This art history video discussion examines Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People", oil on canvas 1830 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).
This art history video discussion looks at Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnieres, 1884, oil on canvas (National Gallery, London).
Students generate new vocabulary by discussing descriptive words, or adjectives, and the names of shapes they see in a still life painting. Inspired by an object in the painting, students then use their new vocabulary to create a shape poem.
This art history video discussion looks at Claus Sluter's (with Claus de Werve) "The Well of Moses", 1395-1405 (calvary finished 1399, prophets 1402-05, painted by Jean Malouel c. 1402), Asniج¬res stone with gilding and polychromy, slightly less than 7 meters high, originally close to 13 meters with cross. Located on the grounds of the former Chartreuse de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery in Dijon, France established by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The prophets depicted include: Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel, and Isaiah.
Students will discuss the lines, shapes, and patterns used to decorate a 19th century chandelier that was made to look like a hot air balloon. They will create a papier-mâché sculpture of a hot air balloon and decorate it with a pattern. They will write about where they would go on a hot air balloon.
Students explore how an artist emphasized the narrative in a work of art that depicts a single moment from the story. They then write a newspaper article, using visual clues in the painting to imagine how the narrative depicted may have unfolded.
This lesson focuses on an artwork that depicts things people use in a room for both functional and decorative reasons. Students will build vocabulary and enhance language arts skills while learning about decorative arts. Activities emphasize using different action verbs with nouns -- through discussions about how people use objects depicted in the featured work of art.
This art history video discussion looks at Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "At the Moulin Rouge", 1893-95, oil on canvas (Art Institute of Chicago).
This art history video discussion examines Elisabeth-Louise Vigee Le Brun's "Madame Perregaux", 1789, oil on oak panel (Wallace Collection, London).
This art history video discussion looks at Vincent van Gogh's "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin", 1888, oil on canvas, 24 x 19-11/16 inches (Fogg, Harvard Art Museums).
Students will analyze the sculpture "Head with Horns" by Paul Gauguin through objective and subjective writing activities and class discussion. They will then consider the meaning of this sculpture and examine the differences between objective and subjective analysis.
This art history video discussion looks at Vincent van Gogh's "The Bedroom", 1889, oil on canvas (Art Institute of Chicago).