Leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa
Portrait of Lydia Delecktorskaya, the Artist's Secretary by Henri MatisseThis is a special post to help me with teaching my daughter's fifth grade class.
The subject is Women in Portraiture.
Here are the links I will show:
Women in art
A wonderful compilation of 90 portraits of women, displayed through a rapid morphing process. For a complete list of artists and paintings visit 500 Years of Women in Western Art.
Getting to Know Mary Cassatt
A brief look at American impressionist Mary Cassatt from a children's art awareness program.
Works of Mary Cassatt
A video of many works of Mary Cassatt
Women such as Amelia Earhart are featured in the online exhibitionThe Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is pleased to present "Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs." The exhibition is a selection of 90 images, drawn exclusively from the Portrait Gallery's collection, that celebrate women who have challenged and changed America over the past century.
Image in Advertising - Dove
I used this to start a discussion about how we view people and ourselves, and how advertising manipulates many portraits of women.
2 comments:
What an excellent subject, one that should grab their interest and provide as much variety as you could wish. The scope is limitless. Showing my ignorance, though: what is 5th grade in terms of age - or isn't it?
Thanks, Dave. They seemed to really enjoy the lesson.
5th grade is 10 year olds, give or take some months. They sure are a lot more savvy than I was at that age. Yet this group is also sweet and innocent, still children who love art but they execute artworks in a very simple way.
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