Art

Stained Glass in the Gilded Age

In this lesson, students compare and contrast Tiffany Studios’ Autumn Landscape—The River of Life window with an Art Nouveau and an Aesthetic movement window from the Ballantine House, in Newark.

Elihu Vedder Fire Worshipper, 1885

Grade Level:

  • Middle School

Subject:

  • Art

Collection:

  • American Art

Skills:

  • Making observations

Age:

  • 9-12

Time:

  • 1 hour

Voice of the City: Joseph Stella and the Jazz Age

Students will create an artwork interpreting the voice of their community and write a comparison of their community’s voice to that of early twentieth-century New York City.

Joseph Stella, The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, 1920–1922

Grade Level:

  • High School

Subject:

  • Art

Collection:

  • American Art

Skills:

  • Critical thinking

Age:

  • Teens

Time:

  • 1 hour

Memories of a Lifetime - Romare Bearden

Student will use a variety of resources (text, art) to learn about the art of collage.  Students will use the artwork of Romare Bearden and the story “Me and Uncle Romie” by Claire Hartfield as inspiration for creati

Romare Bearden The Dove, 1964 (NEH 17b)

Grade Level:

  • Elementary School

Subject:

  • Art

Collection:

  • American Art

Skills:

  • Creativity

Age:

  • 9-12

Time:

  • 1 hour
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