Grace Hartigan's Billboard Grace Hartigan American, born 1922 Billboard,1957 Introduction About the Art Abstract Expressionism Style and Technique The Artist Look ~ Discuss ~ Explore Activities Glossary Text Only Teacher's Guide Math Through her paintings, Grace Hartigan wanted to create balance and order in a chaotic world, just as mathematics imposes order in the world of infinite numbers. Look for Math in Art Find examples in the painting, note the location,and make sketches of the following: symmetry and asymmetry geometric shapes perspective and overlapping parallel lines and perpendicular lines Create Art with Geometry Make a drawing of the painting Billboard using only straight lines, circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, and other geometric shapes. For example, the green Jell-O mold becomes a triangle, and the surrounding red fruits become small circles. Discuss how the drawings differ from the painting. Discuss how they are similar to it. Are the drawings balanced? If so, how? Are shapes repeated? Where? Do shapes overlap? Where? What is the effect when one shape overlaps another? Art Language Arts Music Social Studies Science Math