Narrating is an art, like poetry-making or painting, because it is there, in every child’s mind, waiting to be discovered, and is not the result of any process of…… Read more “The Art of Narration – Identifying Obstacles”
Picture Study: Looking with Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895; French impressionist) Biography 1. Le berceau (The Cradle) 2. Grain field 3. Le enfant au Tablier Rouge 4. The Bath 5. Eugene Manet on…… Read more “Picture Study: Looking with Morisot”
Picture Study: Looking with Degas
Edgar Degas (day-GAH; 1834-1917; French Impressionism; Self portrait 1855) Biography 1. The Belleli Family, 1862 2. A Cotton Office in New Orleans 1873 3. The Dance…… Read more “Picture Study: Looking with Degas”
Composer Study: Listening to Dvorak
Antonin Dvorak (AN-toe-NEEN d-VOR-zhak; 1841-1904; Late Romantic) http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=17 1. Symphony 9 From the New World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo1KHr-b-CA 2. Slavonic Dances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcYSGkbCkIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWOwZLYYQjA 3. Carnaval Overture (may also be spelled Karneval) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lDbsz_liT8…… Read more “Composer Study: Listening to Dvorak”
Picture Study: Looking at Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926; French Impressionist) Biography 1. Garden at Saint-Adresse, 1866, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2. Women in the Garden, 1866, Musee d’Orsay, Paris 3.…… Read more “Picture Study: Looking at Monet”
Picture Study: Looking with Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) British landscape artist and portrait artist (self portrait) 1. The Harvest Wagon 2. Mary and Margaret: The Painter’s Daughters 3. William Hallett and his wife…… Read more “Picture Study: Looking with Gainsborough”
Composer Study: Listening to Brahms
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897; Romantic) (This term’s artist: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot) http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=9 1. Variations on a theme of Haydn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPpYF2FVeY 2. Symphony no 1 Opus 68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xARnZ6_8bYI 3. Violin Concerto…… Read more “Composer Study: Listening to Brahms”
Picture Study: Looking with Linneaus
Carl Linneaus (1707-1788) Swedish botanist Biography 1. There are several images here: 2. Insects 3. Floral Clock
Composer Study: Listening to Beethoven
Here are a few links to some of Beethoven’s most well-known works. Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827; classical/Romantic) http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=4 1. Symphony 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk8Tm815lE 2. Piano Sonata 14 (Moonlight, Opus…… Read more “Composer Study: Listening to Beethoven”
Picture Study: Looking with Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669; Dutch Baroque) http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2008/03/rembrandt.html Self-portrait 1. The Night Watch, 1642 2. The Raising of the Cross, 1633 3. Shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen and his Wife,…… Read more “Picture Study: Looking with Rembrandt”
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