Research+Project

= ​ Hello there!= =It's time to begin our art research project!= .

The big question that we're going to try to answer is (drum roll please.......) :

 What inspires art?

( What inspires an artist create what they have created?)

We are going to be doing some research to try to answer this question. Being a good investigator means getting the facts and then looking beyond ‘just the facts.’ Here we can zoom in and focus on certain topics. Then we should be able to come up with our //own thoughts// and answers to the question “What inspires art?”

How are we going to do this?

Look at biography information:

Let’s look to see If anything in this artist’s life influenced their art: * Family life * School experiences * Any information about why the person became an artist? How did they become interested in art? * What were their favorite subjects (topics they focused on in their art)?

Look at what was going on in the world: * Was there a war or any sort of conflict going on? * Was it a period with certain diseases or illnesses? Poverty (extreme lack of money) or famine (no food)? * Were there good things going on in their country or in the world? For example: peace between two countries, or a period of prosperity (having a good deal of money).

Today, you are going to choose which artist you want to research in order to try to answer our big question. Monet, Van Gogh, or Picasso?