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Year 3 (5 th grade): Art History and American History Theme: Extend Three tours and graduation: Each tour is 1 ½ hours long. Antiquities to Abstract Expressionism and Exploration o Students explore a variety of art forms and movements throughout history from ancient to modern times. American History and Selection o Students investigate American History through works of art. Each student selects a work of art from the Museum‟s permanent collection to study and research. Study and Sketching of Artwork o Each student has previously selected a work of art from the Museum‟s permanent collection to study and research BEFORE the tour. Using the selected piece from Tour 2, students complete the Study and Sketching guide to assist in their study and research Graduation o Students act as docents and present their chosen artwork with an aesthetic response, oral report, and reproduction to a group of people made up of family members, adults, and peers. Tour: Antiquities to Abstract Expressionism Background This is the culminating art history tour of the Junior Docent School Program. It is designed to provide the students with an overview of art history from ancient to modern times. (Think of it as a highlights tour of art history using the Museum‟s collection.) The Antiquities to Abstract Expressionism and Exploration tour is one and one-half hours in length. Asian Art 6000 BCE – 589 CE China 4500 BCE – 500 CE Japan 4000 BCE – 510 CE Indian subcontinent Asian art includes art from the entire continent of Asia, but ancient Asian art usually refers to the art from China, Japan, India, Korea, and the Southeast Asian nations, such as Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Religion or philosophical beliefs play an important role in the arts of ancient Asia. Different parts of Asia have different religious beliefs. Very few generalizations carry across the great distances and vastly different peoples of Asia. Among them are that art often has a religious function, symbolizing key aspects of the life of Buddha, for example, or depicting the gods of the Hindus. Asian art also tells stories about life of the peoples, sometimes, whole histories. 48 © 2011 Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202 JDSP – Docent Packet
Egyptian Art (3100 BCE - 332 BCE) Egyptian art is from the Northeastern African land that has been called Egypt for more than five thousand years. It usually refers to objects, paintings, and architecture made between 3100 and 332 BCE. The lengthy history of Ancient Egypt is divided into 8 or 9 periods, sometimes called kingdoms. The Ancient Egyptians themselves seem to have developed the notion of ruling dynasties, a succession of rulers from the same family or line throughout their history. The importance of religion and the respect for death ruled their art. They built mostly temples, tombs, and pyramids. Most of our knowledge of Egyptian civilization comes from these surviving structures and their contents since they were built to endure forever. The pyramids and tombs contained everything the deceased might want or need in the afterlife (weapons, food, furniture, jewelry, etc.). Egyptian sculptures and paintings depicted scenes of daily life, hunting, war, and ceremonies and followed a rigid formula for representing the human figure. The human figure was depicted with head, arms, pelvis, legs, and feet in profile and eyes and shoulders facing front. Egyptian artists made few attempts to create a sense of space in the scenes they depicted and used clear outline to communicate shapes. Ancient Egyptian culture is considered crucial to the development of art in Europe and the Western Hemisphere, and its influence on early Greek art is visible. Greek Art (800 BCE - 320 BCE) Art historians refer to art created on the peninsula now called Greece and many nearby islands in the Aegean Sea, including Crete, from between 800 BCE and 323 BCE as Greek Art. Much of Western European art has a strong link to ancient Greece. To most historians and philosophers of the Western world, this period was a high point in cultural achievement, setting standards of beauty, humanism, and other ideals honored to this day. Greek artists used narratives, or stories, and made many portraits and other representational subjects. Much of the art – even poetry and music – was based on systems and perfect proportions. For example, Greek architecture depended on the “column” to support the weight of the peaked roofs supported by triangular pediments. Greek artists were the first to render the human figure in a natural, relaxed style and more active poses. Until the Greeks, sculptors had modeled figures to look stiff and formal. Many Greek sculptures depicted gods and goddesses and portrayed lifelike, though idealized, human subjects. Roman Art (510 BCE - 337 CE) The Romans adopted much from the Greek architecture, but they created their own styles as well. The Romans created new types of structures, such as public baths and amphitheaters. Romans also developed two things that let them build larger structures © 2011 Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202 JDSP – Docent Packet 49
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