Curated OER
Exploring Impressionist Landscapes
Young scholars visit an on-line art museum in Paris, analyze several landscapes, and explore the painting techniques. They become familiar with distinctive aspects of classical Impressionist landscape paintings.
J. Paul Getty Trust
Historical Context: Discovering a Painting
Class members are presented with the image of a painting and asked to record their first impressions and analysis. They then research the time period in which it was painted and discuss how their research impacted their first impression...
Curated OER
What Would Monet Do With a Digital Camera?
Students use a Photoshop Elements program to edit digital pictures in the style of Impressionist art. They are are introduced to paintings by Claude Monet and identify the key characteristics of the Impressionist period. Students create,...
Curated OER
Claude Monet's Interpretation of Light in Art
Claude Monet provides a great way to lead students in a discussion of art, politics, and 19th century society.
Curated OER
STAINED GLASS IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE GREETING CARD
Students research the history of stained glass and Mother's Day. They practice mixing colors related to the artistic style of impressionism.Students also research the concept of landscape and how the impressionist artists used them.
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Impressionism
Learners explore and discuss Impressionism and artists, like Monet and Renoir, who defined the Impressionism Art Movement, choose an artist to research, and create web sites based on their research.
Curated OER
Painting Like an Impressionist
Students demonstrate knowledge of the Impressionist style by showing complementary colors, a variety of types of brushstrokes, and a specific time of day or weather condition.
Curated OER
Impressionism and Beyond
Learners view a video, and they are reminded that Impressionism was an artistic movement that begin in Pairs in the 1800s. They are asked to think about the paintings featured in the video and describe the typical style of these works....
Curated OER
After Impressionism from Van Gogh to Matisse (1886 - 1906)
Students plan a museum visit to study Impressionist paintings and its artists. In this Impressionism instructional activity, students examine the colors and perception of space in Impressionist artwork. Students recognize the...
Curated OER
Historical Context: Discovering a Painting
Students analyze a work of art. In this historical context lesson, students research the time period in which the art they observed was created. Students consider differing opinions about a work of art.
Curated OER
Investigating Impressionism
Young scholars explore Impressionism and artists like Monet and Renoir. In this Impressionism lesson, students visit an Impressionism website and discuss the themes used in the art. Young scholars select an Impressionist artist and...
Curated OER
What would Monet do with a digital Camera?
Students take ditigal pictures of any subject. Using Photoshop Elements, students organize and save their pictures. They edit the pictures using a Paint Dabs filter. Students discuss their photographs and how photography influenced the...
Curated OER
An Exploration of Impressonist Painting With Edouard Manet
Edouard Manet was an artist whose life and work provides a wealth of educational opportunities for students.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Pierre Auguste Renoir
A brief biography of Pierre Auguste Renoir. Includes samples of his work and many links to related sites.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Pierre Auguste Renoir
An actual photograph of the artist and his life story are both included in this presentation. Learn all about this impressionist painter.
The National Gallery (UK)
The National Gallery: Renoir Collection
Renoir is one of the six arts featured at the National Gallery's Impressionist collection. In addition to a brief biography, a thumbnail presentation of 16 works by Renoir is provided along with comments on each work.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Pierre Auguste Renoir
This online gallery provides a biographical note about Renoir (1841-1919) and features clickable thumbnails to view over 200 paintings.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Pierre Auguste Renoir
A Webmuseum biographical essay on Pierre-Auguste Renoir, with a number of examples of his art work. Good images, each with a description of the work.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art: Claude Monet
A biography from the Getty 's Explore Art site. The site also includes four images of paintings by Monet from the Getty's collection, with information about technique, setting, and other details.
BBC
Bbc Arts: Impressionism Gallery
The Impressionism Gallery at the BBC provides some of the most popular paintings from the Impressionist era. Pictures are provided in a thumbnail format.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
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.
ArtQuizz
Art Quizz: Impressionism
A quiz on the Impressionist art movement. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way to incorporate technology in the artroom. This site is translated from the original French version. The homepage provides...
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Manet and the Sea
An impressive investigation into one artist's lifetime fascination with the sea. Find information on the seascape paintings of French artist Edouard Manet and a gallery of Manet's at-sea and seaside paintings where you can hear and read...