Day 1: Draw it
15 minute sketch of "Folies-Bergere"
Day 2: Write it
-Artist: Jules Cheret
-Nationality: France
-Painting: "Folies-Bergere"
-Media: Printmaking - Lithography
-Movement: Art Nouveau
-Called "The Father of the Modern Poster"
-Inspired by French Rococo Art
As his work became more popular and his large posters displaying modestly free-spirited females found a larger audience, pundits began calling him the "father of the women's liberation." Females had previously been depicted in art as prostitutes or puritans. The women of Chéret's posters, joyous, elegant and lively—'Cherettes', as they were popularly called—were neither. It was freeing for the women of Paris, and heralded a noticeably more open atmosphere in Paris where women were able to engage in formerly taboo activities, such as wearing low-cut bodices and smoking in public. These 'Cherettes' were widely seen and recognised, and a writer of the time said "It is difficult to conceive of Paris without its 'Cheréts'."
15 minute sketch of "Folies-Bergere"
Day 2: Write it
-Artist: Jules Cheret
-Nationality: France
-Painting: "Folies-Bergere"
-Media: Printmaking - Lithography
-Movement: Art Nouveau
-Called "The Father of the Modern Poster"
-Inspired by French Rococo Art
As his work became more popular and his large posters displaying modestly free-spirited females found a larger audience, pundits began calling him the "father of the women's liberation." Females had previously been depicted in art as prostitutes or puritans. The women of Chéret's posters, joyous, elegant and lively—'Cherettes', as they were popularly called—were neither. It was freeing for the women of Paris, and heralded a noticeably more open atmosphere in Paris where women were able to engage in formerly taboo activities, such as wearing low-cut bodices and smoking in public. These 'Cherettes' were widely seen and recognised, and a writer of the time said "It is difficult to conceive of Paris without its 'Cheréts'."
Day 3: Creative Drawing
Draw and color a poster advertising your favorite soda.
Draw and color a poster advertising your favorite soda.
Day 4: Creative Writing
Answer the following questions:
1.) What makes an advertisement memorable?
2.) What do you think a good advertisement needs?
3.) What makes something a bad advertisement? - what characteristics?
4.) List at least 5 things that are advertised
5.) List these in order of importance to a poster (1 = most important)
* Color
* Text
* Information
* A pretty looking product
* Aesthetics (the prettiness of the entire poster)
* Spacing
* Size of poster
* Location of poster
6.) Why was your most important the most important?
Day 5: Quiz
Go to Exittix.com for your quiz on Jules Cheret