.

• 2 paragraphs long-one on the elements you liked and the other on the elements you disliked

Place this letter underneath the Title on the Center Panel

      7. Response to the Art Work Show 10 people of differing ages a color copy of the picture you choose to reproduce.

•   Ask each person to describe the picture and summarize their comments into a complete sentence. (1 sentence per person)
•   Type these responses and label the,"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words"
•    Place this next to the letter you wrote the artist
  8. Bibliography On an index card write a bibliography of the five reference books and websites you used.
       List the sources in ABC order by the Authors last name
       Place the bibliography on the bottom of the center panel.
  You made use Knight Cite to put everything in the proper order http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/