Look & Listen, Retell & Interpret
Students will use a close reading technique to discover, interpret, and retell the story represented in a work of art.
Students will use a close reading technique to discover, interpret, and retell the story represented in a work of art.
Children will explore the sights, sounds, smells, and feel of grass and draw on this information to more carefully examine American Grasslands. They will have fun using their imaginations and previous experiences to think about what types of animals live in the different grasses painted.
Students will investigate the nature of clay and the different ways that it can be molded. Students will discover how the malleability of clay can change, and they will create a simple design on a hardened form of clay.
Students will look at Hennings’s painting and play a counting game, then go on a hunt for the many colors found within.
Students will investigate the use of shapes in Breastplate and combine basic shapes to make an interesting picture of their own.
Students will examine the colors, patterns, shape, and purpose of the Large Jug (Aryballo). Students will then draw a simple design on both a flat and curved surface and explain the challenges of drawing on a curved surface.
Students will explore different kinds of textures and learn how artists might have polished sculptures such as the Olmec Seated Figure. Students will also practice a polishing technique using sandpaper, then create a simple design on the smoothed surface.
Students will explore the artistic characteristics and function of the Maya Vessel with Palace Scene, then create their own personal drinking vessel using Styrofoam cups and an assortment of artistic materials!
Students will participate in hands-on activities that give them a better understanding of and appreciation for the tent-like design of Denver International Airport as depicted in the Concept Model for Denver International Airport Passenger Terminal, Denver, Colorado.
This lesson focuses on the words used to describe different types of homes, using the Lakota Tipi as a starting point. Children synthesize images and accompanying words by playing a matching game.
Using visual observation, illustrations, and words, students compare and contrast two horse art objects, the Han dynasty Horse and Frederic Remington’s The Cheyenne.
This lesson focuses on the use of portraiture to provide information about a person. The comparison of the Knows Her Medicine and Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VI portraits prompts students to develop a list of questions and answers. They will apply a similar process to a photo or portrait from today and to a self-portrait.