Seeing the Invisible: Angels and Demons

Class members are presented with the image of a painting and asked to record their first impressions and analysis. They then research the time period in which it was painted and discuss how their research impacted their first impression...

Young readers examine the details in an 1821 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting two sisters who are exiled princesses. They read a tale about the Brothers Grimm, who were writing fairy tales during the same time period that these...

Art learners examine still-life arrangement images and respond to a series of prompts. In a whole-class discussion, pupils list elements and qualities that still-life paintings can have. After instructors create an arrangement and model...

In this video [1:58] Benjamin and Devin talk about angels made by an English artist in about 1420-30. This is from an imaginative tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art. Created by Getty Museum.

In this video [1:48] William talks about the angels in Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto, c. 1744. This is from an imaginative tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art.

One of the great things about technology is that it lets youngsters visit museums that may be many miles away. With this resource, middle and high schoolers can visit the portrait galleries at J. Paul Getty Museum, located in Los...

Students examine the color in paintings. In this visual arts lesson, students explore the 1821 painting by Jacques-Louis David and identify the colors in the art piece. Students write an original fairy tale and create an illustration...

Benjamin and Bryn talk about demons in Cenni's Coronation of the Virgin and Saints. This is from a tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art.

Everything old is new again. The Los Angeles J. Paul Getty Museum presents a instructional activity on how Greek black-figure painting influenced eighteenth century Neoclassical artists. After looking at a series of examples, class...

The final session in a sequential, three-lesson sculpture study designed by the education staff of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has class members using the criterial they developed to critique each others' symbolic sculptures.