Provides background information on Jose Maria Velasco and includes a reproduction of his artwork titled "Distant View of Mexico City." Includes classroom activities. Discusses the subject matter of the painting, offering historical information, and explores the techniques used by Velasco. (CMK)

Provides information on the Group of Seven, a famous group of Canadian landscape painters, of which Arthur Lismer is a member artist. Includes activities that accompany Lismer's painting "Isles of Spruce," which is reproduced here. Discusses the painting, noting its use of repetition. (CMK)

Presents an activity that connects art, science, and nature in which elementary school students learn about deciduous trees. Explains that students create a torn-tissue collage, using fall colors for a background and drawing a silhouette of a tree without leaves on top of the background with black crayon. (CMK)

This instructional resource is the third in a series that explores the narrative role of art in public places. In two recent issues of "Art Education," Susan Goetz Zwirn ("Men and Women at Work: The Portrayal of American Workers by Three Artists of the 1930s and 1940s" 57(2), pp. 25-32) and Carol Argiro ("Teaching with Public Art" 57(4), pp.…

By looking at statements that authors make in their books, article considered what is meant by an inconsistency and how vague and incompatible assertions can be misleading as well as trap an author into canceling out his own recommendations. (Author/RK)

Uses Durand's "An Old Man's Reminiscences" to introduce students in grades 4-6 to the effective use of nostalgia and memories in artwork. Presents lesson objectives, instructional strategies, evaluation criteria, and background information about the artist and the painting. (GEA)

Uses Goya's "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" to acquaint students in grades 10-12 with the artist's highly personal imagery and innovative printmaking techniques. Includes lesson objectives, instructional strategies, follow-up procedures, and background information about the artist and the painting. (GEA)

Provides a developmental interpretation of some of the differences in peoples' responses to art. The interpretation is based on a theory that focuses on how people understand paintings. Identifies a five-stage theory of aesthetic development and illustrates the typical stage responses of people viewing the Ivan Albright painting "Ida." (JDH)

Using William M. Harnett's 1884 oil painting "After the Hunt," this lesson introduces students in grades seven through nine to the style of realism popular in the late nineteenth century. The lesson is also designed to show how art reflects the values of the society in which it was created. (JDH)

A project which involved 11th- and 12th-grade art students in creating a "Jackson Pollock type" lyrical action painting is described. As a result of the project, the students gained a freedom of expression which was evident in their subsequent art projects and a tolerance toward twentieth-century art. (RM)

Presents background information about the artist El Greco. Focuses on his painting of Saint Peter,"The Penitent Saint Peter," chosen because of the facial expression and body language. Includes a reproduction of the painting and information about the painting. (CMK)

Focuses on the use of the art technique called watergraph in which students use watercolor to paint over photographs. Provides three examples of how teachers used this process with their students, including creating self portraits inspired by the work of Edgar Degas. (CMK)

Presents an art activity for fourth- and fifth-grade students in which they pretend to be advertising designers and create an advertisement for a real or imaginary product. Explains that the students select the product and also a famous work of art that is related to their product. (CMK)

Focuses on the home of Charles Demuth that is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Describes, in detail, the house and the Demuth Tobacco Shop, which is located next door to the house. Includes information on the life and work of Demuth. (CMK)