Sketching & Sculpture Activity for sketching sculpture at the National Gallery of Art to encourage careful observation, creative response, and examination of different art elements http: //nga.gov/education/classroom/pdf/ts-sksc...
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/pdf/islamic-tp.pdf Focuses on 20 examples of calligraphy, manuscript illumination, the decorative arts, and architecture to address four general areas: arts for the mosque, Islamic science and learning, arts for the court, and exchange between East and West http: //nga.gov/education/classroom/pdf/islamic...
Teaching Art Since 1950 Printable overview of mid to late twentieth-century art in the National Gallery's collections. Topics include abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, performance art, process art, neoexpressionist, and postmodernism http: //nga.gov/education/classroom/pdf/artsinc...
New Angles on Art: About This Lesson Do art and math have anything in common? How do artists and architects use math to create their works? In New Angles on Art, students will explore the intersection of math and art in the works of three contemporary artists. http: //nga.gov/education/classroom/new_angles/...
Gerard ter Borch: A Resource for Educators Teaching guide on Gerard ter Borch—a Dutch painter renowned for his refined interior scenes http: //nga.gov/education/classroom/pdf/terborc...
