Fine Arts

Fine Arts (X) - Art (X)

Art Through Time: Converging Cultures

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Throughout history, economic needs, material desires, and political ambitions have brought people from different cultures and communities into contact, sometimes across great distances. Whether clashes or cooperative endeavors, these convergences have brought about the exchange of knowledge and ideas. In the visual arts, they have led to creative juxtapositions, hybrid styles, innovative forms, and the reinterpretation of traditional signs and symbols.

The Art of Romare Bearden

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The materials in this packet will help students learn the following about Romare Bearden:

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Painting in the Dutch Golden Age

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This teaching packet is a project of the National Gallery of Art, department of education publications, and includes:

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Art&

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Curriculum resource for teachers includes:

  • 20 Reproductions
  • Teachers guide to lessons and activities for fifth and sixth graders (book)
  • Teachers guide to lessons and activities for fifth and sixth graders (cd)

The teachers guide includes four lessons designed to teach a subject through works of art. The four subjects are:

An Eye for Art

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Presented by the National Gallery of Art, this family-oriented resource brings together in one lively, activity-packed book a selection of forty art features from the National Gallery of Art's popular quarterly NGAkids. Each feature introduces an artist and several works from the Gallery's collections and is paired with activities to inspire creative writing, focused looking, and artistic development in children ages 7 and up.

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Picturing France

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Picturing France, 1830-1900 is a learning resource intended primarily for middle and upper grade levels. It takes a multifaceted look at nineteenth-century painting in France, as well as the culture that both produced and is reflected by that art. Organized by region, it provides a quick glance at the setting, history, and cultural life of Paris, the Île-de-France, the mountain areas of Franche-Comté and Auvergne, Normandy, Brittany, and Provence, in addition to a more in-depth examination of more than fifty works of art.

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