National Gallery of Art

While these worksheets are specific for use while visiting the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, they could be used to guide nearly any museum trip. Questions focus on human activity, symbolism, culture, religion, and society as...

Kids become mini-experts on the Mannerist movement and the art of El Greco. They identify common elements of El Greco paintings and compare them to a work by Thomas Hart Benton. They use  four ways to examine art taken from the...

Is there a difference between examining an original work of art and viewing a reproduction? Class members are asked to reflect on this question after researching a piece, study a reproduction of it, and the examining the original in an...

This video [3:53] discusses Claude Monet's more than 30 canvases depicting Rouen Cathedral between 1892 and 1894. This video discusses the following four paintings in the collection of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris: Rouen Cathedral (The...

This video [3:24] discusses Claude Monet's, The Argenteuil Bridge, 1874, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 80 cm (Musee d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Drs. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker Please note that there is significant background chatter in this...

This video [3:54] discusses Claude Monet's, Poplars, 1891, oil on canvas, 36-5/8 x 29-3/16 inches / 93 x 74.1 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

This video [5:25] discusses Claude Monet's, Gare St. Lazare, 1877 (Musee d'Orsay) For more art history videos visit www.smarthistory.org

This video [4:29] discusses Claude Monet's, Cliff Walk at Pourville, 1882, oil on canvas, 26-1/8 x 32-7/16 inches / 66.5 x 82.3 cm (Art Institute of Chicago).

This video [6:21] discusses Claude Monet's, Les Nympheas (The Water Lilies), a suite of paintings on permanent exhibition at the Musee de l'Orangerie in Paris: Room 1: Morning, oil on two canvas panels, 200 x 425 cm, c. 1918-26 Clouds,...

Simulate a real-life situation with a project proposal activity for an art installation. Learners look at work by Joe Fafard and examine his website for information about public art displays. They also search for other proposals for...