Math and Art with Sol LeWitt's Sculpture: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6"
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts webpage
VMFA Webpage: Sol LeWitt: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Use this cross-curricular (Mathematics and Art) and inquiry-based online lesson concept either wholly in the classroom, or to support a museum visit.
It can be adapted to serve as informal formative assessment or a culminating activity to demonstrate student understanding.
Structure
Included on the webpage are:
- Introduction to Conceptual Art and the work of Sol LeWitt
- Virtual gallery view of LeWitt's sculpture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 at VMFA and invitation to take a closer look.
- Drawing challenge and discussion prompts to facilitate critical examination, encourage computational thinking, and generate student ideas.
- Information about Sol LeWitt's use of proportion for his modular cube series
- A Tinkercad model of the sculpture
- Challenge for students to identify a mathematical concept they can use as inspiration for their own Conceptual Artwork modeled with Tinkercad.
- Short bibliography of resources for further exploration of Sol LeWitt and his art.
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