Artists Research Project. Links to an external site.
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This project requires students to learn about several famous artists and the outline ways to introduce the artist and his/her artwork to young children.
Step 1: Learn about famous artists and their artwork by exploring the gallery of great art and virtually visiting several museums. The gallery of great art and links to art museums are at the end of the assignment instructions.
Step 2: Select at least three artists. For each artist discover biographical information about the artist such as, full name, period alive, where artist lived, etc. For each artist, view a sampling of the art he/she created.
Step 3: On a word document,power point presentation, or FakeBook pageLinks to an external site. template include the following:
a. Name of artist
b. Biographical information about artist
c. Photos of at least four pieces of artwork created by artist
a. Each photo must be referenced by identifying where image was located
b. Each photo (artwork) must include a brief summary that outlines why you selected the art
d. Consider ways to introduce each artist to preschool aged children. On the word document or power point presentation, describe at least one developmentally appropriate method of introduction for each artist. What would you as the teacher do and say to the children to introduce and teach them a little about the artist and art?
e.
For each artist, describe one creative activity that you can implement with preschool age children that relates to the artist and his/her artwork. Add the descriptions to the word document or power point presentation.
ART MUSEUMS
(you may find other artists in these museums)
NC Museum of Art, Modern Art Collection:
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
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Museum of Modern Art:
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Peabody Essex Museum of Indigenous Art:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
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The National Gallery of Art:
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Nasher Museum of Art at Duke:
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Cedar Creek Gallery(pottery) :
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Contemporary Art Museum (Raleigh):
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GALLERY OF GREAT ART
Here are 50 masterpieces that represent a broad span of artists throughout the centuries. If you are in doubt about what art to present to children, you may find this a helpful resource.
Andy Warhol,
One Hundred Cans
Stuart Davis,
Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors
Wim Botha,
Still Life with Discontent
Hung Liu, Mission Girls
Alison Saar,
Weight 2012
Richard Diebenkorn,
Seawall
Kehinde Wiley,
Barack Obama born 1961
Jasper Johns,
Three Flags
Mark Rothko,
Blue, Green and Brown
Jackson Pollock,
Convergence
Romare Bearden,
Jammin’ at the Savoy
Jacob Lawrence,
Barber Shop
Diego Rivera,
The Flower Seller
Frida Kahlo,
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky
Georgia O’Keefe,
Oriental Poppies
Berthe Morisot,
Reading
Yoan Capote,
Immanence 2015
John Singer Sargent,
Out-of-Doors Study
William Merritt Chase,
The Beach
Winslow Homer,
On the Beach
Mary Cassatt,
Children Playing on the Beach
Andrew Wyeth,
Christina’s World
Charles Demuth,
From the Garden of the Chateau
Grand Wood,
American Gothic
Frederic Church,
Rainy Season in the Tropics
John Copley,
Henry Pelham
Rene Magritte,
Golconde
Salvador Dali,
The Persistence of Memory
M. C. Escher,
Relativity
Piet Mondrian,
Broadway Boogie Woogie
Joan Miro,
The Hunter
Wassily Kandinsky,
Yellow, Red, Blue
Edvard Munch,
The Scream
Odilon Redon,
Vase of Flowers, 1914
Marc Chagall,
I and the Village
Pablo Picasso,
Three Musicians
Henri Matisse,
Icarus
Georges Seurat,
Bathers at Asnieres
Henri Rousseau,
The Sleeping Gypsy
Vincent Van Gogh,
Starry Night
Paul Cezanne,
Hillside in Provence
Pierre Renoir,
Luncheon of the Boating Party
Edgar Degas,
Ballet Dancers
Jan Vermeer,
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Katshusika Hokusai,
Great Wave Off Kanagawa
Michelangelo Caravaggio,
The Cardsharps
Raphael,
The School of Athens
Hubert Van Eyck,
The Arnolfini Portrait
Leonardo Da Vinci,
Mona Lisa
John Trumbull,
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Alexander Calder,
Little Spider
