Who was Wassily Kandinsky?
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L557
A lesson plan for grades 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics
This lesson provides students with an exploration of the geometric figures Wassily Kandinsky used in his art. Students participate in a scavenger hunt to become familiar with Kandinsky’s works and the geometric figures used in his paintings. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and detailed instructions for completing the lesson.
Students will:
- Identify the geometric figures Wassily Kandinksy used in his art.
- Describe how Wassily Kandinksy used geometric shapes to create paintings.
NCTM Standards and Expectations:
- Build and draw geometric objects.
- Describe location and movement using common language and geometric vocabulary.
- Recognize geometric ideas and relationships and apply them to other disciplines and to problems that arise in the classroom or in everyday life.
- Create and describe mental images of objects, patterns, and paths.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 3
- Goal 3: Geometry - The learner will recognize and use basic geometric properties of two- and three-dimensional figures.
- Objective 3.01: Use appropriate vocabulary to compare, describe, and classify two- and three-dimensional figures.
Grade 5
- Goal 3: Geometry - The learner will understand and use properties and relationships of plane figures.
- Objective 3.01: Identify, define, describe, and accurately represent triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons.
Visual Arts Education (2001)
Grade 3
- Goal 3: The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.
- Objective 3.03: Identify geometric shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, oval, octagon, and pentagon.
- Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
- Objective 5.06: Name selected artist.
- Objective 5.07: Name selected works by an artist.
Grade 4
- Goal 3: The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.
- Objective 3.02: Differentiate horizontal, vertical, parallel, and diagonal lines.
