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Exhibition Resources for Teachers and Students
Teacher and student resources related to the Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples exhibition (October 19, 2008–March 22, 2009). Includes an introduction to the exhibition, printable Discovery Guides for students, a guide for Latin classes, and related resources.
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Printable Learning Resource (PDF) Painting in the Dutch Golden Age: A Profile of the Seventeenth Century examines the culture and art of one of the world's greatest periods of creativity. A 164-page book (in PDF format) provides background information about the newly independent Dutch Republic and the nexus of its art and civics. Chapters look at landscape, still life, portraiture, and genre and history painting. Also included are artist biographies and resource information. Among artists featured are Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Frans Hals.
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Printable Learning Resource (PDF) Picturing France, 1830–1900 is a learning resource intended primarily for middle and upper grade levels. It takes a multifaceted look at art and culture, exploring most of the nineteenth century's major stylistic trends (from realism to post-impressionism) and artists (including Rousseau, Corot, Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Morisot, Monet, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Van Gogh).
This program is also available as a printed booklet with 40 slides, an image CD with more than 75 works of art, 20 color study prints, a wall map, and a separate classroom guide, with activities and student handouts. Borrow free-of-charge from NGA Loan Programs. |
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Online Interactive Unit
Who am I? is a set of art and writing activities designed to help students begin to answer this important question. Students will look carefully at self-portraits in the National Gallery of Art's collection by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Judith Leyster, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Andy Warhol.
Student Activities/ Teacher Lesson Plans / Printable Worksheets / Glossary / Artist Biographies / Other Resources
Level: Middle (can be adapted for other levels) |
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Online Interactive Unit Do art and math have anything in common? How do artists and architects use math to create their works? In New Angles on Art, students will explore the intersection of math and art in the works of three contemporary artists.
Student Activities / Teacher Lesson Plans / Printable Worksheets / Glossary / Artist Biographies / Other Resources
Levels: Middle / High (can be adapted for other levels)
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Online Interactive Unit
In Counting on Art, students will explore the paintings of Horace Pippin and Wayne Thiebaud and the mobiles of Alexander Calder to discover and practice math and visual art concepts. Student Activities / Teacher Lesson Plans / Printable Worksheets / Glossary / Artist Biographies / Other Resources
Levels: Elementary / Middle (can be adapted for other levels)
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A printable introduction to the artistic strategies of Dada. Dada, one of the significant movements of the historical avant-garde, was born in the heart of Europe in the midst of World War I. In the wake of that brutal conflict, Dadaists raucously challenged tradition, and art-making was changed forever.
Level: High |
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Online Interactive Unit In the United States, the nineteenth century was a time of tremendous growth and change. In this lesson, works of art are paired with written documents, including literary selections, a letter, and a speech. As budding historians, students can use these primary sources to reconstruct the influence of technology, geography, economics, and politics on daily life. Level: Grades 5–6 (can be adapted for other levels)
This program is also available as a printed booklet with color reproductions. It may be borrowed free-of-charge from NGA Loan Programs. |
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Online Interactive Unit Artists are often particularly keen observers and precise recorders of the physical conditions of the natural world. As a result, paintings can be good resources for learning about ecology. Teachers can use this lesson to examine with students the interrelationship of geography, natural resources, and climate and their effects on daily life. It also addresses the roles students can take in caring for the environment. Level: Grades 5–6 (can be adapted for other levels) This program is also available as a printed booklet with color reproductions. It may be borrowed free-of-charge from NGA Loan Programs. |
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Online Interactive Unit Mythology is a powerful vehicle for teaching students about symbols and the ways people have sought to explain their relationships to nature and to each other. Teachers can use this lesson to introduce or examine the role of myths in explaining human customs, mysteries about nature, or the reasons why things exist in the world. Level: Grades 5–6 (can be adapted for other levels) This program is also available as a printed booklet with color reproductions. It may be borrowed free-of-charge from NGA Loan Programs. |
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