Art Guru

Allie Watkins

SED 227 01 Professor Drugo 1 October 2009

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Game Presentation Game Name: Art Guru Game Objective: Practicing recognition of various artists works Number of Players: 2-4 Materials Needed: (for students) Art Guru playing Cards (Artwork and Title/Artist) Artwork Reference Guide

Student Directions: Place the Artwork Reference Guide off to the side facedown Shuffle Artwork playing cards and Title/Artist playing cards separately Deal each player three (3) Artwork playing cards and three (3) Title/Artist playing cards Place the remaining cards of each deck facedown in separate piles o Turn over the top card of each deck and set it facing upward in a discard pile for its corresponding deck In a clockwise manner, each player may choose to pick up a card from either deck o (He/she may pick either the discarded card that is facing upward from either deck or a new card from either deck) o The player must then discard a card belonging to the deck from which they drew The object of the game is to be the first to match all three (3) of your Artwork cards with all three (3) of your Title/Artist playing cards o When any player feels they have matched all three sets, game play stops Each player then uses the Artwork Reference Guide to count the number of accurate matches he/she has The player with the most correct matches is the winner (If no player has any correct matches, game play continues) Who will claim the moniker of The Art Guru?

Make and Take: Materials: Paper (to print out directions and the Artwork Reference Guide) Oak tag (enough to make 52 playing cards) Scissors or paper cutter (to cut out the playing cards) Rubber bands (to keep both decks of playing cards separate)

Directions: Print out copies of the directions listed above Print out a copy of the Artwork Reference Guide

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On oak tag, print out the images of artwork and the images title/artist o Cut out the images and the titles/artists (These will become the Artwork and Title/Artist playing cards) Tie a rubber band around each deck of cards to keep them separate You can modify the game to make it more relevant to the subject matter being discussed or more challenging o To make the game more relevant to the subject matter: Make playing cards with images within the genre being discussed Make playing cards with images done by the specific artist being studied o To make the game more challenging: Make playing cards with images that have similar subject matter or titles Make additional playing cards

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Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh

Guernica, Pablo Picasso

Self Portrait in Orange, Andy Warhol

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Impression Sunrise, Claude Monet

The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

Night Shades & Urban Bourbons, Robert Rauschenberg

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Skull with Burning Cigarette, Vincent Van Gogh

Skull With Cigarette, M.C. Escher

The False Mirror, Renee Magritte

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The Son of Man, Rene Magritte

Danseuse, Edgar Degas

Dance at Bougival, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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The Escape of Henri Rochefort, Edouard Manet

Starry Night over the Rhone, Vincent Van Gogh

Abstraction White Rose, Georgia OKeeffe

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Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, Ansel Adams

Self Portrait, Chuck Close

The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

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Sidewalk Caf, Boulevard Diderot, Henri Cartier-Bresson

Rose Meditative, Salvador Dali

Summer, Alphonse Mucha

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The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci

Detail of the Last Supper, Andy Warhol

Freedom From Fear, Norman Rockwell

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Broadway Boogie Woogie, Piet Mondrian

Eye, M.C. Escher

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Artwork Reference Guide

Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh

Guernica, Pablo Picasso

Self Portrait in Orange, Andy Warhol

Impression Sunrise, Claude Monet

The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

Night Shades & Urban Bourbons, Robert Rauschenberg

Skull with Burning Cigarette, Vincent Van Gogh

Skull With Cigarette, M.C. Escher

The False Mirror, Renee Magritte

The Son of Man, Rene Magritte

Danseuse, Edgar Degas

Dance at Bougival, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The Escape of Henri Rochefort, Edouard Manet

Starry Night over the Rhone, Vincent Van Gogh

Abstraction White Rose, Georgia OKeeffe

Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, Ansel Adams

Self Portrait, Chuck Close

The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Sidewalk Caf, Boulevard Diderot, Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci Rose Meditative, Salvador Dali Summer, Alphonse Mucha

Detail of the Last Supper, Andy Warhol

Art Guru
Freedom From Fear, Norman Rockwell Broadway Boogie Woogie, Piet Mondrian Eye, M.C. Escher

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Enjoy!

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