Curated OER
Pablo Picasso - Slab Construction
Middle schoolers create a three or four-sided vessel incorporating abstracted faces on each side. Vessels should be irregular in shape. They demonstrate skills and craftsmanship in working with clay and explore hand-building methods of...
Curated OER
2oth-Century Painters: Master of Color
Students describe how the work of the artists reflected the their lives and times, and how they inspired new artistic movements. They compare and contrast the works of the two artists at different periods in their lives. Students view a...
Curated OER
Computer Aided Cubism
Young scholars engage in a study of the artistic style of cubism with the integration of technology to aid them create a unique work of art. They are shown the works of Picasso and Braque in order to serve as examples to create a context.
Curated OER
Visual Art: Romare Bearden
Students examine the art of Romare Bearden, focusing on a stained-glass window designed for a New York City elevated railway station. they visit the site and discuss the art after viewing it from various perspectives. Based on their...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Georges Braque
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Braque's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Fernand Leger
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Leger's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Marcel Duchamp
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Duchamp's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: A Man and His Murals
A unit on the Mexican artist, Diego Rivera, that could be adapted to various grades. Includes lesson plans, a glossary, a bibliography for teachers and students, and plenty of information on Diego Rivera.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Cubism
Introduces art movement of Cubism. Defines Cubism and the three phases as well as examples of artists and their works. Provides related links.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Fernand Leger
This presentation has an extensive image archive features thumbnails and full-screen images of several paintings by this French Cubist.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Art Periods and Styles
A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.
Other
Site Officiel De Guillaume Apollinaire
Official web site of Guillaume Apollinaire. It features everything you need to know about the poet and playwright.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Personified Sculpture
After learning about Fernand Leger's sculpture, students will learn basic concepts of modern dance, create their own movements, select sounds or music, and combine all of these in a modern dance performance.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Double Vision
Pablo's Picasso's La Toilette is a loving portrait of Fernande Olivier, as well as a study in opposites and a reference to the history of art. In this lesson, students will discover the many levels of content in the painting through...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Gertrude Stein
Feminist and modernist, Gertrude Stein is featured in this biography for her contributions of many literary genres as well as being a mentor to many twentieth century writers. See "Gertrude Stein Activities" for related materials.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Pablo Picasso (1881 1973)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cubism
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the modern art movement Cubism. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Lyonel Feininger: Biography
Provides a biography of the artist, Lyonel Feininger.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Table on a Cafe Terrace by Diego Rivera
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Table on a Cafe Terrace", a cubist painting by Diego Rivera.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Bottle and Wine Glass on a Table, Pablo Picasso
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Bottle and Wine Glass on a Table", a cubist painting by Pablo Picasso.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Standing Female Nude, Pablo Picasso
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Standing Female Nude", a cubist painting by Pablo Picasso.
Tate
Tate Online I Map: "Still Life With a Beer Mug" by Fernand Leger
This resource provides "Still Life with a Beer Mug" by French cubist painter Fernand Leger. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.
PBS
Pbs Treasures of the World: Guernica Testimony of War
A wonderful site describing Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," a mural he created for the 1937 World's Fair. The resource examines the civil war raging in Picasso's homeland of Spain and the frustration he felt toward the violence taking place...