Programs

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)