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Hello!Pleasegetoutyoursketchbookandsomethingtowritewith(penorpencil).
ThinkingOutsideoftheBox
ACloserLookatCreativity&Shape
WhatisCreativity?“theuseoftheimagination ororiginalideas,especiallyintheproductionofanartisticwork.”- Dictionary.com
Whatkindsofjobs/careersrequirecreativity?1. ChiefExecutive(averagesalary=$186,000)2. Physicist3. Advertisingmanager4. Roboticsengineer5. Biochemist6. Principal7. Filmdirector/Talentdirector8. Atmosphericscientist
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Whatconditions,attitudes,andbehaviorssupportcreativityandinnovative
thinking?
Whatfactorspreventorencouragepeopletotake
creativerisks?
•Creativityandinnovativethinkingareessentiallifeskillsthatcanbedeveloped.
•Artistsexperimentwithart-makingapproaches.
•Peoplegaininsightsintomeaningofartworksbyengagingintheprocessofartcriticism.
Asaresultofthisunityouwilllearn:
TheIncompleteFigureTest• PartoftheTorranceTestofCreativeThinking(TTCT)• soughttoidentifyacreativity-orientedalternativetoIQtesting.• Developedinthe1960sbypsychologistEllisPaulTorrance
• OneofthemosticonicelementsoftheTTCTwastheIncompleteFiguretest.• Studentswereaskedtocompletethedrawingsstartedbelowwithinasettimelimit.• Uncommonsubjectmatter,impliedstories,humor,andoriginalperspectiveallearnedhighermarks.
WhatisaShape?•Shapeistheoutlineofanobject.
•Shapesarealways2-Dimensional
•ShapescanbeorganicORgeometric
OrganicShape•Organicshapesareimperfectandoftenfoundinnature.
JoanMiro,TheTilledField,1924
GeorgiaO’Keeffe,OrientalPoppies,1928
GeometricShape•Geometricshapesaremathematicallyinspiredandrarelyfoundinthenaturalworld.
PietMondrian,BroadwayBoogieWoogie,1943
FrankLloydWright,FallingWater
Shape=Form•Shapeisonly2D– Formisalways3D
•Youcancreate“Implied”Form
Shape + Value = “Implied”Form
ThinkingOutsideoftheBoxObjective:Usingexactoknivesyouwilldeconstructtwo6”x6”blacksquaresandreconstructthemintonew,creativecomposition.• Youwillmaketwo non-objectivedesigns- 1geometric&1organic• Non-Objective:Artworkthatdoesnothaveanidentifiablesubjectmatter.• Youwillnotbeallowedtopre-drawyourdesign.• Youmustcutuptheentiretwosquaresarerearrangethemonwhitepaper.
Howdoartistsanddesignerslearnfromtrialanderror?
Criteria:• Studentneatlycutandpastedallshapes.Nosmudgesorgluespotsarevisible(25points)
• Studentcutatleast30organicand30geometricshapesofvarioussizes(25points)
• Studentcreatedavarietyoforganic&geometricshapestocreatetwonon-objectivecompositions(25points)
• Studentcreatedadynamic,thoughtout,non-objectivecomposition(25points)