Still Life Art Teaching Resources :: 121

Curated OER

Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed

Students explore free-motion machine quilting through three exercises. They enhance patterns, make their own patterns and stitch a realistic quilted drawing. Students create a color wheel and develop a variety of methods that enable them...

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Photographs as an Artist's Tool

For Teachers 9th - 12th

Students learn about Eakins use of photography as a tool for painting. They apply use of photography in their own painting or drawing. They incorporate time of day, composition and positioning of human subject in their own painting or...

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Picture Perfect Parts of Speech

For Teachers 5th - 6th

Students demonstrate the eight parts of speech with personal photographs. For this parts of speech lesson, students take photographs and label them with the appropriate concrete example of each part of speech.

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Clearly Classified

For Teachers 9th - 12th

Learners investigate plants and insects. In this science classification lesson, students create separate categories for insects and plants by characteristics. Learners discover scientific names of insects.

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Looking at Photography Lesson 2: Why Photographs Are Made

For Teachers Higher Ed

Students analyze the difference between artistic and documentary photography. They discuss why photographers made certain photographers.

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Insect Anatomy

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed

Students explore the anatomy of an insect. In this activity the characteristics of insects, students explore parts of an insect. Students gain knowledge through pictures and charts showing insects and their body parts. Students will...

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A Child: Past And Present, Rich And Poor

For Teachers 9th

Ninth graders analyze universal human rights. They examine their causes, consequences, and possible solutions, and discuss selected global issues. They plan and evaluate age appropriate actions to support peace and sustainability in our...

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Tate Online I Map: "Still Life With a Beer Mug" by Fernand Leger

For Students 9th - 10th

This resource provides "Still Life with a Beer Mug" by French cubist painter Fernand Leger. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.

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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Still Life With Two Lemons by Claesz

For Students 9th - 10th

Webpage describing Still Life with Two Lemons, a painting by Pieter Claesz from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote...

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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Still Life Painting [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A look at the history of still-life painting through a printable catalog of multiple example works of art. Images are accompanied by descriptions and detailed examinations of their elements, meanings, and context.

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Columbus Museum of Art: Curator's View: Picasso Cubist Still Life

For Students 9th - 10th

See the cubist still life painting 'Still Life with Compote and Glass' by Pablo Picasso, in this Curator's View series description and image from the Columbua Museum of Art.

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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: In Focus: Still Life

For Students 9th - 10th

Enter the J. Paul Getty Museum to visit the exhibition, Still Life. This exhibition takes a new look at still life by examining the genre as portrayed in photography. Many examples from the 19th, 20th, and even 21st centuries are shown,...

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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Cezanne's Still Lifes

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Students will view film footage of Paul Cezanne's actual studio in Aix-en-Provence and compare objects they see to his drawings and paintings in the National Gallery of Art collection. By selecting and arranging objects of their choice,...

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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Dutch Still Life [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th

A kid-friendly printable packet that walks you through the "what's" and the "why's" of a Dutch food still-life painting. Also includes a fun cookie recipe!

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The Worldwide Art Gallery: Still Life

For Students 3rd - 5th

This site has a basic description of still-life art with several famous examples from great painters.

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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: William M. Harnett

For Students 9th - 10th

View nineteenth-century American trompe o'eil still life "For Sunday's Dinner" by William Harnett, with context and analysis.

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ArtLex

Art Lex: Still Life

For Students 9th - 10th

This website provides a definition of still-life as well as many examples of still-lifes and artists who painted them. Includes links to related topics in art such as modeling, texture, and picture.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Still Life With a Ginger Jar and Eggplants

For Students 9th - 10th

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Still Life With Apples and a Pot of Primroses

For Students 9th - 10th

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.

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Wichita Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th

The focus at the Wichita Art Museum is on American art: American Character, American Still Life Traditions, American West, American Paradise, Americans Abroad, American City, American Continent, Independent American Visions, and Triumph...

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