NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
National Assessment of…1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 106 to 120 of 247 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sylva, Ron – Art Education, 1993
Maintains that teaching the creation of art can be lost in the emphasis on discipline-based art education. Argues that much of art education is studying the art of others or the concepts and principles that can be derived from others. Contends that the process of personally creating art must be revived as an integral part of art education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 2000
Provides background information on Zimbabwean art and sculpture and Harry Chingono, a Zimbabwean sculptor. Includes reproductions of Chingono's sculpture "The King's Secret" and describes it in detail. Offers four ideas for learning activities. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Art Products
Dunay, Cecelia M. – Arts & Activities, 1998
Describes a lesson plan designed for first- through fifth-grade students in which they made their own impressionist-style artworks. Explains that the lesson was introduced with a discussion on Claude Monet, his many art prints, and the impressionist genre. Explores the differences between things of nature and man-made objects. Notes materials and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Art Materials
Johnson, Mark M. – Arts & Activities, 2000
Provides information on the life and career of Norman Rockwell and focuses on the exhibition "Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People." Discusses the four thematic groupings of the exhibition: (1) "Drawing from the Past"; (2) "Inventing America"; (3) "Celebrating the Commonplace"; and (4)…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Artists
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 2000
Discusses the presence of ordinary people in art. Features four sculptors and examples of their work: (1) "Janitor" by Duane Hanson; (2) "The Red Light" by George Segal; (3) "The Sodbuster" by Luis A. Jimenez; and (4) "The Driller" by Mahonri Young. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Art Materials
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 2000
Provides information on the inspiration for Alexis Preller's painting "Mapogga Rondawel," specifically addressing the Ndebele tribe's round, thatched houses called rondawels. Offers ideas for accompanying activities. Includes a reproduction of the painting and examines the painting in detail. (CMK)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Art Education, Art Expression
Johnson, Mark M. – Arts & Activities, 2001
Features the artist David Bierk, who uses three subject areas in his paintings: (1) landscapes; (2) still lifes; and (3) "history paintings." Explains that Bierk abstracts and adapts these subjects to create personal tributes to artworks by famous artists. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Art Products
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 2000
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)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Art Products
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 2000
Focuses on works of art that are dreamlike and surrealistic and include visual contradictions. Includes four reproductions of artworks with information about the works of art and the artists. Explains that the four pictures will stimulate students' creativity. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
Parrott, Meredith – 1997
This document consists of a two-page outline and seventeen photographs of Romanian art objects. This unit focuses on advancing the high school student from the art of Western Europe to the art of Eastern Europe. The curriculum projects are geared for the 11th and 12th grade student. Students begin with a study of Rodin and progress toward that of…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
Frye, Gladys-Marie – Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, 1987
Discusses the following aspects of the life and art of Harriet Powers (born 1837), a Black quilter from Georgia: (1) subject matter of quilts; (2) African continuity; (3) provenance of quilts; (4) Powers' personal history; and (5) historical context of quilts. (BJV)
Descriptors: Art, Art Expression, Art History, Artists
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 2003
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)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Artists
Skophammer, Karen – Arts & Activities, 2002
Presents an activity where students select a social problem or cause and then create a poster to express something about the problem. States that students first learn about the history of posters. Includes learning objectives and an additional activity. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Careers
Smith, Gay Lynn P. – Arts & Activities, 2002
Discusses what students can learn and accomplish in the art classroom at the elementary level. Focuses on topics that include language and student vocabulary, how students can build their confidence, and how they can learn about art history and movements. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art Expression, Art History
Hubbard, Guy – Arts & Activities, 2002
Introduces the "2002-03 Clip and Save Art Prints." Explains that these articles focus on facial expressions. Provides background information on the topic and explains the structure of the articles. Includes three examples of interpretations of facial expressions. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art History, Art Products
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  12  |  ...  |  17