Remember the last time you visiteda museum? And the first? Were you bored For sure. Because a small child who has fallen into a museum like the Tretyakov Gallery and the Hermitage will most likely not be interested in listening to the guide. Yes, and ride on the floor is much nicer. But how to make the child interested in art? To even in a huge museum, he did not miss? Need to prepare. And very much in advance. The art and founder of the School of Popular Art OPPOPART Anastasia Postrigay shares her experience on how to study the history of art with her children.- A child needs a guide to come to the worldart. Best of all, if you yourself become such an attendant, and not a nanny or kindergarten teacher. In the first years of life, the connection between mother and child is incredibly strong - so use it! But start with yourself. In studying the history of art, the most important thing is a sincere interest. If you are interested in this knowledge, then the child will eventually adopt the desire to learn new things.

Is it necessary?

Photo: Anastasia archive PostrigayRoseon question: Why study art with a child when he does not even go to school? Someone will answer: “To develop the aesthetic side of the personality” - and in general it will be right. But let's look wider: art helps in the development of the child as a whole. Through art, the child receives new impressions and learns new forms that in ordinary life he may not meet. For example, a landscape that no longer exists. Or a fantastic character in the artist’s unique vision - the same “Swan Princess” by Vrubel. She also experiences new emotions and significantly expands her vocabulary, because she speaks about what she sees in pictures.

Which side to go

Photo:GettyImagesWhen is the best time to start instilling artistic taste? Psychologists have an answer, but it is rather vague: the earlier, the better. But be selective in your approaches. “Boring” a child with terms, dates and even names is a waste of time and money. You risk completely discouraging your child from studying art. Maybe, over time, he will learn by heart where Repin is and where Levitan is, but this will not be the result of a pleasant and useful game, but of natural training. So where to start? Set up a mini-gallery at home. Hang printed reproductions of paintings on the walls and look at them with your child. Talk to him. Use the description method, do not be afraid to ask your child about his feelings, experiences, thoughts. Using examples of five paintings, we will explain how to talk to children about art.

"Monet's family in the garden", Edouard Manet

Photo: WikiArt.ruIt is best to start with everyday scenes that depict children. This will make it easier for the child to perceive what is happening, because he can easily accept the hero on the canvas as his own. Show your child, for example, Edouard Manet's painting "The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil". Here it is important to maintain order in the story: describe the picture from the general to the specific, from the foreground to the background. First, draw the child's attention to the woman, then turn your gaze to the baby, emphasizing that this is also a mother and son - just like you. Then you can talk about the man in the background (by the way, this is Claude Monet working in the garden). And don't be lazy in asking questions! "What do you think the boy was doing before? What was he playing?", "What is he feeling now?", "What is the man in the corner of the painting doing?" And so on. At first glance, this approach does not seem serious. But this is exactly how, through the question-answer game, you involve the child in the study of art, only do it unobtrusively. And over time, when the child comes to a large, real museum, he himself will be able to describe the paintings.

"Portrait of Mika Morozov" by Valentin Serov

Photo: wikipedia.org. Everything is simple here. Show the child a picture and say: “Get acquainted, this is Mika!” It works flawlessly. Again, ask the child to look at the picture. Mika is a very emotional boy, his face reads awe, delight, interest, embarrassment ... Therefore, when describing the portrait, do not hesitate to use bright words. "Mika started up!", "Mika was embarrassed!", "Mika was inspired." So through the game the child will learn new and beautiful words. And over time, his vocabulary will compare favorably with his peers. Do not forget about the game "question - answer". Invite a child to think what exactly inspired Mika? What did the boy see? Maybe someone called him? After all, Serov managed to capture just an instant, while four-year-old Mika stopped in the middle of the game, climbed into a chair and now froze. And the artist behind him seemed to spy.

Still Life Cezanne

Photo: Cezanne.rfA work of art is a great material for learning to count, as well as shapes and colors. Down with boring manuals! Let's teach children to count on Cezanne's apples, pears and peaches. The French artist had a certain weakness for still lifes with fruits. Choose any canvas and start counting: how many apples? How many plums? How many pears? And what color are they - yellow or maybe green? Important point: the objects in the painting should really be different in shape, size and color. And although Cezanne can in no way be classified as a realistic artist, his apples really do look like apples. In a situation where children are just beginning to form ideas about objects, this is very important.

"Merchant for tea", Boris Kustodiev

Photo: WikiArt.ruI can argue that the Kustodiev "Merchant" like all children, without exception. There are several reasons for this. For example, bright colors or the general feeling of kindness, warmth and comfort that comes from the canvas. But the main one: Kustodiyev wrote a cat! And where will you find a child indifferent to animals, even if drawn? So feel free to start the journey through the picture with a cat. Another example of the “Merchant's Tea” can explain some spatial concepts to a child. For example, "far - close." Like, the cat is close, and the church is far away. And the merchant? A special kind of pleasure is to consider the “Merchant” in a large format. Just print or buy a picture in the form of a poster and stick it on a piece of cardboard. In the children's homemade reproduction exactly take pride of place - as shown by personal experience, you can study this canvas a little less than infinitely.

Landscapes

"The Tale of the Sad Artist" by Isaac LevitanPhoto:music-fantasy.ruAnd finally - a lesson in natural history. For this, it is not necessary to go outside, but it is enough to show the child landscapes. Remember, in school reading books on reading, stories about nature were always illustrated with paintings by Levitan, Repin, Shishkin? It is very easy to teach a child to distinguish between the seasons, and even describe weather phenomena using paintings by Russian landscape painters. You can complicate the task a little: show the child the impressionists. They really understood that time is fleeting! Using Monet's water lilies, you can explain how the world changes during the day: here is dawn, here is midday, and here is twilight. Who knows, maybe in many years, your already grown-up son or daughter, looking at the pre-dawn sky, will compare it with Monet's landscapes, and not with pictures from the Internet.

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