Infusing local art viewing into your curriculum in less than 2 minutes
RACHEL STRAUGHN-NAVARRO ASSISTANT MUSEUM EDUCATOR
MUSEUM OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Who do you think the people or creatures depicted here are? Why do you think they might be shown here?
During the eighteenth century, casters like these were made in matching sets of three: a large one for sugar, and two smaller ones for pepper and mustard.
Born Claudine Raguet Hirst, the artist worked under the name Claude to conceal her gender because some people believed women could not be good artists.
Step 5: Make connections and comparisons.
Grace Hartigan said she was inspired by the Spanish Baroque painter, Diego Velasquez. You can see one of his paintings here. What similarities can you find between these two paintings?
More about Charles Demuth:http://www.demuth.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=db3268fe12d22a4feb50b67dd 14ec87d
Fauvism, Metropolitan Museum of Art:http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fauv/hd_fauv.htm
Poems about Mount Monadnock:http://www.monadnockmountain.com/poetry.htm
Voila! Your students have now had a rich art viewing experience!
Thank you!
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