The Illustrated Page: Medieval Manuscripts to New Media

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 17.01.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Classroom Context
  4. Unit Objectives
  5. Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs)
  6. Virginia Standards of Learning for Foreign Languages - Spanish I and II
  7. Strategies
  8. Overview
  9. Mexican Muralism Movement Founders – Biographical Information
  10. The Mexican Muralism Movement Objectives
  11. The Richmond Mural Project
  12. Muralists in Richmond
  13. Activities
  14. Student Produced Work
  15. Works Cited
  16. Resources for Teachers and Students

In Their Own Images

Yolanda Bezares-Chavez

Published September 2017

Tools for this Unit:

Resources for Teachers and Students

Books

Tolar, Jude, (2000). Artful Stories. Rigby Literacy

Winter, Jonah and Jeanette, (1991). Diego 

Braun, Barbara, (1994). A Weekend with Diego Rivera. Published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. and Diaz, David (Illustrator) Diego Bigger Than Life. This

book is a collection of poems inspired in the life and art of Diego Rivera.

Tonatiuh, Duncan Diego Rivera His World and Ours. The author provides biographical information about Rivera in a fun and playful way. The book has many colorful illustrations that will delight young students in grades K - 2.

Venezia, Mike, Diego Rivera (revised edition) – This is an excellent book for students in grades K – 3. The book provides information about Rivera’s life and art work. The illustrations are colorful and fun.

Reef, Catherine, (2014). Frida and Diego: art, love, life Houghton Mifflin

Images

Pre-Hispanic murals in Mexico

Olmec Murals http://michaelruggeri.com/MIKE_RUGGERIS_OLMEC_ART_PORTFOLIO/MIKE_RUGGERIS_OLMEC_ART_PORTFOLIO/Pages/Olmec_Murals.html

Murals in Teotihuacan (near Mexico City) 

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/teotihuacan-murals.htm

Bonampak murals and information

https://leonidemartinblog.wordpress.com/tag/bonampak-murals/

https://maya.nmai.si.edu/gallery/bonampak

http://www.mexicoarcheology.com/bonampak/

Murals in Mexican churches and convents (16th – 18th centuries)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sanctuary_of_Atotonilco,_San_Miguel_Allende#/media/File:Atotonilco_dome.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sanctuary_of_Atotonilco,_San_Miguel_Allende#/media/File:ByChapelAtotonilco.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sanctuary_of_Atotonilco,_San_Miguel_Allende

https://s-media-cache ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f9/10/f0/f910f07e401a36e65d92f483db41bae7.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sanctuary_of_Atotonilco,_San_Miguel_Allende#/media/File:CeilingAtotonilco4.JPG

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Atotonilco%2C_Guanajuato.jpg

http://mexicosmurals.blogspot.com/2017/07/

This is a great blog about Mexico during colonial times. http://colonialmexico.blogspot.com/

This is an excellent blog about old Mexican murals http://mexicosmurals.blogspot.com/

Schools murals in USA 

http://www.thrivecollective.org/portfolio/

Mexican Muralism Movement images and videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mzQDfK3A5Q

Diego Rivera’s life and work

This is an excellent video and has beautiful Mexican music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyLHcwBH6PI

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-rivera-diego.htm

Excellent video about Mexico City’s history as seen on one of Rivera’s most famous murals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-DKc4i5bIQ

Paintings  http://allpainters.org/theme/diego-rivera

David Alfaro Siqueiros’ life and work

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-siqueiros-david-alfaro.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACRmeSkgCaA (the narrator fails to pronounce Siqueiros’ last name correctly in this otherwise good video)

Jose Clemente Orozco’s life and work

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-orozco-jose-clemente.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/jose-clemente-orozco-orozco-man-of-fire/82/

http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/explore/news/jose-clemente-orozco-epic-american-civilization

Orozco’s painting Prometheus (Pomona College)  http://www.dartmouth.edu/digitalorozco/app/ 

Other Resources

The Detroit Institute of Arts has several resources that can be used to correlate visual arts activities with literacy. Among those resources are their Artful Adjectives, and Visualizing Verbs printable worksheets. https://www.dia.org/education/resources

https://www.dia.org/sites/default/files/DIA%20Standards.pdf (visual art form)

https://www.dia.org/sites/default/files/DIA_Verbs.pdf (Visualizing Verbs)

https://www.dia.org/sites/default/files/DIA_Adjectives.pdf (Colorful Adjectives)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pWZBOR4ec

Art activities for children: Diego Rivera

http://kidworldcitizen.org/2014/03/23/diego-rivera-for-kids-make-your-own-mural/

https://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/the-murals-of-diego-rivera-lesson-plan/

https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/diego-riveras-mothers-helper-art-lesson/

http://artprojectsforkids.org/?s=Diego+Rivera

Murals in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Richmond Mural Project http://richmondmuralproject.squarespace.com/

Muralists

Nicolas Romero, “Ever”

https://eversiempre.com/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ever_dsr/9497067242/

Nils Westergard

http://nilswestergard.com/

https://www.facebook.com/nilswestergard/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nilswest/

http://www.isupportstreetart.com/interview/our-first-interview-nils-westergard/

Elio Mercado, “Evoca1”

https://www.facebook.com/evoca1/

https://www.instagram.com/evoca1/

https://www.urban-nation.com/2015/09/wall-poetry-we-paint-the-music-you-love-to-hear/

http://www.widewalls.ch/widewalls-artist-of-the-week-evoca1/

Jonatan Rivera, “Jade”

https://www.facebook.com/RIVERAJADE/

http://jadeuno.com/

http://lamonomagazine.com/jonathan-rivera-raices-andinas/ (Spanish)

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