A presentation geared towards getting high school art students to recognize the common threads between the pieces of Amedo Modigliani and to begin experimenting with creating a self portrait in his style.

1. Amedo Modigliani
1884-1920

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION!!!!!
How can an artist
COMMUNICATE
something (or many
things) about a subject
of a painting utilizing the
ELEMENTS AND
PRINCIPLES??

3. Looking Deeper…
Ponder Point #1: How
does Modigliani utilize
color? What kind of color
schemes does he
employ?

7. Looking Deeper…
Ponder Point #2:
How does the artist
render EYES?

11. Looking Deeper…
Ponder Point #3: How is
HAIR rendered? (think
shape, color, form,
line…)

15. Looking Deeper…
Ponder Point #4:
TEXTURE. What do you
notice about how the
artist creates texture
and PATTERNS in his
work??

19. Looking Deeper…
Ponder Point #5: How are
the subjects posed? Do
they look natural or
unnatural?

24. Looking Deeper…
Ponder Point #6: Modigliani’s
work is very STYLIZED. (Not
realistic. Unique. His style is
very recognizable.) hat kind
of traits make a Modigliani a
Modigliani and different from
other artists?

28. Looking Deeper…
 Ponder Point #7: Pretend for a
moment that you have been asked to
sit for Modigiani and be the subject
of one of his paintings. Which traits
of yours would be important to
include so it would be recognizable
as you? Which colors would he use to
suit your unique personality?

29. Model Work
 Does this look as if
it was influenced
by Modigliani?
 What is a strength
you recognize?
 What could be
done differently to
make is more
“Modigliani” like?

30. Model Work
 Does this look as if
it was influenced
by Modigliani?
 What is a strength
you recognize?
 What could be
done differently to
make is more
“Modigliani” like?

31. Model Work
 Does this look as if
it was influenced
by Modigliani?
 What is a strength
you recognize?
 What could be
done differently to
make is more
“Modigliani” like?

32. Self Portraits…
 How can the following effect the
MOOD of a SELF PORTRAIT and
communicate specific messages to
the viewer?
– COLOR
– TEXTURE
– GESTURE (POSE
– COMPOSITION