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Michaelangelo Game
Young scholars play the game, "Reading a Painting" to review social studies facts. They read a painting of a particular time period trying to determine clues to remember facts. They work in teams to identify the time, place, and...
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The Black Prince at Crecy
Students analyze how artists have applied color relationships (value, intensity, tints, and shades, cool and warm colors) to create descriptive and expressive effects in artworks. They judge an artwork based on whether its organization...
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Reverse Glass "Painting"
Students examine the life and works of John Audubon. They compare and contrast various pieces of art and identify the purposes of stained glass. After observing his art, they create their own stained glass creation using the concepts...
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Paper Pulp Painting
Young scholars draw an animal on a white piece of paper and add a background of leaves or flowers. They color the drawings and rip up construction paper that is the same color as the colors they chose for their drawings. They turn the...
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Population Graphing
Seventh graders participate in several learning/research stations in which they view artwork from various countries of the Eastern world and collect information on the populations of the Eastern countries. They then use this information...
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A Museum as Time Capsule
Young scholars focus on museum artwork and artifacts as resources to study history and geography.
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How To Read A Portrait
Students examine a system of critical analysis for describing, interpreting, and evaluating portraits which focuses their attention and yields information about the artwork.
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Portrait Detectives
Students distinguish portraits from other forms of art and develop their own criteria for analyzing portraits. They discuss what is unique about a portrait, why artists create portraits, and the style of portraits.
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Marc Chagall
Second graders identify the characteristics of the artwork of Marc Chagall. They paint a Chagall-like picture
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Art Appreciation
Students explain that everyone has their own opinion about what they think is good art. They study images, then put a heart behind the one they like the best, the least and the one they think their mom or dad would like.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Byzantine Studies: Byzantine Studies on the Internet
At this site from Fordham University you can access a wealth of information on the Byzantine Empire, from journal articles, to photo galleries, to downloadable software.
Northern Illinois University
Se Asite: Batik
This site describes the process of creating and dying batik fabrics. There are links to specific methods of batik, a quiz, and additional links to related sites.
Other
Universidad De Zaragoza: Info Goya Work
A comprehensive investigation into the work of Spanish master Romantic painter Francisco Goya. With links to sections on techniques, prints, drawings, paintings, and many more categories this is an excellent resource for the study of the...
Other
June Kelly Gallery: Norman Lewis
This resource offers a timeline format of the education and career of Norman Lewis.
Other
Arshile Gorky
Contains both general and detailed information about Arshile Gorky and his artwork.
University of California
Shapes and Uses of California Indian Basketry
This is an illustrated comprehensive overview of Native American basket types. Discusses different styles and what they are used for.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Piero Di Cosimo
Works by Piero di Cosimo are represented in the collection of London's National Gallery of Art. Clicking on the title results in an enlarged version with an in-depth discussion of the artwork.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: British and American History Paintings of the 1700s
This website provides a nice exhibit of history paintings from the 1700s. There are eight paintings discussed depicting various historical events including religious and mythological stories.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Expressionism
This Artcyclopedia resource offers a brief overview of Expressionism and a chronological timeline that links to each artist.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute:visual Blues of Lawrence, Douglas, and Bearden
Within this lesson plan there is a nice introduction to Douglas' work.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Expressionism
This Artlex site offers a brief description of Expressionism, examples of Expressionist work, quotes, and related links.
Other
Tfao: W. Edmondson's Sculptures Gifted to Cheekwood
Within this article regarding the donation of several Edmondson sculptures, there is a short biography that details his work.
Other
Tfao: Appleton Museum of Art
A brief, yet informative, overview of Lee-Smith's work accompanied by two painting images.
Other
Vincent Art Gallery: About Expressionism
This site offers a definition of Expressionism with links to Van Gogh and Gauguin.