Education
Study Guides
Learning to Look
This section focuses on the elements of art: color, line, shape, value, space, texture, and balance.
Color: Bassano - The Flight into Egypt
Line: Degas - Seated Dancer Rubbing Her Leg
Shape: Picasso - The Bull
Balance: Chardin - Still Life with Fowl
Value: Rembrandt - Portrait of a Bearded Man in a Wide-Brimmed Hat
Space: Pannini - Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome
Texture: van Gogh - The Mulberry Tree
Related Files
Activity Sheet, K-5
Activity Sheet, 6-12
Religions Across the World
Art can communicate religious ideas and beliefs. Explore religious works from Asia and Europe.
Thailand: Mon-Dvaravati Period – Buddha Shakyamuni
India: Uttar Pradesh – Vishnu as the Boar (Varaha) Avatar
Giovanni di Paolo - The Branchini Madonna
Baciccio - Saint Joseph and the Infant Christ
Cranach – Adam
Related Files
Activity Sheet, K-5
Activity Sheet, 6 - 12
Shifts in Thinking
Turning points in European art and culture from the Renaissance to the 19th century.
Raphael - Madonna and Child with Book
Bosschaert, the Elder - Flowers in a Glass Beaker
Rubens - St. Ignatius of Loyola
Fragonard - Happy Lovers
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes: Los Caprichos - The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Related Files
Activity Sheet, K-5
Activity Sheet, 6-12
The Collectible Moment: Photographs in the Norton Simon Museum
Learn about the different techniques of renowned photographers by exploring select works in the Norton Simon Museum's photography collection.
Introduction
Artist Profile-Barbara Morgan
Artist Profile-Ansel Adams
Artist Profile-Frederick Sommer
Artist Profile-Keith Jacobshagen
Related Files
Activity Sheets, 5-12
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