ART HISTORY TEACHING TIP
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Submitted by: Heather Bell, Teacher
Teaching Tip
Show a classic painting and give the class a minimal background: artist's name, country, date.
Then have the class brainstorm using their 5 senses, imagining that they are inside the painting:
- What do you See?
- Hear?
- Smell?
- Taste?
- Feel?
We then incorporate drama by having students "freeze" into the scene portrayed, then "melt" and act out the scene they imagine would follow.
We listen to a song with a similar mood and students discuss whether or not the song "goes with" the painting and why or why not.
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