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Lesson #23: Ceramic Self-Portrait as a Famous Artist
Young scholars sculpt a bust out of clay using naturalistic features. For this sculpture lesson, students use themselves or classmates as models to ensure correct form and proportion of a hollow bust. This lesson includes...
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Visual Composition
Students study how elements of visual composition and group storyboards for a one-minute videotaped commercial.
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Who Am I?
Students investigate the question "who am I?" They create an original self-portrait of themselves that incorporates written words. Students' self-portraits depict who they are.
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New Perspectives
Eighth graders imagine they are getting ready to "take off." They may imagine themselves in any type of aircraft or spaceship. They may then sketch themselves as passengers anticipating this moment.
Ballard & Tighe
Multiple Choice Masterpiece
What a fun way to mix up your traditional multiple-choice quiz on the Renaissance! After completing a worksheet reviewing significant Renaissance artists and events, your learners will have the opportunity see if tiles that correspond to...
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The Naked Truth?
In this the naked truth worksheet, students, with a partner, complete eleven sentences with words from a word band associated with being naked, match up four nudity jokes with their appropriate punchlines and have a conversation over...
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What's Your Expression
First graders explore facial expressions in a mirror and create drawings of people with a facial expression of their choice. They graph the facial expressions drawn.
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Everybody Needs Somebody
Students brainstorm feelings words and discuss what causes us to have feelings. Using artwork, they discuss how different artists show feelings and emotions. Using the internet, they research how other cultures express their feelings and...
Other
Rijksmuseum: Rembrandt's "The Night Watch"
A full-featured exploration of Rembrandt's "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch," better known as "The Night Watch." Learn who is in the painting, the symbols in it, what makes "The Night Watch" innovative,...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography: Rembrandt Art for Kids
Research the biography of Rembrandt who was Dutch artist and painter of the Baroque art movement on this site.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Computer Generated 'Rembrandt' Painting Unveiled
Read about a computer produced piece of art that was designed to mimic that work of a famous artist. Includes video.
Other
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Looking at Art: Rembrandt Self Portrait
From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this is a learning exercise called Looking at Art which deals with the theme of portraits using the example of Rembrandt's self-portrait, 1629.
Other
Guidance/the Alphabet of Art/value
An informative site that explains Value as an element of art using examples of Rembrandt's work. This is a good juxtaposition between the works "Night Watch," and "The Anatomy Lesson," by Rembrandt.
The National Gallery (UK)
The National Gallery: Self Portrait of Rembrandt
As part of the National Gallery's tribute "Encounters with Rembrandt" at its Rembrandt 400 online exhibition, this site focuses on Rembrandt's self portrait and is featured alongside two other self portraits by Lievens and Flinck who...
BBC
Bbc: Simon Schama's Power of Art: Rembrandt
From the BBC's documentary series on art "Simon Schama's Power of Art", this is the web-page synopsis version of the program on the Dutch master Rembrandt.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Rembrandt [Pdf]
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art of Rembrandt. Includes a suggested art activity and simple art analysis questions.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rembrandt Peale
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography of Rembrandt Peale, the early American portrait painter and most of famous of the Peale brothers family of artists.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils
Compare and contrast drawings by Rembrandt with those of his students to learn about his characteristic visual traits, especially his approach to line and his use of light and shadow to create the illusion of three dimensions.
Martin Lawrence Galleries
Martin Lawrence Galleries: Rembrandt
A wealthy collection of etchings done by Rembrandt. Various themes in which a majority include the human figure.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Rembrandt Etchings
The Metropolitan showcases all the etchings and drypoints in its collection by Rembrandt on this page. Here you can read about his lifelong experiments with printmaking and also take in interesting tidbits about each work separately.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Rembrandt Paintings
The Metropolitan showcases all the paintings (chiefly portraits) in its collection by Rembrandt on this page. Here you can read a biographical note of the artist and learn about the qualities of his art for which he is best known and...
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PBS
Pbs: Thomas Eakins (Lessons About the ?American Rembrandt?) [Pdf]
Find four lesson plans developed for the PBS documentary "Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life" about the life and work of the man who would become known as the ?American Rembrandt.? The lessons touch on all the essential qualities of...
ArtLex
Art Lex: Line
This online dictionary of art terms from Artlex is a valuable tool. Line is on the Li page. Just scroll down to Line and read a definition with links or look at a sample works of art by Rembrandt or Richard Long. There are quotes by...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rembrandt Peale
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Rembrandt Peale in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.