Transcript Slide 1

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and
narrow-mindedness, and many of our
people need it sorely. Broad, wholesome,
charitable views can not be acquired by
vegetating in one’s little corner of earth.”
- Mark Twain
From Innocents Abroad, 1869
8:00 – 9:30
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Introduction
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Video Tour of the
Cleveland Art Museum
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Touring Website of
Cleveland Art Museum
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Building Personal Art
Collections from the
website.
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
The Thinker, 1880-1881
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Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916)
The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, 1873
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China, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25)
Mat Weight in the Form of a Bear, 3rd Century BC
- 1st Century AD
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Henri Rousseau (French, 1844-1910)
Fight between a Tiger and a Buffalo, 1908
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Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of
Amenhotep III
Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue Crown,
1391-1353 BC
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Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296),
reign of Amenhotep III
Nome Gods Bearing Offerings, 1391-1353 BC
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George Bellows (American, 1882-1925)
Stag at Sharkey's, 1909
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Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC
Sleep and Death Cista Handle, 400-375 BC
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Alexander Bening (Flemish, c. 1444-1519)
Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of
Spain, c. 1495-1500
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Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, 1572-1593)
Half Armor for the Foot Tournament, c. 1590
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Frederic Edwin
Church
(American, 1826-1900)
Twilight in the
Wilderness, 1860
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Albert Bierstadt
(American 1830-1902)
Yosemite Valley, 1866
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China, early Jin dynasty, 12th Century
Streams and Mountains without End, c. 1127-1150
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Cambodia, early Phnom Da style, Pre-Anqkorean
period (600802)
Krishna Govardhana, first half 6th Century
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China, Late Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Eleven-Headed Guanyin, c. 1101-1127
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John Rogers Cox (American, 1915-1990)
Gray and Gold, 1942
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Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Don Juan Antonio Cuervo, 1819
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Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
The Holy Family on the Steps, 1648
9:30 – 10:30
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Video Conference:
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Introduction to Units
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Egyptopia
Aztec, Maya and More!
A is for Animal
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Introduction to Artists and
Masterpieces that will
connect to the afternoon
projects
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Questions and Answers
12:00 – 1:00
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Break Time and Lunch
12:00 – 1:00
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Henri Rousseau
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Fight Between a Tiger and
a Buffalo
Claude Monet
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Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Henri Rousseau (French, 1844 - 1910)
Fight between a Tiger and a Buffalo
Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926)
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
1:00 – 2:00
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Egypt
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Head of Amenhotep III
Wearing the Blue Crown
Lotus Blossom Necklace
Terminal
Animals in Art
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Mat Weight in the Form of
a Bear
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Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of
Amenhotep III 1391-1353 BC
Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue Crown
Egypt:
Head of a King
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Talk about the use of sculpture in Egypt like
the Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue
Crown
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You will need:
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Modeling clay or Crayola Model Magic
Paper Mache Faces
Foam Core
Poster board
Metallic Paint
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Talk about what a king in Egypt would look
like.
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Cut out the crown shape out of poster board.
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Glue the mask and crown on your board.
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Add details like ears, snake head etc. out of
clay.
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Paint the sculpture head with metallic paint.
Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
(1540-1296 BC). reign of Amenhotep
III to Akhenaten 1391-1337 BC
Lotus Blossom Necklace Terminal
Egypt:
Lotus Necklace
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Talk about the use of jewelry in Egypt like
the Lotus Blossom Necklace Terminal
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You will need:
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Modeling clay or Crayola Model Magic
Strings for necklaces.
Beads to decorate the string.
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Talk about what a lotus blossom is.
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Make a shape of a lotus out of your clay.
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Put a hole in the clay to put your string
through.
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Decorate the remainder of the string with
beads.
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Put your name on a plate and put your
finished necklace on the plate.
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China, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25)
3rd Century BC - 1st Century AD
Mat Weight in the Form of a Bear
Animals in Art:
Mat Weight
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Talk about sculptures like the Han Dynasty
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Talk about its function as a weight for a
mat.
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You will need:
Mat Weight in the Form of a Bear
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Modeling clay or play dough or Crayola
Model Magic
A mat to put the sculptures on each end.
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Make legs by pressing the flattened ball at
four corners.
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Turn the clay over and stick the smaller ball
to the front of the larger ball, smoothing
them together with your thumbs.
Make two balls out of your clay.
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The big ball is going to be your animal’s
body, the little ball will be the head.
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Now the ball of clay should have a
flattened side.
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Then you can make a design on your animal
with a toothpick or a pencil.
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Pick up the clay and turn it over.
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To sign you sculpture, you can put your
name on the animal’s stomach.
2:00 – 3:00
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Alexander Calder
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Louise Nevelson
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Two Systems
White Loops and Red
Spiral on Black
Black Box
Richard Long
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Untitled
Alexander Calder (American, 1898 - 1976)
Two Systems
Alexander Calder (American, 1898 - 1976)
White Loops and Red Spiral on
Black
Louise Nevelson
Black Box series
Assemblage Project
Black Box
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Talk about assemblage like Louise Nevelson’s
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Talk about what an assemblage is.
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You will need:
Black Box.
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Modeling clay or play dough or Crayola Model
Magic
A big box
Many small boxes
A variety of 3-D shapes
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Glue your smaller shapes in your big box into an
interesting design.
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Let dry.
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Paint your assemblage black.
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Sign your art work on the back of the big box.
Richard Long (British, 1945)
Untitled
Story Time