Present Perimeter SHAPES IN ART AND DESIGN Part 1

Present Perimeter

SHAPES IN ART AND DESIGN

Part 1

I Lead in. Think of the answers to the questions:

A) What do you know about such element of art and design as shape? Where can designers and artists use shapes?

B) How can rules and principles of mathematics be used in art and design?  

II Pronunciation focus. Look at the phonetic symbols [k], [tʃ], [ʃ]. How do you pronounce them? Put the words in the list in the correct column based on the way you pronounce the underlined letters. Listen or watch and check.

architect; church;  installation; ratio; furniture; fabrication;  shapes; variation; exceptionally

  

[k]	[tʃ]	[ʃ]
mechanic	chess	mention

III Watch the video  above and fill in the gaps with the words from the list. There are some words you don’t need to use.

Offer; processes; shapes; meeting; mirrors; work; minimal; architect; exceptionally; inside; perimeter; future; systems; tables; insider; golden; furniture; meters; church; silver; point; system; assignment

Today we’re in Columbus, Indiana, 1)______ of First Christian Church, which was designed by famed 2)______, Eliel Saarinen, and completed in 1942. It was in the courtyard lawn outside of this 3)______, last year, that designer Jonathan Nesci cited his installation of aluminium 4)______, titled “100 Variations.” This 5)______ was Nesci’s response to this remarkable site, which employed the 6)______ ratio in its design. We’re going to be 7)______ with Jonathan and talking, not only about that project, but also about his wider interest in using 8)______ of design, like the golden ratio, as a starting 9)______ to experiment with new materials and 10)______.

  He’s primarily a 11)______ designer who uses a variety of industrial materials and fabrication processes to create 12)______ and precise forms. The latest geometric 13)______ he’s worked with he calls present 14)______. And it’s a collection of tables and 15)______ and other objects that combine a particular set of 16)______ into a wide range of variations. Jonathan has found this way of using systems of constraint to be 17)______ productive. And he’s going to 18)______ us an 19)______ to see if this holds true for you, too.

IV Match the words from two columns to make collocations and word combinations used in the text. Use four collocations in your sentences.

1.	famed	a)	ratio
2.	remarkable	b)	with new materials
3.	golden	c)	processes
4.	interest	d)	site
5.	systems	e)	materials
6.	a starting	f)	point
7.	experiment	g)	system
8.	furniture	h)	of design
9.	industrial	i)	minimal and precise forms
10.	fabrication	j)	productive
11.	create	k)	architect
12.	geometric	l)	designer
13.	exceptionally	m)	in

V Watch the part of the video and mark the sentences as True (T) or False (F). Correct the false statements.

1. First Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana, employed the golden ratio in its design.

2. Designer Jonathan Nesci is interested in using systems of architecture.

3. Jonathan Nesci is a graphic designer.

4. Jonathan Nesci created a painting called “100 Variations”.

5. Jonathan Nesci’s project combined tables, chairs, and wardrobes made of glass.

6. Jonathan Nesci thinks that systems of constraint are productive.

VI Pronunciation focus. Look at the phonetic symbols [dʒ], [g].How do you pronounce them? Put the words in the list in the correct column based on the way you pronounce the letters in bold. Listen or watch and check.

 

grade; geometry; tangrams; hexagon; triangles; figure; reconfiguring 

[dʒ]	[g]
magic	forget

VII Match the words to their definitions.

geometry; triangle; alphabet; figure out; tangram; go to town; hexagon; perimeter; project; grade; rhombus; assignment

1.    a piece of planned work or activity

2.    a school class (US)

3.    the area of mathematics that studies space and the relationships between points, lines, surfaces

4.    a Chinese geometrical puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces which can be arranged to make various other shapes

5.    a set of letters arranged in a fixed order

6.    a task given to people as part of their studies

7.    a shape with six straight sides

8.    a shape all of whose four sides have the same length

9.    a shape with three straight sides

10.the continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometric shape

11.understand something

12.to do something in a detailed  and enthusiastic  way

VIII Watch the video and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

Coming off the “100 Variations” reject/trajectory/project, which was- it was such a beautiful, big event that I was searching/search/research for what’s next, and not knowing what’s next. My son, last year, was in fourth trade/grade/graded. He had a fourth-grade geometry project. It started off as tangrams/Instagrams/grams- which is this really cool system of, you can kind of create anything out of tangrams. It is a known stems/system/systematic. Kind of building blocks, where you can make whole bets/alphabetic/alphabets, or you can make people on a boat. Like, it’s really kind of a broad/road/broadly system. The next homework assignment for my son was, the next night, was he had to combination/combine/combinations 10 forms- a hexagon, three half hexagons, three rhombuses, and three angles/triangles/angels - to find the smallest perimeter. And they sent him home with a template, where he would have to figure out the smallest meter/perimeter/speedometer. And I didn’t know how to- like, how can I figure out that the smallest perimeter and use this template? I’ll be here all day. So we, me and him, worked/work/worker on it together. We drew all the shapes in AutoCAD, on the computer, and he told me which ones to make. He said, well, it could be smaller here. And then there’s a command in AutoCAD where you can find the perimeter. And when he went to bed, I went to town reconfiguring them. And they just- there were beautifully/beautiful/beautify forms coming out of these 10 shapes. So I just kept going. It was just twisting, and turning them, and reconfiguring them. And they just created this beautiful lounge/language/languid that was unlike anything I saw before.

IX Match the words from two columns to make collocations and word combinations used in the text. Use two collocations in your sentences.

   

1.	geometry	a)	assignment
2.	building	b)	project
3.	broad	c)	out
4.	homework	d)	blocks
5.	figure	e)	system

X Watch the video and answer the questions.

1 What was the designer thinking about after he finished his big project?

2 What home assignment gave the designer new ideas?

3 What are tangrams? How can people use tangrams?

4 What did designer do to find the smallest perimeter?

XI OVER TO YOU. A) Find a painting, a sculpture, an installation or another artwork that uses shapes. Describe it using the Art Criticism steps (see the scheme below).