Junior Docents

Euro-American Art, readings for Nov. 9th class

Access to PDF of American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School by Avery, Kevin J., Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, John K. Howat, Doreen Bolger Burke, and Catherine Hoover Voorsanger (1987):

American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School

Please click on “Read Online” to bring up a copy on your computer OR click the “Download” button, to download a PDF for your use (the PDF is too large for me to post on the IPE site). For class, read the article in this catalog titled “The Exaltation of American Landscape Painting” by Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, pp. 21-48.

Also, please review the attached document, with links to a series of five short illustrated essays on the Metropolitan Museum site:

supplemental-readings-for-the-november-9-lecture-on-euro (Word) and supplemental-readings-for-the-november-9-lecture-on-euro (PDF)

Book Recommendation on Visual Intelligence

From your colleague Sara Wagner, a book recommendation:

Visual Intelligence     Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life     By Amy E. Herman

I mentioned this book after Jane Oden Stull talked to our class about touring with teens.  She mentioned the author who trains people (NYC Police, FBI, etc) to perceive and communicate better through viewing art.  She is an art historian who teaches others to hone their “visual intelligence,” a set of skills we all possess but few of us know how to use effectively.

October 26, 2016

Here is Aaron Rio’s lecture PPT:

 

Here is the lecture handout:

object-list-lecture-4 (Word) and object-list-lecture-4 (PDF)

Here is the study sheet for next week’s lecture:

18thdecartsworksheet2016

(Note: Two hardcopy articles were distributed in class on chairs and silver, to use as decorative arts references in the future.)

Here are the handouts from senior docents on touring tips for school groups:

art-for-all-ages-teens AND art-for-all-ages-children

This is an additional handout from Debbi, with more tips on touring with teens:

teens-vision-for-tours

Here are the class video links:

jdt-class-video-links-for-october-26 (Word) and jdt-class-video-links-for-october-26 (PDF)

And last, but not least, here is the tour sign Kay Quinn created, which can be edited (in PowerPoint) as well to fit your tour theme:

tour-sign-treasures-of-european-art

Bonnard’s Dining Room in the Country

“An extraordinary loan from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, this work represents Pierre Bonnard’s dining room, along with his wife and cats, at his country house in Vernonnet, a small town outside of Paris on the Seine River. Rather than painting from life, Bonnard created the work entirely from memory, foregrounding his subjective responses over an optical experience of the interior and landscape.”

http://www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/pierre-bonnard-dining-room-in-the-country/

 

Highlights of World Art Group Tour

Following are the themes and object lists for the Highlights of World Art (1600-1850) group tour assignment:

highlights-of-world-art-1600-1850 (Word) and highlights-of-world-art-1600-1850 (PDF)

Here is the list of groups, with the presentation dates:

highlights-of-world-art-groups (Word) and highlights-of-world-art-groups (PDF)

This is the Brief Tour Planning Worksheet to fill out and submit to Kara by November 16:

brief-tour-planning-worksheet (Word) and brief-tour-planning-worksheet (PDF)

If you wish to complete an object file, the forms are here, in Word and Pages:

object-file-blank-form (Word) and object-file-blank-form (Pages)

 

September 21, 2016

Here are the Best Practices for collaborative learning. The group assignment, Highlights of World Art, is posted in the Homework and Assignments folder.

best-practices-for-collaborative-learning

Here is the video link (just the discussion on public tours):

jdt-class-video-links-for-september-21 (Word) and jdt-class-video-links-for-september-21 (PDF)

Here is the study sheet for next week’s lecture:

18thc-france-study-sheet (PDF) and 18thc-france-study-sheet (Word)

Within this document are live links to videos posted in the TPT vault, part of the series entitled “Made in China,” which showcases Mia’s collection of Chinese art:

made-in-china-video-links (Word) and made-in-china-video-links (PDF)

September 14, 2016

Here is the lecture:

ming-and-qing-dynasties

Here is the handout for the lecture, including the link to the UNESCO video on the Suzhou gardens that we were unable to watch:

ming-and-qing-handout

This is the study sheet for next week. You should be able to click on the links within the document to view the video and online resources:

chinese-decorative-arts-study-sheet

Here is the handout Ann gave, on the robe symbols:

imperial-chinese-court-robes-of-the-qing-dynasty-1644

This is the global thinking routine you did in the Wu Family Reception Hall:

global-thinking-routines-step-in

Ann has provided some information from AAG files on the Chinese Ceremonial Gate and Jade Mountain. (Please note that the file on the Ceremonial Gate has not yet been updated to the Pinyin system, but it contains great research information.)

chinese-ceremonial-gate and jade-mountain-aag-2016

These are the video links to this class session:

jdt-class-video-links-for-september-14 (Word) and jdt-class-video-links-for-september-14 (PDF)

Getty Museum theme books

As we discussed briefly in class, Mary Ann Wark discovered that the Getty has a series of books developed around themes that could offer some inspiration in developing tours–as well as having good research on the symbolism of many elements.

Per Mary Ann:

“Here are the ones I mentioned yesterday from the Getty Museum

Symbols and Allegories in Art
Angels and Demons in Art
Symbols of Power in Art
Artists’ Techniques and Materials
Music in Art
Food and Feasting in Art
Nature and its Symbols

There are a few more that aren’t out yet as I understand it….”

September 7, 2016

Here is the Islamic Art lecture PPT:

islam-age-of-empire

Here is the Islamic Art lecture handout:

islamic-age-of-empire-objects-and-terms

Here is the PPT on the object files and IPE website:

object-file-and-ipe-site-9-7-16

This is the timeline handout:

east-meets-west-timeline

These are the video links to the class:

jdt-class-video-links-for-september-7 (Word) and jdt-class-video-links-for-september-7 (PDF)

Here is the study sheet for the September 14 lecture:

chinese-art-wu-hall-and-scholars-studio-study-sheet

Finally, here is the research resource link list, of materials available on artsmia.org. This also includes the object file process:

research-resources-on-artsmia-org

Group tour outlines and object files

The six group tour outlines are posted separately under Shared Tour Outlines, but they are also included here, together:

Dead Serious_Tour Planning Worksheet final

Ancient Ideals of Wabi Sabi tour worksheet final

The Face of Spirituality tour worksheet final

Esteemed animals_Tour Planning Worksheet final

Ancient Chinese Trendsetting tour worksheet final

Animals Friend or Foe_Tour Planning Worksheet final

The object files are posted separately, but if you search by a group tour key word and the words “object file,” the results should include your tour files. Following are the key word searches for each tour outline:

Group 1 search: friend or foe object file

Group 2 search: trendsetting object file

Group 3 search: face of spirituality object file

Group 4 search: dead serious object file

Group 5 search: wabi sabi object file

Group 6 search: esteemed animals object file