Educator Resources The Collection › Educator Resources Educator Resources Collection Educator Resources Page secondary navigation Type: Artist & Artwork Information All Thematic Curricula Lesson Plans & Activities Artist & Artwork Information Tips & Tutorials Showing 28 educator resources Educator Resource Packet: A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th Street Movie Theater, from the series Harlem, U.S.A This teaching packet includes an essay, discussion questions, activity ideas, a glossary, and images of three photographs from Dawoud Bey’s first significant body of work. Educator Resource Packet: City Landscape by Joan Mitchell With its pulsating strands and slashes of bright color, this work evokes memories of bustling cities that Mitchell recalled from her travels in the American Midwest. Educator Resource Packet: Green Sea by Philip Guston The works executed in the last decade or so of Philip Guston’s life depict a world populated by hooded figures, disembodied body parts, clocks, light bulbs, and various tools and materials found in a painter’s studio. Educator Resource Packet: Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando) by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Thinly and rapidly painted, Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando) (1887-88) has the confident, improvisational quality of a drawing. Its subject is the Circus Fernando, one of the first permanent circuses in Paris. Educator Resource Packet: Camel and Rider This ceramic sculpture of a camel and rider is an example of a type of mingqi, or tomb figure. During the Tang Dynasty whenever a rich or powerful person died they were buried with clay objects depicting people, animals, and fantastic creatures Educator Resource Packet: Dancing Ganesha This sculpture of Ganesha, Hinduism’s Lord of Beginnings and Remover of Obstacles, posed mid-dance, is sure to amuse with his oversized elephant head and rotund belly. Educator Resource Packet: Flowering Cherry with Poem Slips by Tosa Mitsukoi This screen celebrates the Japanese tradition of viewing cherry blossoms to mark the arrival of spring. The tree’s blossoms and hanging poem slips create an elegant design against the gold of the silk. Educator Resource Packet: Many Mansions by Kerry James Marshall In Many Mansions, Kerry James Marshall combined the real and the ideal to portray the residents’ efforts to preserve their community. Educator Resource Packet: Self-Portrait by Archibald J. Motley, Jr. This painting depicts the dignified, Chicago-based artist Archibald J. Motley, Jr. The traditional composition and lively colors that hint of his future Bronzeville paintings offer a glimpse into the complexity of Motley himself. Educator Resource Packet: Merrymakers in an Inn by Adriaen van Ostade Adriaen van Ostade’s Merrymakers in an Inn illustrates peasants of multi-generations celebrating a joyous event in a spacious and picturesque interior. Educator Resource Packet: Starry Night and the Astronauts by Alma Thomas Inspired by the Apollo missions, Thomas’s thickly painted patches of vivid color against a white ground creates a sensation of flickering light, which suggests the mysterious beauty of outer space and inspires a sense of wonder. Educator Resource Packet: Saint George Killing the Dragon by Bernat Martorell This painting features the famous medieval legend of Saint George, who saved a princess about to be sacrificed to the dragon threatening her father’s kingdom. Educator Resource Packet: Portrait of Sylvette David by Pablo Picasso In this image, the features are greatly distorted as Pablo Picasso began to examine the subject’s facial features and characteristics as closely and specifically as possible. Educator Resource Packet: Shukongojin This figure of Shukongojin looks down from his rock-like pedestal, imposing both a sense of awe and curiosity about the target of his aggressive presence. Educator Resource Packet: Into the World There Came A Soul Called Ida by Ivan Albright To render this haunting portrait, Albright used a precise painting technique that encourages viewers to look at all the details that convey Ida’s persona, such as clothing, accessories, and setting. Next Previous 1 2 Page 1 Share