Defining & Identifying Foreground, Middle Ground, & Background

A straightforward way of demonstrating how artists use overlapping via foreground, middle ground, and background to create space and perspective in two-dimensional artworks. Best suited for elementary and middle school students, this presentation utilizes illustrations, photographs, and paintings to identify and define foreground, middle ground, and background.

1. Defining & Identifying Foreground, Middle Ground, & Background Amy Bultena www.artfulartsyamy.com @ artfulartsyamy

2. Artists show space & depth in many ways.

3. One way to show space is to overlap parts of an artwork to create a foreground , middle ground , & background .

4. One way to show space is to overlap parts of an artwork to create a foreground , middle ground , & background .

5. One way to show space is to overlap parts of an artwork to create a foreground , middle ground , & background . Joshua Shaw (1777-1860) Seven Hills: An American Landscape 1818 Seven Hills: An American Landscape Joshua Shaw 1818

6. The background shows items that are in the back of an artwork.

7. The foreground shows items that are in the front of an artwork.

8. The middle ground shows items that are in the middle of an artwork.

9. Identify Background Middle Ground Foreground

10. Identify Background Middle Ground Foreground

11. Identify Background Middle Ground Foreground

12. Identify - Foreground (Click shape to select)

13. Back Oops! Try again! Identify - Foreground

14. Oops! Try again! Back Identify - Foreground

15. Next Correct! Great job! Identify - Foreground

16. (Click shape to select) Identify - Background

17. Back Oops! Try again! Identify - Background

18. Back Oops! Try again! Identify - Background

19. Next Correct! Great job! Identify - Background

20. Identify - Middle Ground (Click shape to select)

21. Back Oops! Try again! Identify - Middle Ground

22. Back Oops! Try again! Identify - Middle Ground

23. Next Correct! Great job! Identify - Middle Ground

24. Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh 1889 Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: - Foreground - Middle Ground - Background

25. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Background Middle ground Foreground

26. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Middle ground Background Foreground Christina’s World Andrew Wyeth 1948

27. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Middle Ground Foreground Background

28. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: - Foreground - Middle Ground - Background The Great Wave Off Kanagawa Katsushika Hokusai 1829-1833

29. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Foreground Middle Ground Background

30. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Background Middle Ground Foreground Jungle with Lion Henri Rousseau 1904-1910

31. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Middle Ground Background Foreground

32. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Middle Ground Foreground Background Exotic Landscape Henri Rousseau 1910

33. Think silently inside your head. Can you identify: Background Middle Ground Foreground