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Ebruru Gallery

Selected images from the Erburu Gallery
Vocabulary Primary
Vocabulary Secondary
Lesson Plans:	Grades
The Art of Furniture: Decorations Inspired by Nature	K-12
Inspiring Art: How Lessons of the Past Can Inspire New Art	4-8
Education of the Artist: An Investigation in the Ideas the Defined a Generation of Artists in late Eighteenth-Century Britain	9-12
How to Read a Portrait	9-12
Light in Painting	4-8
Setting the Scene: An investigation into how artists use setting to relay information	4-8
You Be the Critic: An exercise in looking, interpreting, and discussing art works	9-12
Favorite Painting Project: A reflective, interdisciplinary lesson in art and its emotional impact on the viewer	4-12
The Poetry of Art: An interdisciplinary lesson in art and creative writing	4-12
Relief Sculpture: Huntington's Borghese style urn as a study of two-dimensional art	4-12

Supporting materials:

Landscape Painting: Artists Who Love the Land, from the Smithsonian Institution
http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/art-to-zoo/landscape/cover.html
This site has a background essay and two lessons about understanding the composition of landscape paintings. Students learn how to look at landscapes and how artists create a sense of depth within a paining. Can be downloaded in Adobe’s PDF format.

Scott Gallery of American Art

Selected images from the Scott Gallery of American Art
Vocabulary Primary
Vocabulary Secondary
Lesson Plans:	Grades
The Art of Furniture: Decorations Inspired by Nature	K-12
Inspiring Art: How Lessons of the Past Can Inspire New Art	4-8
Education of the Artist: An Investigation in the Ideas the Defined a Generation of Artists in late Eighteenth-Century Britain	9-12
How to Read a Portrait	9-12
Light in Painting	4-8
Setting the Scene: An investigation into how artists use setting to relay information	4-8
You Be the Critic: An exercise in looking, interpreting, and discussing art works	9-12
Favorite Painting Project: A reflective, interdisciplinary lesson in art and its emotional impact on the viewer	4-12
The Poetry of Art: An interdisciplinary lesson in art and creative writing	4-12
Relief Sculpture: Huntington's Borghese style urn as a study of two-dimensional art	4-12

Supporting materials:

First Family of American Art, from the Art National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/education/schoolarts/peale.htm
This page focuses on the contribution of James Peale and his family to the development of American art. The activity is an examination of still life paintings. Includes links to other Peale family images.

Focus on Original Art, from the Getty
http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Aeia/focus-lp.html
This detailed examination of two still life paintings in the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, could be applied to paintings at The Huntington. Art history, and geography.

John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, from the National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/kids/watson/story1.html
This site look closely at the Copley painting of the story of a 14-year-old boy who was attached by a shark. The narrative within the painting is drawn out. (Requires the Apple Quick Time plug in to see all the pages.)

Mary Cassatt: Celebrating Everyday Life, from the National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/education/schoolarts/cassatt.htm
This page includes background on Cassatt, activities for the classroom, and links to other Cassatt images.

Thomas Moran, from the National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/feature/moran/index.html
This site is an online exhibition of Moran’s works within an historical context.

Discovering Art
Erburu and Scott Galleries

Erburu Gallery Vocabulary
Lesson Plans	Grades
The Art of Furniture: Decorations Inspired by Nature	K-12
Making a Living by Making Art
Light in Painting	K-3
The Shape of Art: An investigation into the use of shapes in art	K-3
Colors Warm and Cool	K-3
Line	K-3
Shape	K-3
Texture	K-3

Scott Gallery Vocabulary
Lesson Plans	Grades
Making a Living by Making Art
The Shape of Art: An investigation into the use of shapes in art	K-3
Colors Warm and Cool	K-3
Line	K-3
Shape	K-3
Texture	K-3

Supporting materials:

Art and Art Appreciation for Young Children, from AskERIC, Syracuse University
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Process_Skills/PRO0001.html
This lesson is a series of art activities using the element of line. It progresses from simple paintings made using lines, to identifying the styles of various artists.

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