Annotated Bibliography
Girl with a Pearl Earring film 2003 PG-13 A nice introduction to Vermeer, specifically the art of mixing paints, which is quite amazing considering how we go to the art store and buy them already prepared today. The painting Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer (1655 Mauritshuis Gallery at The Hague, Netherlands)
The annotated Mona Lisa: a crash course in art history from prehistoric to post-modern. Strickland, Carol, and John Boswel. A good way to start a search for paintings you might want to use in the classroom.
Take the time to visit your local museums and art galleries, no matter how small. Check out the programs they have in place for you to bring your students. Everyone's A Critic published by MOMA.
Autodesk 123D Catch App for Smartphones and iPads. A great app for capturing images and fashioning a 3D like object. It is free.
I love the idea of getting your kids involved in recreating a piece of art by skit. Look at what Yinka Shonibare's works (present day) does with art. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews without their Heads (1998 Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada) based on Thomas Gainsborough's Mr. and Mrs. Andrews (1748, London, National Gallery). Yinka's Diary of a Victorian Dandy (1996, Collections of Peter Norton and Eileen Harris Norton, CA) based on Hogarth's Rake's Progress (1733, Sir John Soane's Museum, UK). Fragonard's The Swing (1767, Wallace Collection, UK) is another Shonibare recreation. There are many more. Shonibare is disabled and his journey through this disability would be interesting to share with your students.
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