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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clay Tile: Art Deco Style

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze and classify sets of pictures using a mathematical classification system and create original works of Art Deco tiles using this new knowledge and four types of symmetry.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Art Deco

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the art deco movement, with a chronological list of artists and links to famous works and biographies.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Art Deco

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines the art movement made popular in the 1920s and 30s and details its influence in architecture, sculpture, and industrial design.
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Website
Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Art Deco Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, this is an online tour of "Art Deco Objects" from the museum's collection. A detail page on each piece includes description, image and audio.
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Website
Other

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Housed in a Pueblo-style Art Deco building, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center represents Alice Bemis Taylor's dream of gathering all the arts under one roof. In addition to music, dance, theater, film, sculpture, painting, and...
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 6: Architecture and Design

For Students 9th - 10th
In this sixth unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students learn about the history of architecture, including ancient Greek and Roman works. They will learn about Frank Lloyd Wright and about Islamic architecture. They will also look...
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Website
Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Art Deco Buildings in London

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, this page is an onlline tour of "Art Deco Buildings in London". This interactive map allows you to open nice images of the historic structures as well as links to additional information.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Arts and Crafts Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Arts and Crafts movement and the artists involved. There are images on the page and links to artists as well. Site by ArtLex, providing an online art dictionary.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Art Deco

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia's complete list of artwork from the art deco movement.
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Handout
Martin Lawrence Galleries

Martin Lawrence Galleries: Erte Jewelry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of jewelry is more like art that you can wear. The artist is Erte and is better known as the man who inspired the entire Art Deco movement.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Paul Manship

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Paul Manship is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his Art Deco sculpture and his famous Prometheus statue.
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Handout
Cool Fire Technology

Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods

For Students 9th - 10th
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: C. Paul Jennewein

For Students 9th - 10th
German-American sculptor C. Paul Jennewein is represented here by a copy of "Greek Dance" which he created in 1926, and "Coral" from 1915-20.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Puebloan: Maria Martinez, Black on Black Ceramic Vessel

For Students 9th - 10th
Maria Martinez became one of the best-known Native potters of the twentieth century due to her excellence as a ceramist and her connections with a larger, predominantly non-Native audience. Read her ceramic techniques and view examples...
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Website
Northwestern University

Northwestern University: Block Museum of Art: Design in the Age of Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
Image gallery of utilitarian and decorative objects in the style of the arts and crafts and art deco movements, including pieces designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris, and Louis Sullivan.