Discusses Picasso's freestanding sculpture Baboon and Young, and art activities for using the sculpture with elementary and secondary students are suggested. A listing of resources is also included. (RM)

Describes how two approaches to learning in art--art history and art criticism--can enable high school students to learn a great deal about, and from, a work of art. The article also discusses what an art historian does and then compares this to what a critic does. (AM)

Onfim's drawings, discovered in a medieval town in northern Russia in 1951, are the earliest known child drawings in existence. The history of these early 11th century drawings is described here by a Russian archaeologist. (RM)

Four teaching strategies are described. Secondary students do pop art sculptural forms emulating aspects of the forms of George Segal and Duane Hanson, do a sculpture of an everyday object, and create their own room-sized works. Elementary students do a sculpture in the style of Marisol. (RM)

Suggests field trips and other activities for studying contemporary and historic costume. (SJL)

The author describes how he impersonated Michelangelo while presenting a Renaissance art unit to his seventh- and eighth-grade class. (SJL)

Fifty children, eight to twelve years old, took part in a summer Medieval Arts Workshop in which they studied and produced art, music, and drama typical of that era. (Author/SJL)

Describes the functions, styles, and methods of creating medieval tapestries. Illustrates a narrative tapestry titled "The Prophecy of Nathan," attributed to Master Philip. Describes how textile artists' personal styles can be recognized. Suggests art activities for elementary and secondary students. (KM)

A commentary on the life and work of Henri Matisse for use with secondary art students is provided. Exercises to use with the commentary are provided, and art activities are suggested. Annotated references are also included. (RM)

Describes six activities for art education. Art activities include seventh-grade fanciful animal drawings, a Picasso month in a high school district, and a parent-child art workshop organized by gifted, elementary children. Career education activities include a student-run exhibit, student-curator jobs in an art gallery, and a career day. (AM)

The Art Learning Resource Center provides a concentrated art experience for fifth graders in the Omaha Public Schools. The program utilizes collections of the Joslyn Art Museum, community resources, and guest artists as motivation for the awareness, appreciation and production of art. A sample lesson on Greek art is included. (Author/SJL)

The traveling exhibition titled "The Wild Beasts: Fauvism and its Affinities" opened first at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and was then moved to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1976. Discusses the exhibition's historic value, how Fauvism passed through three fairly distinct stylistic phases, and the social…

Outlined are four units of study in which intermediate grade students study and reproduce the human head, using sculpture, painting, and drawing. The outline describes student objective, teaching concepts, art history emphasis, media to be used, and art activities. (RM)

Described is an art activity that involved secondary students in studying the history of American Indian wood carving and then making their own totem wooden sculptures. (RM)