Students will place a 1 inch border around the page and proceed to draw their design using a 6H or4H pencil. The student’s s to choose a song, poem or passage from a book that they would like to copy and turn into an illuminated manuscript. These early designs will be done in color pencil and should take one day to complete on letter in the sketch book.Ĥ. Once the student has mastered basic illuminated lettering they will begin the final project on a large sheet of paper at least 11 x 14 inches. The illuminated letters will be one page in size and should incorporate aspects of the student’s life into the design.
DEFINITION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS SERIES
Each student will be asked to create a series of 4 drawings in their sketch book using their initials and if needed a fourth letter. Modern influences and re-invention of Illuminated Letters will be added to the discussion as how art can be reinvented and will be used to make a relevant connection to the students. Students will create a series of drawings using either a more traditional image set or use today’s modern street art influence to create their illuminated letters.ģ. Students will begin this project by viewing images of illuminated lettering that was created during the dark ages. These images were added to the text as a way for the reader to help tell the story to a largely illiterate society of the Middle Ages as well as a form of artistic flourishing for the writer who would spend day’s hand lettering a page for a book. Some Illuminated letters are simple in design and use basic patterns and designs while others incorporate precious metals and dominate the entire page. It traditionally incorporates the first letter of the paragraph as an image that tells the story of the passage. This form of art is an illustration that accompanies the story or passage in a book by creating a picture based on the text. Introduce the students to Illuminated Manuscripts, a form of art that has been used to help the reader tell a story. SYMBOL - Something that stands for, or represents, something else.Ģ.SUBJECT - Is the image that viewers can easily identify.EMPHASIS - making an element of art or object in a work stand out.CALLIGRAPHY - is a type of visual art related to writing.HARMONY - A principle of art concerned with blending the elements of art in a pleasing way.CALLIGRAFFITI - is a combination of calligraphy and graffiti.Illuminated Manuscript - text is given additional decorations, such as decorated initials.When completed each student will have written, drawn, colored and painted a page of their own creation that is meant to mimic that of an Illuminated manuscript.ġ. Start the lesson by asking the students to define terms related to Ceramics. Students will be given the opportunity to express themselves by creating an illuminated manuscript based on their own interests. This form of writing was a form of expressing the literature to a largely illiterate people as well as giving a creative outlet to the people responsible for hand lettering each page of a book. The illuminated letter is a form of typography and illustration that goes back as far as the 5th century. Introduction/ Discussion: Anticipatory Set: Students will create a final composition in the style of Henna body art that is carved into the clay and painted to represent an original design.Define terms: Illuminated letter, Calligraffiti.
DEFINITION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS HOW TO
Demonstrate basic drawing skills and how to create designs related to the students history.Create a series of drawings that represent the students initials as an illuminated letter.(5.2) Critical Analysis and Aesthetic inquiry. (4.1)Works of art from cultures, times, and places. (2.1) Use of the Elements of Art, and Principles of Art. (1.3) Evaluating meaning and communication of art. Grade 6 –8 (1.2) Employing visual images. Students will created a final project on a work of literature and draw an image that tells the story as part of the first letter of the first sentence.Students will create several images of illuminated art based on their initials.Students will define Illuminated lettering terms related to this project.
Student will be introduced to a famous artist in the field of illuminated art as well as tag art.Students will demonstrate their understanding of the importance of the illuminated lettering for a society that was largely illiterate.Students will learn about the ancient traditional art form for illustrating book pages.
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