This art history video discussion examines Caravaggio's "Death of the Virgin," 1605-06, …
This art history video discussion examines Caravaggio's "Death of the Virgin," 1605-06, Oil on canvas, 12 feet, 10 inches x 8 feet (369 x 245 cm) (Musee du Louvre, Paris). Painted for the altar of a family chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Scala del Trastevere, Rome.
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This art history video discussion examines Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "Dance," 1865-69, marble, 420 …
This art history video discussion examines Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "Dance," 1865-69, marble, 420 x 298 cm (Musee d'Orsay, Paris). Commissioned by Charles Garnier for the facade of L'Opera. In 1964 it was replaced by a copy executed by Paul Belmondo.
This art history video discussion examines Mary Cassatt's "In the Loge," 1878, …
This art history video discussion examines Mary Cassatt's "In the Loge," 1878, oil on canvas, 81.28 x 66.04 cm / 32 x 26 inches (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
This art history video discussion examines Mary Cassatt's "The Child's Bath," 1893, …
This art history video discussion examines Mary Cassatt's "The Child's Bath," 1893, oil on canvas, 100.3 x 66.1 cm / 39-1/2 x 26 inches (Art Institute of Chicago).
This art history video discussion examines Mary Cassatt's "Woman with a Pearl …
This art history video discussion examines Mary Cassatt's "Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge," 1879, oil on canvas, 32 x 23-1/2 inches or 81.3 x 59.7 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners …
This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to gain hands-on experience with various tools and materials used in design and construction. The students will make molds and duplicates for an engraved image.
Students learn about story structure, new vocabulary, and a variety of reading …
Students learn about story structure, new vocabulary, and a variety of reading strategies by participating in an interactive read-aloud of "Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten" by Joseph Slate.
Students will compare and contrast different perspectives of the French Revolution as …
Students will compare and contrast different perspectives of the French Revolution as depicted in two works of art. Students will discuss the use of satire and caricature to comment on historical and current events and will create satirical cartoons based on contemporary issues.
Students will compare and contrast how two late-19th-century paintings depict celebrations in …
Students will compare and contrast how two late-19th-century paintings depict celebrations in different ways through the artists' use of satire and color. Students will explore the historical context surrounding both canvases and create a painting of a celebration employing artistic techniques learned from the pictures.
This art history video discussion examines Benvenuto Cellini's "Perseus with the Head …
This art history video discussion examines Benvenuto Cellini's "Perseus with the Head of Medusa," c. 1554, bronze (Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence).
This is the first lesson in a sequential unit. Students view ceramic …
This is the first lesson in a sequential unit. Students view ceramic vessels from different time periods and cultures and discuss their meanings, functions, and original contexts. They develop criteria for value and meaning of these objects, and create a timeline to situate the objects in history.
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students are tested on …
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students are tested on what they learned about the history of ceramic forms in "Ceramics: A Vessel into History -- Lesson 1." They start work on a personal clay vessel that has a specific use or meaning in their contemporary culture, which could be discerned through study by future archeologists and art historians.
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students begin work on …
This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students begin work on a ceramic vessel, which they designed in "Ceramics: A Vessel into History -- Lesson 2." They discuss their artistic choices and identify elements derived from historical examples, while considering how artists appropriate ideas from earlier artists.
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