Byzantine Medallions
Learning Targets
I can...- Create a Byzantine Medallion using enameling techniques (champleve, cloisonne) learned in class
- Use metallic colors (bronze, gold, silver), shape variation (free form, geometric, organic), and implied texture (smooth, rough, bumpy)
- Use design principles (proportion, composition, balance) relating to 6th Century Art Movement: Iconoclasm
- Define Mosaic (patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement surfaces)
Day One, Art Start
1. San Vitale, Ravenna by Khan Academy
2.Read Informational Book Byzantine Art by Charles Bayed
3. Reflection Discussion "Jewelry was often worn as a symbol of faith. Badges, pendants, and medallions were used to represent a person's office or rank. Workers were known to sell individual mosaics as good luck charms for those who visited the mosque. At one point around 529 AD, Emperor Justinian announced that only nobility was allowed to wear sapphires, emeralds, and pearls"
Lesson Activities
1. Roll out air dry clay into a Flat Clay Slab2. Use cardboard scraps to make a medallion/ornament template
3. Use a Needle Tool and Wood Modeling Tool to cut out the medallion/ornament template from the flat clay stab
Reminder:
- Initials & Home Teacher on Plastic Bag
Day Two, Art Start
1. Retrieve Byzantine Medallion for Assigned Table
2. Read Tales of Byzantium: A Selection of Short Stories by Eileen Stephenson
3. Discussion Questions "Mosaics- patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement surfaces. How did pattern, texture, and visual opulence play into the increased popularity of mosaic mediums in Byzantine Art? How does this change our perspective about the artwork being displayed before us?"
Lesson Activities
1. Use Press Tools or Clay Stamps to create patterns within the medallion template
2. Use a Needle Tool to add a 1/4" Hanging Hole in the design
3. Add Jewels (acrylic gems, rhinestones, crushed pebbles) within Byzantine Medallion
Day Three, Art Start
1. Retrieve Byzantine Medallion for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (jewels, pigment, paint brushes)
Lesson Activities
1. Finish adding jewels (acrylic gems, rhinestones, crushed pebbles) to medallion
2. Use Pearl/Medallic Pigment to make a smooth Aztec Gold Surface
3. Add a non-toxic water based acrylic polyurethane varnish to the Byzantine Medallion
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