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Kindergarten Visual Arts: Mother and Child

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plans about interpreting art aimed at kindergarden students. Uses portraits of mothers and children by Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt as insiration.
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Time Magazine: The Time 100, Pablo Picasso

For Students 9th - 10th
Article that appeared in Time magazine June 1998 about the famous Spanish artist.
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De Young Museum: Picasso: The Women Behind the Artist: La Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Pablo Picasso's La Lecture (Reading), 1932, depicts Marie-Therese Walter.
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Picasso: The Women Behind the Artist: Portrait of Olga in an Armchair

For Students 9th - 10th
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Olga in an Armchair, 1918, of Olga Khokhlova.
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Picasso: The Women Behind the Artist: Large Still Life With a Pedestal Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Pablo Picasso's Large Still Life with a Pedestal Table, 1931.
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De Young Museum: Picasso: The Women Behind the Artist: Portrait of Dora Maar

For Students 9th - 10th
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Dora Maar, 1937.
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King's College: Fascism: The Bombing of Guernica

For Students 9th - 10th
A photograph of the painting, The Bombing of Guernica by Pablo Picasso. The painting shows the carnage and despair after the bombing of Basques by German forces.
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Faun and Starry Night

For Students 9th - 10th
The painting, Faun with Stars, is by Pablo Picasso.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Guggenheim Museum: Picasso and the War Years, 1936 45

For Students 9th - 10th
Scrolling timeline of the work Picasso produced during World War II shows off a wide range of Picasso's work interspersed with historical photographs of the war and notes about key events occurring at the time. A compelling way to view...
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Tate

Tate Liverpool: Picasso: Peace and Freedom: Educator's Pack [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Art historical context and analysis of an exhibition of Picasso's work on the artist's interest in representations of war and peace during the cold war period [Tate Liverpool, 2010]. This illustrated educator's pack, though designed to...
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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago: Revealing Picasso

For Students 9th - 10th
Using new technology related to examining artwork, The Art Institute of Chicago was able to uncover unknown details about one of Picasso's most famous works, "The Old Guitarist." Fascinating discoveries and technological processes make...
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Picasso: Themes and Variations

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive analysis of Picasso as printmaker explains the printmaking techniques that he put to inventive use over his long career. See close-up comparisons of his works on paper along a number of key thematic and subject-matter...
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Appreciate a Painting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Christine A. Elmore's curriculum unit designed "to facilitate her third-graders' enjoyment of and response to fine art." This unit can be applied to all age groups and provides an extensive background on art in general.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces art movement of Cubism. Defines Cubism and the three phases as well as examples of artists and their works. Provides related links.
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Tate

Tate: Art Term: Figurative Art

For Students 9th - 10th
On this page, you'll find an explanation of figurative art, pictures and links to related art terms, selected artists in the Tate collection, and selected artworks in the collection.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Cubism for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Cubism Art movement and its major artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
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BBC

Bbc: In Pictures: Picasso and Africa

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an interesting look at Picasso's works and the influence African art.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Guernica Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An activity for students about Picasso's "Guernica" on the anniversary of the Spanish town's bombing in 1937. Includes a bibliography, web links, and lesson plans. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on April 26, 2007.
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The Legacy Project: Echoes of Guernica

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an online exhibition which examines Picasso's Guernica as influential based on works inspired by Picasso's masterpiece. In addition to providing a picture of Guernica, each piece argued to have been influenced by Guernica is...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Cezanne to Picasso (Slideshow of Masterworks)

For Students 9th - 10th
An NPR-produced slideshow set to the music of Claude Debussy showcases dozens of post-impressionist masterworks by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bonnard, Derain, Degas, and Picasso. The slideshow coincides with an exhibition that opened at...
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Exhibitions: Picasso Guitars: 1912 14

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition focuses on two cubist works by Picasso that showcase the artist's incessant inventiveness with traditional media and found objects.
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Eduweb

Eduweb: A. Pintura: Art Detective

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interactive game in which the player learns about various artists and art styles while helping to solve a mystery! Resources and clues provided as the mystery game unfolds.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Art Nouveau

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.

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