Video series on Japanese art
From your colleague Jan Lysen, a series of videos covering the different eras on the Japanese timeline, “Little Art Talks”:
Peer Sharing
The Ghent Altarpiece
From your colleagues Kathleen Steiger and Boyd Ratchye, a wonderful NYT article on the restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece:
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.
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/
How to Make a Silk Painting
This link takes you to a wonderful short video, Masterpieces of Chinese Painting, posted by the Victoria and Albert Museum; the video shows the process that needs to be followed to prepare and paint on silk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Dn2OkwlQg
Information on Hinduism
This is a great online resource for educators that Susan Arndt found. It is from the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and was tied to an exhibit on Hinduism titled Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion:
http://www.asia.si.edu/pujaonline/puja/lesson_contents.html
Video clip on making Buddhist sculpture
Aaron Rio, Assistant Curator of Japanese and Korean Art, asked that this beautiful video on making Buddhist statuary be shared with all of you. The video is about 5-6 minutes long.
http://www.lionsroar.com/watch-the-eye-opener-a-beautiful-short-film-about-making-buddhist-statuary/
Resources for research on Islamic ceramics
From your colleague Susan Arndt, we have a recommendation for finding some great information on Islamic ceramics. Check out these links to the Ashmolean Museum’s collection:
http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/
and
http://www.ashmolean.org/collections/
More information on restitution of the Benin artifacts
From docent Suzanne LeRoy, here is a link with more information on the Benin bronzes and other artifacts. Also explore “elginism.com” to learn of other cultural restitution issues:
Norton Simon Museum, resource for Indian/SE Asian art
From docent Josie Owens:
I had the good fortune to visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena two years ago and was amazed by its Indian/SE Asian art collection. It is housed in a Frank Gehry building and is serene. The vast collection has so many examples of what we specifically discussed in docent class. Please see the links below:
https://www.nortonsimon.org/collections/gallery.php?collection=SAH
and
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/18/entertainment/la-et-jones-appreciation18-2009dec18
Artful Thinking Harvard Report 2006
Artful Thinking Final Report – Harvard College of Education 2006
Lost-wax Bronze Casting
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
THE GILBERT BAYES SCULPTURE GALLERY ROOM 111
Video: Lost Wax Bronze Casting