Lesson Overview
Students will examine a relief sculpture, focusing on its style, function, and design. They will then create a three-dimensional sketch for a decorative overmantel for a patron of their choice as part of a home makeover. This sketch should reflect a currently fashionable style.
Lesson Objectives
Students will be able to:
discuss and analyze the sculpture Sketch for a Fireplace Overmantel by Francesco Antonio Franzoni.
consider current styles of home interiors.
create studies in 2-D and 3-D for a decorative overmantel for the celebrity patron of their choice.
research and read about the life and style of an arts patron and create a design for an overmantel that reflects the patron’s life.
articulate in writing the processes they followed to create their overmantels.
Materials List
• Image of Sketch for a Fireplace Overmantel by Francesco Antonio Franzoni
• Drawing paper and pencils
• Air-drying sculpting clay, such as Crayola® Model Magic®
• Modeling tools
• Web sites showcasing interior designs and/or home and interior design magazines
Visual Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools
Grade 7
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
4.4 Develop and apply specific and appropriate criteria individually or in groups to assess and critique works of art.
Grade 8
2.0 Creative Expression
2.2 Design and create maquettes for three-dimensional sculptures.
Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools
2.6 Design and create both additive and subtractive sculptures.
2.6 Design and create both additive and subtractive sculptures.
Grades 9–12, proficient
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
4.4 Articulate the process and rationale for refining and reworking one of their own works of art.
Grades 9–12, advanced
2.0 Creative Expression
2.1 Create original works of art of increasing complexity and skill in a variety of media that reflect their feelings and points of view.
2.5 Use innovative visual metaphors in creating works of art.
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
4.1 Describe the relationship involving the art maker (artist), the making (process), the
artwork (product), and the viewer.