Art and Artists Task Cards are comprised of three sets of student task cards. They are meant to be used at a pace of about one per week and will take roughly three school years to complete. The tasks direct students to engage with key content and activities that are accessible, engaging, and challenging for all ages. Applied Art tasks are divided into two levels in Sections I and II. Section III directs students to copy the work of master artists at their current level. Students may repeat the complete course several times for maximum growth in understanding and artistic skill. Many families find the Art Study tasks an ideal way to start the school day before beginning independent work.
Section I: Introduction to Art
1 – The Visual Arts, Local Art
2 – Painting: Two Dimensional, Story Art
3 – Painting: Paints, Color
4 – Painting: Landscapes, Seascapes
5 – Painting: Animals in Art
6 – Painting: Still Life
7 – Painting: Music, Play, and Sport in Art
8 – Painting: Contrast, Positive and Negative, Light and Dark
9 – Painting: People and Dancers in Art
10 – Painting: Portraits, Subject, Setting
11 – Painting: Self-Portraits
12 – Painting: Children and Families in Art
13 – Sculpture, Three Dimensional
14 – Sculpture, Terracotta Soldiers
15 – Sculpture, Olmec Heads
16 – Sculpture, Totem Pole
17 – Sculpture, Celtic Sundials
18 – Sculpture, Indian Rock Cut Caves
19 – Engraving
20 – Printmaking
21 – Metal Work
22 – Architecture, Structure, Aesthetics
23 – Architecture, Ishtar Gate
24 – Architecture, Egyptian Pyramids
25 – Architecture, Pantheon
26 – Architecture, Cathedral
27 – Architecture, Sydney Opera House
28 – Photography
29 – Film
30 – Animation
31 – Fashion and Interior Design
32 – Careers in Art
*Includes lessons and exploration using Drawing With Children and Keys to Drawing as well as projects related to art study.
Section II Art History Survey
1 – Prehistoric Art, The First Paintings
2 – Prehistoric Art, Early Pottery
3 – Art of the Ancient World, Egyptian Tomb Art
4 – Art of the Ancient World, Indian Art
5 – Art of the Ancient World, Minoan and Mycenaean Art
6 – Art of the Ancient World, Greek Art
7 – Art of the Ancient World, Roman Art
8 – Early Christian Art
9 – Byzantine Art
10 – Gothic Art
11 – Italian Renaissance Art
12 – German Portraiture, The Northern Renaissance
13 – Mannerism, Northern Mannerism
14 – Northern Landscape
15 – Italian Catholic Art
16 – Flemish Baroque Art
17 – Spanish Baroque Art
18 – Golden Age of Dutch Painting
19 – Late Baroque, Rococo
20 – The British School
21 – Neo-Classicism, French Neo-Classicism
22 – Romantic Art
23 – Pre-Raphaelites
24 – Realism
25 – Toward Impressionism
26 – Impressionism
27 – Post Impressionism, Pointilism
28 – Fauvism
29 – Expressionism
30 – Cubism
31 – Abstract Expressionism
32 – Minimalism
33 – Pop Art
*Includes Ongoing Applied Art study using How to Teach Art to Children and Elements of Art and Design.
Section III Featured Artists
1 – Donatello
2 – Giovanni Bellini
3 – Titian
4 – Leonardo da Vinci
5 – Michelangelo
6 – Raphael
7 – Albrecht Durer
8 – Hans Holbein (the Younger)
9 – Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
10 – Rembrandt van Rijn
11 – Peter Paul Rubens
12 – Johannes Vermeer
13 – Jean-Antoine Watteau
14 – Francisco Goya
15 – Edouard Manet
16 – Edgar Degas
17 – Claude Monet
18 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir
19 – Vincent Van Gogh
20 – Georges Seurat
21- Henri Matisse
22 – Wassily Kandinsky
23 – Marc Chagal
24 – Pablo Picasso
*Includes tasks directing students to copy works of these great artists using the Artistic Medium Chart included in the Introduction or projects of student’s choice found on-line or in recommended books.
