Discusses the problems encountered in viewing original works of art for scholarship purposes, and argues that a combination of videodisks and computers offers a cost effective method of reproduction. A description of the development of the Perseus Project, a visual database of ancient Greece, focuses on advantages to scholars. (CLB)

Presents an interview with Elliot Eisner a scholar and researcher in both the arts and education. His work with the Getty Center for Education in the Arts has influenced a new structure for art curriculums. (Author/MD)

Describes how slides of architecture and classical art may be used to help students think sociologically, to understand not only what sociology is, but why it exists. Identifies eight themes on which slides of art and architecture may be used. Among the themes are: culture contact and change; concepts of self; the rise of industrial society;…

Discipline-based curriculum development efforts in art seek to translate Barkan's theoretical recommendations into practice. One such effort--the discipline-based art education framework of Greer--is discussed. (Author/RM)

Describes an art instructor's alternative to lecture in an art survey course; i.e., minidramas providing characterizations of well-known artists. Suggests that other disciplines can use the model effectively. Indicates that the approach increases student interest and participation. (DMM)

The instructional strategies suggested use a work of one of Mexico's most celebrated political history painters, David Siqueiros, to introduce junior high students to formal qualities in portraiture and contemporary Mexican art history. (RM)

Instructional strategies introduce students in grades 10-12 to the stylistic characteristics and portraiture technique of Mary Cassatt and help them understand Cassatt's relationship to work of other Impressionist painters. (RM)

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)

Mary Cassatt's paintings and graphics depict the world of 19th-century women, mothers, and children. Her exploration of intimate domestic life is informed by an unsurpassed ability to capture the natural, sometimes awkward poses of her figures and her refusal to "prettify" her subjects. This teaching guide gives an overview of Cassatt's…

The Peale family could be termed the "first family" of U.S. art. The patriarch, Charles Willson Peale, was an accomplished painter, scientist, inventor, founder of museums and art societies; his dynasty included his nine children and his younger brother, James Peale. This teaching guide discusses their diverse contributions to U.S. art…

What types of considerations are appropriate for selecting artists to represent key themes in the history of art? How do minority artists in the United States fit into this selection process? Previously, most art history courses and texts emphasized the highlights of significant creative expression as evolving in the Western world antiquity. In…

Discusses art history from the standpoint of the circumstances surrounding the artists themselves. (GB)

One source of materials for art education historical research, which has barely been tapped in the United States, is ephemera, casual bits of handwritten and printed paper used in daily life. These circulated images and documents convey actual practices, commitments, and attitudes of people. (IS)

To introduce a secondary school sculpture class to art history, the students created a modern version of an Egyptian mummy of Pariscraft. The mummy was painted in traditional Egyptian colors, but the symbols represented the high school where it was produced. (IS)