Students explore three topics of elements of art in this seven lessons unit. An overview of light, space, figure, ground, pattern, balance and symmetry are presented in this unit.

Middle schoolers investigate the definition of life and alive in the context of a unit that is involved with building their own planet. They participate in a class discussion about defining life, and in small groups analyze artifacts to...

In this Roman civilization instructional activity, students read about the food options available during Roman times. Students learn about the normal breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal for Roman people.

From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the late 19th century Romanticist painting "The Angelus" by Jean-Francois Millet.

A detailed biography of the artist, Jean Francois Millet. This article contains information about his influences as well as pictures of some of his most famous works like "The Gleaners."

This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Jean-Francois Millet.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Jean Francois Millet, French Realist artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school.

An image of Jean-Francois Millet.

An image of Jean-Francois Millet.

An image of Jean-Francois Millet.

Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (Washington)

An image of Jean-Francois Millet.

Play the role of a 1940s-era detective and discover the artist of a mystery painting by examining its style, composition, use of color, and subject. Involves comparing and contrasting the work of Raphael, Titian, Millet, Van Gogh,...

A straight forward description of realism in art, which has both a general and a specific meaning. Includes links to examples of nineteenth-century Realist art, including that of Courbet and Millet, two leading lights of the French...

The Iraqw are an agrico-pastoral people who live in north-central Tanzania. With the expansion of their territory, the Iraqw have come to interact and coexist with other ethnic groups. Maize is the staple crop of the Iraqw; it is...

The Fali belong to the vast paleonegritic group of people who are sometimes designated "Kirdi" (pagans), as opposed to the Islamized Peul or Fulbe, with whom they share the northern part of Cameroon. The Fali are farmers and...

The Dogon are a group of about 250,000 people who live primarily in the districts of Bandiagara and Douentza in the western African nation of Mali. They are primarily agriculturists, their principal crops being millet, sorghum, rice,...

The Anuak live in a region straddling the border of the southern Sudan and Ethiopia. The Anuak language is most closely related to Shilluk. Together, the two languages comprise a subfamily within the larger classification of Nilotic....

The name "Acholi" is used for peoples living in the former Acholi District of northern Uganda and the adjoining area of the southern Sudan. The primary language of Acholi today is Luo, a Western Nilotic language spoken by groups...

The terms "LoDagaa" and "Lobi-Dagarti" (or Dagara) are used for a cluster of peoples situated across the frontier of Burkina Faso and Ghana. Hoe farming of cereals (sorghum, pennisetum [pearl millet], maize), together with some yams are...

An image of "The Winnower", created by Jean-Francois Millet in 1848 (Oil on canvas, 38 x 29 cm).

An image of "Catherine Lemaire", created by Jean-Francois Millet in 1848 (Pencil on paper, 550 x 420 mm).

An image of "Trussing Hay", created by Jean-Francois Millet in 1850 (Oil on canvas, 56 x 65 cm).

An image of "The Gleaners", created by Jean-Francois Millet in 1857 (Oil on canvas, 85,5 x 111 cm).