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Joshua Johnson: "The Westwood Children."
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Grana, Teresa Covacevich – Art Education, 1987
Based on Joshua Johnson's 1897 oil-on-canvas painting called "The Westwood Children," this article offers a full-color reproduction and lesson plan designed to introduce students in the primary grades to early American portraiture. (JDH)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History, Learning Activities
John Singleton Copley: "Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd."
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Buchanan, Penelope D. – Art Education, 1987
Presents a lesson plan based on John Singleton Copley's 1795 oil painting, "Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd." The goal of the lesson is to give students in grades four through six an awareness of portraiture and how portraits record not only character but historical times and customs. (JDH)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History, Culture
James Abbot McNeill Whistler: "At the Piano."
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Hallenberg, Heather – Art Education, 1987
"At the Piano," an oil-on-canvas painting completed in 1859 by James Abbot McNeill Whistler, is used as the basis of a lesson designed to help junior high school students analyze the painting's mood, subject matter, and composition. (JDH)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History, Junior High Schools
Ivan Albright: "Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida."
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Sousa, Jean – Art Education, 1987
Ivan Albright's 1929 oil-on-canvas painting called "Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida" is used as the vehicle for a senior high school art lesson designed to introduce students to symbolism, aesthetic issues, and the formal elements of painting. (JDH)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History