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One Day in the Life of Leonardo DaVinci. Interdisciplinary Connections in Art Ed |
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Contributed by AECadmin
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 Participants
at this workshop (Saturday, April 16) will discover ways to incorporate
this proven unit into their classroom, participate in one of the
program exercises, and have opportunities to discuss interdisciplinary
connections with nature, science and art. Drawing from the arts,
science, history and technology, One Day in the Life of Leonardo DaVinci is centered on the idea that "curiosity is the foundation of every creative process and experiment."
Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, and his influence as an artist,
and inventor cannot be overstated. The quintessential "renaissance
man," Leonardo stands as a perfect example of the interdisciplinary
thinker. He learned through observation and left us with the gift of
some of his sketchbooks. Self taught, multi-talented, and somewhat
reckless with his art, his "failures" -- such as his Last Supper, which
has faded and flaked considerably due to an insufficient fresco
technique he invented -- fascinate us as much as masterpieces like the Mona Lisa.
Afternoon Session Instructor Nita Sturaile with Nathalie Miebach, and Corinne Champaign
Morning Session Instructor: Eleanor Ramsay
Questions to Consider:
1. What are some benefits and challenges of incorporating new media
resources (the Internet, virtual museums, creative software) into more
traditional art education methods?
2. How can new media enhance interdisciplinary course development?
3. How do you encourage creativity when you are asking students to observe and represent reality?
4. In what ways might you encourage student’s curiosity regarding natural phenomena?
5. How can you integrate experiential learning in art with other subjects such as Social Studies and Science?
6. How can you design art curriculum that encourages scientific thinking?
Program Brief:
A Day in the Life of Leonardo Da Vinci:
Drawing from Nature
A Day in the Life of Leonardo Da Vinci uses Leonardo Da Vinci’s
explorations and experiments into the arts and science as a starting
point from which to explore the visual world around us. Drawing from
the arts, science, history and technology, this course is based on the
idea that curiosity is the foundation of every creative process and
experiment. Using Leonardo’s own explorations and his journals as an
example, students are challenged to look deeper into the world around
them, as artists, inventors and critically thinking human beings.
The curriculum is structured in a way that allows focus on one or two
of the different topic Leonardo explored in his journals and experiment
to be explored from different perspectives and different disciplines.
Guest artists whose own art work reflects the questions posed by
Leonardo Da Vinci are invited to lead classes. Observation from nature
and drawing is considered the basic tool of investigation from which
other 2D and 3D projects extrapolate from.
Goals and Purposes:
This program will help students to:
Observe: Learn the art of careful observation
Analyze: Articulate these observations in both words and sketches
Abstract: Appreciate the nature of abstraction: i.e. what to include/ or omit in observations
Synthesize: Explore implications of their observations
A Few Leonardo Links:
Leonardo's Notebook image album at AEContent
Leonardo Pages from the Boston Museum of Science
Leonardo Pages from the WebMuseum
Drawings of Leonardo DaVinci
Museo di Vinci Site devoted to Leonardo's hometown of Vinci (in English).
Nature, Science and Art links:
There are many excellent resources exploring the intersections of nature, science and art. A quick search through the AEContent links database will turn up good content sources and artist exemplars.
Here are three additional jumping off points:
Intersections of Art, Technology, Science & Culture
Stephan Wilson’s extensive listings of Information Arts links
Digital Art Resources
What is New Media? This list, from our Art and Technology wiki pages, features links to interdisciplinary/new media innovators arranged by declarative statement.
Eleanor Ramsay’s Del.icio.us links to
Nature, Science and Art
This page features recent links and is part of a "social bookmarks"
site that I participate in. From here, you can also view related links
in my del.icio.us database and those of other users. Note:
I update this page all the time, so check back for new links to sites
I've found featuring work and ideas that intersect the boundries of
Nature, Science and Art. -EROnly registered users can write comments.
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