These short videos teach about famous artists and art styles.
- Subject:
- Arts Education
- Visual Arts
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Author:
- Art History for Kids!
- Date Added:
- 09/16/2024
These short videos teach about famous artists and art styles.
This collection of art videos will support teachers and students in their quest to learn more about art.
Videos include: Matisse, Chagall, Michelangelo, pointillism, Britto, Chinese Dragon, Dali, Pollock, Tin Art, Kindness Rocks, Landscapes, Fashion Design, Collaborative Portraits, Zentangle, Howard, Dhurrie Rug, Magritte.
There are great ideas for lessons here, information about famous artists and great individual or collaborative projects.
Allow students to express their own style with the classics.
You can find the originals and view/discuss them and learn about the artist. Then students can create their own interpretation of the famous piece of art.
Following the included links, and after viewing all of the sites, choose 3 of the artists and their works above to answer the following questions:
A brief description of the artist and his life: date of birth and death, where he lived (what country was he from), his occupation (job), the subject (what he was painting/sculpting) of his artwork
When the artwork was created
Describe what the piece of artwork looks like: include colors, textures, medium (what was used to create it: type of paint, sculpture, photograph…)
Write the quote from beneath each picture
Do you like the artwork? Why or why not?
What does the artwork make you think about? What does it make you feel?
One piece of art that all students should know is included for each week.
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