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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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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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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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A printable overview of mid to late twentieth-century art in the National Gallery's collections. Topics include abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, performance art, process art, neoexpressionist, and postmodernism. Includes teaching activities and classroom discussion ideas. This program is also available as a printed booklet with 20 slides. It may be borrowed free-of-charge from NGA Loan Programs. |
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Online Interactive Unit The visual narratives and abstractions of this preeminent African-American artist explore the places where he lived and worked: the rural South, Pittsburgh, New York's Harlem, and the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. Bearden's central themes–religion, jazz and blues, history, literature, and the authenticities of black life endured throughout his remarkable career. Includes printable (PDF) version and teaching activities. This program is also available as a printed booklet with 20 slides, 6 color study prints, 5 overhead transparencies, and a music CD. It may be borrowed free-of-charge from NGA Loan Programs. |
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A printable, children's guide from The Art of Romare Bearden exhibition (2003–2004). Includes images, background information, and looking activities. |
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In-depth studies of ten themes in American Art—abstraction, the figure, historical subjects, landscape, marine painting, portraiture, narrative, genre, still life, and topographical views |
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A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art and life of Jackson Pollock. |
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