| "Pedagogy is the study of making mistakes." Calvin Seerveld  |
| Rule of Thirds Watercolor Austin Carpenter |
He changed the direction of Western art. Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone was his birth name but his friends called him Masaccio. This week's theme is Ideas Have Consequences (yes, I borrowed it from Richard Weaver's book of the same name, an excellent read). Masaccio noticed that the natural world follows rules, viz:
light produces shadow (chiaroscuro)
straight lines recede at an angle (linear perspective)
color appears lighter and cooler as it recedes (atmospheric perspective)
humans appear to be in proportion to their surroundings (scale)
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Masaccio
Brancacci Chapel, Florence
He also showed the world that paint can express emotion.
Expulsion From the Garden of Eden
Brancacci Chapel, Florence
The consequence of Masaccio's ideas? Other painters took note. Michelangelo and Leonardo, to name two, studied and copied Masaccio's work.
Art is about discovery. Sometimes the most important part of the process is to discover what doesn't work. Art students should be allowed the freedom to make mistakes. The Art Room is a safe place for that to happen. This week I watched amazing things happen. Here is a sampling:
This week a few students resumed work on the Visual Timeline Mural (click here to read more about the Timeline). More on that later.
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