Students analyze portraiture for their symbolic aspects. In this portraiture analysis lesson, students explore the conventions of portraiture such as costume, gesture, expression, pose, and background. Students analyze how symbols add...

Young scholars compare portraits focusing on the artists' choices in medium, composition, and meaning. In this portrait analysis instructional activity, students analyze the art pieces for their medium, composition, and meaning. Young...

Pupils examine two artists Vasily Kandinsky and Marcel Breuer. In this artist analysis lesson, students explore the principles of Bauhaus and consider the elements of chair design. Pupils identify the technique of lithography and may...

Students make connections between two design objects intended for different purposes and analyze the social and political meaning in the designs. In this design analysis lesson, students complete image based discuss activities. Students...

Students consider criteria for art and explore three works of art that challenge their definitions. In this art analysis lesson, students consider their definitions of art and how Dada and Surrealist artists challenged the conventions....

Students explore the conventions of portraiture and the technique of photo-montage. In this art analysis lesson plan, students define portraiture and analyze the pictured pieces of art. Students make a photo-montage portrait or...

Students examine three images that were responses to social and political turmoil World War I and II. In this political art lesson, students analyze and discuss the example art. Students create a word poem, a collage, and their own...

Learners analyze the artistic responses to the changing landscape during the interwar period. In this art analysis lesson plan, students analyze landscape images and consider the ways artists depicted the changing landscape. Learners...

Students analyze portraiture with a focus on the work of Pablo Picasso. In this portraiture analysis lesson, students explore the conventions of portraiture and the elements of pose, gesture, expression, costume, and setting. Students...

Young scholars analyze Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house. in this architecture analysis lesson, students analyze the pictures of the home and discuss Wright's style. Young scholars research the similarities and differences in...

Students analyze the art of Mexican artist Jose' Clemente Orozco and complete analysis activities. In this Mexican art analysis lesson, students read about Orozco's Zapatistas and answer discussion questions.

Students examine ancient Greek myths and illustrate origin myths scenes in a contemporary setting. In this Greek myth lesson, students analyze Rembrandt’s painting The Abduction of Europa and discuss how the artist took an...

Young scholars review a previous ceramics instructional activity and journal about a personal clay vessel they will create. In this ceramics instructional activity, students recognize various ceramic forms...

Young art historians review the elements of art by studying a reproduction of a work of art from a museum visit. They explain the difference between looking at a reproduction of a work of art and looking at the original...

Young scholars examine artworks, research literature, create drawings, and make a 3-D model for a monument to a literary figure. In this literary portrait lesson plan, students discuss and analyze the sculpture Study of a Monument to...

Students display the two still-life paintings they created along with their artist’s statement, write a review of a peer’s work, and discuss all of the paintings in a group critique. In this still life art lesson, students view the...

Students compare the role of a marchand-mercier to that of a modern-day business counterpart and write a persuasive letter. In this French art activity, students discuss the role of the marchand-mercier in French design and role-play his...

Young scholars research the history of trade in porcelain wares from Asia and the quest to re-create true hard-paste porcelain in Europe and art in French society. In this French art lesson, students research and discuss the...

Students practice looking skills as they reflect upon the differences between viewing original works of art and reproductions. In this art viewing lesson, students interpret a work of art using formal analysis and research done for...

Learners use Van Gogh’s Portrait of Joseph Roulinas inspiration for their own portraits of friends in the classroom. In this portrait lesson, students analyze the Van Gogh portrait and discuss his techniques. Learners discuss facial...

Students identify the art and style of artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. For this art analysis lesson, students read about the life and art of Turner. Students study his paintings of keel men, his art style, and impasto technique....

Students read paragraphs and examine images of the artist Romare Bearden. In this art analysis instructional activity, students read text about the life and art of Romare Bearden. Students study his medium of montages and then create...

Students complete an online study of art websites. In this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.

Learners study paintings and use their knowledge of story elements to analyze the art. For this art analysis lesson, students review a novel for its elements. Learners study the image At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance and discuss the story...