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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the role of gargoyles in New York City architecture as a starting point to considering architectural structures in their city. They create designs that illustrate ways in which those local structures may be enhanced by gargoyles. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students create gargoyles out of paper mache. Instructions for making paper mache pulp are included. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students study Gothic architecture on the Internet and create a mug with a gargoyle figure on it. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students make connections between art and literature studying about Medieval imagery and beliefs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students design gargoyles modeled after the ones seen on Gothic cathedrals. They research the function and significance of gargoyles. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students create a contemporary coat of arms and illuminated page. They study contemporary artists who combine text, symbols and images in altered books and create an altered book page of their own. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate Medieval art Gargoyles/Beasties and creatures used for animation films, design an original monster, and create a hollow clay form using hand building techniques. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students investigate the significance of gargoyles and their relationship to architecture, symbolism and art history. They research and compare the form and function of gargoyles in Europe and the United States. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students engage in an assignment of creating sculptures of medieval gargoyles. They are taught how the gargoyle was considered a work of art during The Middle Ages. The use of a slideshow and classroom lecture is used to give students background knowledge prior to the creation of the sculpture. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - Higher Ed
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Students use oil pastels to create the illusion of form through blending a range of value. They study Medieval architecture, specifically gargoyles and the effect of light on forms and its relationship to realism in art. They draw their gargoyle with outlines and then determine where their light source is coming from. They shade with pastels to create the illusion of form and add an appropriate shadow. Full Review »

