Finding artistic elements in American paintings

Elizabeth W Helwagen

Clark Middle School, Springfield, OH

Recoginzing artistic elements in twentieth century American paintings.

Grades 6,7,8

Art

Artistic elements and American paintings

Content Information:

This pathfinder is intended to assist teachers and students in locating information about artistic elements and twentieth century American paintings.

Dewey Numbers: 704, 709, 759, 811, B, REF

Subject Headings:

Artists

Art, American Juvenile literature

Art, American 20th Century Juvenile literature

Artists, United States Biography Juvenile literature

Art, Modern 20th century poetry

CONTENT CATEGORIES

Juvenile literature:

The American eye: Eleven artists of the twentieth century by Jan Greenberg, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, c1995.

Getting to know the world’s greatest artist series by Mike Venezia

Heart to heart: new poems inspired by twentieth century American art, ed. by Jan Greenberg, Henry Abrams Publishers, c2001

Words with wings: a treasury of African-American poetry and art compiled by Belinda Rochelle, HarperCollins Publishers, c2001.

Professional Resources:

Bridging the curriculum through art: Interdisciplinary connections, by Pamela Stephens and Nancy Walkup, Crystal Productions, c2000.

Teaching art with books kids love: teaching art appreciation, elements of art, and principles of design with award-winning children’s books by Darcie Clark Frohardt, Fulcrum Publishers, c1999.

Reference Materials:

The art of black American women: works of twenty-four artists of the twentieth century by Robert Henkes, McFarland & Co Inc Publishers, c1993.

Frames of reference: looking at American art, 1900-1950: works from the Whitney Museum of American Art by Beth Venn and Adam D Weinberg, editors, New York: The Museum; Berkeley: In association with University of California Press, c1999.

National Museum of American Art [electronic resource]: Smithsonian Institution, New York: Macmillan Digital USA, c1996.

World Book Encyclopedia, Chicago: World Book, c2003.

Web sites for teachers:

Exploring themes in American art - created by the National Gallary of Art Teaching Resource

http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm

Public Broadcasting Service

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm

Getty’s Art Education Web site

http://www.getty.edu./artsednet/

The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge

http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org

Web sites for students:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

http://www.americanart.si.edu/index2.cfm

Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.met.org/home.asp

The artists toolkit: visual elements and principles

http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/

The Alphabet of Art

http://www.guidancecom.com/alphabet/

Media Resources:

Who is the artist? Painters of the American scene and painters of fantasy art

Two videos/28 minutes each, Level: ages 9 and up, Crystal Productions

Architecture and Art: Cultural heritage sites, prints, portfolio and guide/levels: Grades 5-8:

Produced by the Getty Education Instutite for the Arts and the J Paul Getty Museum by Crystal Productions

Line, shape , and value by Barbara Herberholz, video/45 minutes/level: grade 4 through adult, Alarion Press

Infohio Resources:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

AMICO Art and Architecture

Professional Articles:

“The assessment context: part one” by Robert F Sabol, Arts Education Policy Review, Jan/Feb. 2004, Vol. 105 Issue 3, p. 3, 7 p.

“Pictures of a new world” by John W Healy, Teaching PreK-8, Nov/Dec 2003, Vol 34 Issue 3, p. 32, 4 p.