Educator Resources

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.

This screen portrays a ship arriving in Japan from Portugal with European merchants in pantaloons and broad-brimmed hats bearing exotic products.

The image represents the long-awaited return of Odysseus, which is the climax of the epic poem the Odyssey by Greek poet Homer. Romare Howard Bearden’s use of collage gives a modern look to this ancient tale.

In The Herring Net (1885), Winslow Homer captures the conflict between man and nature in his depiction of two fishermen hauling in a herring net amidst a stormy and powerful seascape.

This handmade sculpture’s energetic gestures and lively facial expression suggest a strong and vibrant personality. Unearthed from an ancient tomb, the figure represents a timeless recording of history, legends, and myths.

Barbara Hepworth’s Two Figures represents the artist’s fusion of geometry and nature. The teak sculpture is composed of two vertical forms that are situated on a platform and punctuated by white-painted circular or oval concavities.

A wonderful example of the many shadow boxes Joseph Cornell created in his lifetime, this box combines whimsical found objects including a wooden bird, a ball, bingo chips, stamps, and newspaper clippings.

Walter Ellison portrayed a train station in his native Georgia and commented on the racial climate in the United States in the 1930s.

These packet summarizes a teacher workshop that introduced methods for approaching nudity in art in museum and classroom settings.

This well-known work depicts a steam train emerging from a fireplace. René Magritte’s realistic portrayals of images that do not seem to belong together align him with the French Surrealists.

Works of art spark learning in remarkable ways. Explore Art + History, a process for using art as a primary source for historical inquiry.

This suit of ceremonial armor includes more than 22 pieces that could be mixed for parade and sporting tournaments. Students will learn about the production and functions of armor and about the role of the knight in 16th-century Europe.

Artist Marc Chagall began working on his design for the windows in 1976, America’s bicentennial year, and constructed the windows as a tribute to the freedom of artistic expression enjoyed by the people of the United States.

Charles Wilbert White depicted the dignity of rural labor with two powerful figures. The contours of scythe, hat brims, and forearms echo the curves of the horizon and clouds, portraying these workers in harmony with the landscape.

Looming in the center of Peter Blume’s painting is a monumental rock, fractured yet enduring, a powerful symbol of humanity’s tenacity and capacity to survive. Men and women struggle to go on living and rebuilding in this postwar scene of destruction.