The trip to the Georgia Museum of Art was intriguing. The work
of art I chose is “Composition” by Albert Eugene Gallatin in 1936. Gallatin was
an American modernist painter and collector who founded the Museum of Living
Art in New York City in 1927. He exhibited various works of art by European and
American modern artists including Pablo Picasso. I chose this piece because I
like the appeal of abstract art and with my primary concentration being math, I
thought this work of art could be incorporated in a math class. When I found
this oil painting, the shapes immediately caught my attention. There are a few
different shapes represented on this canvas. As an activity, I would do front
loading images with different works of art including this one and have students
write down what shapes they see for each image. I would then have them turn and
talk to their neighbor to discuss the shapes they noticed in the different art
pieces and see if they noticed shapes that their neighbor didn’t have listed. Another
activity or project that can be developed could be having the students figure
out the angles of the shapes presented using necessary tools like a protractor.
I think this is a good way to incorporate art into the math classroom and
appeal to students who have an interest.
Autumn
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