Students will learn about Greek culture and its influence, and create a Jirí Kolár–inspired collage.
Students will learn about the ancient Greek story of Daedalus and Icarus, see how the story is depicted differently in two works of art.
Students will learn about daily life in ancient Greece, as well as pottery and pottery-making in ancient Greece.
This portrait is a warm and intimate representation of a man who was very important in the artist’s life.
This lesson plan explores differences between today’s culture and the culture of North Africa in the 1830s.
Street in Meknes is a composite of several sketches, intended to satisfy European curiosity about exotic peoples and places.
This work's theme is the prophecy of the coming of Christ and the arrival of a peaceful world in which all animals and human beings live in harmony.
Rosa Bonheur was admired in her own time as one of the best animal painters of the day. This is a study for her most famous painting, The Horse Fair.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, Daumier began to focus on the world around him, stating that "one must be of one’s own time."
This lesson plan uses the sense of touch to inspire students to discuss their own experiences and to make art about those experiences.
Courbet was fascinated by the geologic forces inherent in the site of the source of the Loue River.
Gustave Courbet believed that an artist should only paint things from his or her own experience. This philosophy became known as Realism.
This lesson plan explores optical mixing, painting the same subject under different light, and the short brushstrokes used by the Impressionists.
Monet was the quintessential Impressionist painter, aspiring to capture the fleeting qualities of light, color, and atmosphere of a moment in time.
Inness, unlike many of his contemporaries, did not paint vast expanses of the wilderness but chose to represent settled and cultivated landscapes.
Still life painting became very popular in the United States after the Civil War, although it wasn't recognized by critics as a high form of art.
Students will create an Edgar Degas–inspired animal sculpture.
Students will compare and contrast three sculptures of horses, and compare and contrast three sculptures of horses to a realistic horse.
This lesson plan contains hands-on exercises that explore the connections between color and emotions.
The colors and light of Southern France had an inspirational effect, and van Gogh created more than 200 paintings in 15 months, including this one.
This lesson plan explores the concepts of the foreground, the middle ground, and the background, and includes discussion and creative writing activities.
Paul Gauguin painted numerous scenes of peasant life and the countryside pf Pont-Aven in Brittany, including The Yellow Christ.
Clerical themes were popular subjects in the late nineteenth century and scenes such as The Marvelous Sauce, centered in the kitchen, were common.
Students will explore opposites and contrasts in a work of art, become familiar with Pablo Picasso, and create a drawing.
Students will explore three techniques for creating a landscape, and create a collage inspired by one of three works from the Gallery’s Collection.
A young woman named Fernande Olivier was the model for La Toilette, which reflects Picasso's view of the two different sides of her personality.
Nude Figure is an early example of the style known as Analytic Cubism, developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Students will use line, shape, and composition techniques to create a print; and learn how to correctly print text on an art print.
Kirchner was one of the founding members of Die Brücke, (The Bridge), a group of young German artists in Dresden, Germany, active from 1905 to 1913.
This lesson plan will introduce your students to three significant technological feats of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Sun, Tower, Airplane reflects Robert Delaunay’s enthusiasm for the technological developments of the time in which he lived.
This lesson plan includes activities designed to introduce students to looking, thinking, and drawing conclusions about a work of art.
Students will explore three techniques for creating a landscape, and create a collage inspired by one of three works from the Gallery’s Collection.
The Wolves (Balkan War) is a personal allegory of the 1912–13 war that ultimately led to World War I.
In this work, departure is directly reflected in several ways: the train beyond the wall, the horse-drawn caravan, and the two figures saying goodbye.
The Avenger represents the artist’s response to the outbreak of World War I.
This lesson plan explores themes of self expression and communication.
In Modigliani's paintings, settings are sparse, and figures can be recognized by their elongated necks, oval heads, graceful bodies, and blank eyes.
Constantin Brancusi met the Hungarian painter Margit Pogány in Paris in 1910 and subsequently created three sculptures of her portrait.
This painting depicts the view from Gris’s hotel window in the small town of Ceret, in the Pyrenees—Le Canigou is one of the range’s highest peaks.
This lesson plan explores how Joan Miró used dreams and the unconscious to create his whimsical, playful painting known as Carnival of Harlequin.
Carnival of Harlequin is one of Joan Miró's best-known works. Harlequin was a common theater character who frequently played the guitar.
Peasant Life may depict the grocery store Chagall's mother owned, as well as the artist's memory of happily feeding a horse.
The setting of this painting may reflect the Black Country, the region of Belgium where René Magritte grew up.
Students will compare and contrast three sculptures of horses, and compare and contrast three sculptures of horses to a realistic horse.
Students will create a Louise Nevelson–inspired animal sculpture.
Kahlo stands before vegetation wearing a traditional Mexican blouse and necklace, along with an elaborate hairstyle that also reflects her heritage.
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