Curriculum Materials: Amazing Animals in Art



Untitled Photograph by Jane Tuckerman


Image 7

Jane Tuckerman
American, born 1947
Untitled

Theme

Essays:
Background
About this Object
Style
Technique
About the Artist

Questions:
Suggested Questions: K-3
Suggested Questions: 4-6


Suggested Questions: Grades 4-6
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  1. What do you see in this photograph?

  2. How is a photograph different from a painting?

  3. How many seagulls are in the photograph? Have you ever seen seagulls flying? Were they in the same positions as those in the photograph? Which seagull stands out the most? What makes it stand out?

  4. Which bird is closest to us? Which is farthest away? How can you tell?

  5. What is the season? What kind of day is it?

  6. Is it noisy or quiet in the photograph? If you could enter into the photograph, what sounds would you hear?

  7. The artist who made this photograph wanted to convey a sense of mystery. What is mysterious about this photograph?

  8. Where do you see shadows in this photograph? What do you need to make a shadow? Examine the photograph again. Do all the "shadows" have these three elements? Explain.

  9. Why do you think the artist decided not to give this photograph a title? What title would you give this photograph?

  10. Where do you think the artist was standing when she took this photograph? Encourage children to use their imaginations.

  11. Aerial photography has provided a totally new experience in the images of LANDSCAPE. Have you traveled in an airplane and experienced a bird's-eye view looking at the ground from the air? What did you notice? Did you see two-dimensional patterns of color, shape, and line?

  12. This photograph shows us a scene from a bird's-eye view. Can you think of anything else that uses the vantage point of a bird's-eye view?

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