Kinder Art:

1. Elements of Art - Color & Line

• Color - Observing how colors can create different feelings. Exploring warm and cool colors,
  • Artworks: The Hunters in the Snow, Peter Bruegel. Blue Atmosphere, Helen Frankenthaler. Tahitian Landscape, Paul Gauguin. Le Gourmet, Pable Picasso.
• Line - Identifying and using different types of lines.
  • Artworks: Tuning the Samisen, Katsushika Hokusai. Purple Robe and Anemones, Henri Matisse. People and Dog in the Sun, Joan Miro.

2. Sculpture - Recognize and discuss different types of sculptures

• Artworks Include: Northwest American Indian Totem Poles, The Statue of Liberty, and Alexander Calder's Lobster Trap and Fish Tail.

3. Looking at and Talking about Works of Art - Noticing and Observing details of artwork

• Artworks Including: Children's Games, Pieter Bruegel. The Bath, Mary Cassatt. Snap the Whip, Winslow Homer. Mother's Helper, Diego Ribera, The Banjo Lesson, Henry O. Tanner.

2nd Grade Art:

1. Elements of Art - Line, Shape, Form, Space, Light, Texture, and Color.

• Artworks Include: Mother and Child, Pablo Picasso. The Great Wave, Katsushika Hokusai.

2. Sculpture - Observe shape, mass, and line

• Artworks Include: The Discus Thrower. Flying Horse (from Wu-Wei, China). The Thinker, Auguste Rodin.

3. Kinds of Pictures - Landscapes. Noticing details and artistic choices.

• Artworks Include: The Oxbow, Thomas Cole. View of Toledo, El Greco. Virgin Forest, Henri Rousseau. The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh.

4. Abstract Art: Compare lifelike versus abstract animals. Observe and discuss examples of abstract painting.

• Artworks Include: Paintings of birds by John James Audubon. Young Hare, Albrecht Durer. Cat and Bird, Paul Klee. Bull's Head, Pablo Picasso. The Snail, Henri Matisse. I and the Village, Marc Chagall. Bird in Space, Constantin Brancusi.

5. Architecture - Understanding and observing the use of symmetry in architecture. Noting line, shape, and special features in different examples of architecture.

• Architecture Examples: The Parthenon, Great Stupa, Himeji Castle, The Guggenheim Museum.

3rd Grade Art:

1. Elements of Art - Light, Space, and Design

• Light: Observe how artists use light and shadow.
  • Artworks Include: Ruby Green Singing, James Chapin. Milkmaid, Jan Vermeer.
• Space in Artworks: Understand two-dimensional and three-dimensional. Observe how artists create illusions of depth. Examine foreground, middle ground, and background.
  • Artworks Include: The Gleaners, Jean Millet. Peasant Wedding, Pieter Bruegel.
• Design: How the elements work together. Figure and ground, pattern, balance, and symmetry.
  • Artworks Include: The Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur. The Bath, Mary Cassatt. Early American quilts. The Peacable Kingdom, Edward Hicks. Icarus, Henri Matisse. The Scream, Edvrad Munch. Victorian Interior, Horace Pippin. Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold.

2. Native American Art - Looking at artwork from Southwest and Eastern Woodland Native American art. 

• Become familiar with works including: Kachina Dolls (Hopi, Zuni). Navajo (Dine) blankets and rugs, sand paintings, jewelry.

3. Art of Ancient Rome and Byzantine Civilizations - Becoming familiar with various artworks and architecture from ancient cultures.

• Including: Le Pont du Gard. The Pantheon. Byzantine mosaics. Hagia Sophia.