Helen D. Hume is an art educator, artist, and author who has taught students in kindergarten through college. Her books include The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools, Second Edition and The Art Lover's Almanac.

The Art Teacher's Book of Lists, Grades K-12 2nd Edition

By Helen D. Hume

John Wiley & Sons

Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-470-48208-7

Chapter One

BASIC INFORMATION FOR THE ART TEACHER

1–1. Quotations About Art for the Classroom 1–2. Websites Especially for the Art Teacher 1–3. Acronyms for the Art Teacher 1–4. Art Definitions 1–5. Pronunciation Guide 1–6. Artists' Birthdays (Contemporary Artists Added) 1–7. Elements of Art 1–8. Principles of Design 1–9. National Visual Arts Standards (K4) 1–10. National Visual Arts Standards (58) 1–11. National Visual Arts Standards (912) 1–12. Selected Glossary from the National Visual Arts Standards 1–13. The Big Idea 1–14. DBAE: Discipline-Based Art Education 1–15. Tips on Writing Art Lesson Plans 1–16. Sample Art Lesson Plan 1–17. Assessment Strategies 1–18. Creating a Scoring Guide 1–19. Accommodations in Art for Special Needs Students 1–20. Gifted and Talented Students in the Visual Arts 1–21. A Vital and Visible Art Program 1–22. Involve Families in Your Art Program 1–23. Public Relations and Photography Guidelines 1–24. Publicity Photography 1–25. Tips on Photographing Artwork: Digital or Film 1–26. Writing Art-Related Articles for Publication 1–27. Safety Reminders for the Art Room 1–28. Weight and Measure Equivalents

1–1. Quotations About Art for the Classroom

Students pay attention to art-related quotes hung in a classroom! Print them large, have them laminated, and put up fresh ones frequently (a quotation of the day or week could be a student responsibility). You do not always have to know who said it. One favorite for an art classroom is "Use Your Mistakes!"

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." Scott Adams, 1957, American Cartoonist (Dilbert)

"Talent! What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way." Winslow Homer, 1836–1910, American Artist

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." Author Unknown

"Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement ... let me go upstairs and check." M.C. Escher, 1898–1972, Dutch Graphic Artist

"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything." Eugene Delacroix, 1798&Ndash;1863, French Artist

"To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect." Alexander Calder, 1898–1976, American Sculptor

"I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, `Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money." Andy Warhol, 1930–1987, American Painter (Pop Art)

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso, 1881–1973, Spanish Artist

"I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else." Pablo Picasso, 1881–1973, Spanish Artist

"A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops." Hans Hofmann, 1880–1966, American Abstractionist

"How important are the visual arts in our society? I feel strongly that the visual arts are of vast and incalculable importance. Of course, I could be prejudiced. I am a visual art." Kermit The Frog

"[Art is] a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered." Al Capp, 1909–1979, Cartoonist, Speaking On Abstract Art

"The best things in life are silly." Scott Adams, 1957, American Cartoonist (Dilbert)

1–2. Websites Especially for the Art Teacher

Because websites change browsers and addresses from time to time, no effort has been made to include all art-related websites. The institutional sites listed here could also be accessed by simply typing in the name on a search engine.

National Art Education Association (NAEA) 1916 Association Drive Reston, VA 201911590 http://www.naea-reston.org (703-860-8000) (800-299-8321) http://www.arteducators.org

Art & Creative Materials Institute, Inc. (ACMI) and Ask http://www.acminet.org Art Council for Art Education Youth Art Month, c/o ACMI

Artcyclopedia (browse artists alphabetically by name) http://www.artcyclopedia.com

ArtLex (Art dictionary, definitions) http://www.artlex.com

Artnet (Auction and gallery information) http://www.artnet.com

ArtsConnectEd2 Walker Art Center and http://www.artsconnected.org Minneapolis Museum of Art

ARTSEDGE (Kennedy Center lesson plans for K12) http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach

ArtsEdNet (Getty Education Institute for the Arts) http://www.getty.edu/artsednet

Artsonia ("thousands of art project lesson http://www.artsonia.com plans submitted by teachers")

AskArt (lists of artists and their work) http://www.askart.com

Crayola® Lesson Plans (integrate language arts, http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans science, math, and social studies)

ERIC (Education Resources Information http://www.eric.ed.gov:80 Center U.S.A. Government)

U.S.A. Department of Education's Teacher Site http://www.Teachers@westat.com

Google Images (treasure trove of http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Art_History websites and images)

KinderArt (art lessons, art education) http://www.kinderart.com

Kodak Education, Art http://www.kodak.com/global

NASAD (National Association of http://www.nasad.arts-accredit.org Schools of Art and Design)

Princeton Educational Site http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad

The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) http://www.aep-arts.org

1–3. Acronyms for the Art Teacher

As art teachers, we certainly encounter these initials all the time, and probably have a good idea what they mean, but sometimes you want to know exactly what they mean. Labeling students with initials has become a convenient shorthand for teachers, but we must remember that the label is not the person.

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act AFT American Federation of Teachers AP Advanced Placement AP approved product CL cautionary labeling seal CP Certified Product DBAE Discipline-Based Art Education DEN Discovery Education Network E & Ps Elements of Art and Principles of Design EATS Electronic Alignment Tool Eric Educational Resources Information Center ESL English as a Second Language ETS Educational Testing Service FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act GED General Education Development Test GLEs Grade Level Expectations IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IEP Individualized Educational Plan (or Individualized Education Program) LHAMA Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act LRE Least Restrictive Environment MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets NAEA National Art Education Association NBCAT National Board Certified Art Teacher NBCT National Board Certified Teacher OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration PBS Positive Support System PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test PTA Parent Teacher Association PTO Parent Teacher Organization SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test SCANS The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills UDL Universal Design Learning VTS Visual Thinking Strategies

SHORTHAND FOR DIVERSITY AMONG STUDENTS

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder BD Behavior Disorder EMH Educable Mentally Handicapped GT Gifted HI Hearing Impaired LD Learning Disabled MD Multiple Disabilities PI Physically Impaired PMH Profoundly Mentally Handicapped SED Severely Emotionally Disabled SLI Speech and Language Impaired VI Visually Impaired

DISABILITY SPECIALISTS

OT Occupational Therapist PT Physical Therapist SLP Speech and Language Pathologist SPED Special Education Staff

1–4. Art Definitions

ART HISTORY PERIODS

• Abstract Expressionism. A New York 1940s painting movement that rarely featured a subject; sometimes called action painting

• Armory Show. An exhibit in New York in 1913 that introduced Paris-based Modernism to America

• Art Deco. Applied design from the 1920s and 1930s derived from French, African, Aztec, and Chinese motifs; especially notable for architecture and crafts

• Art Nouveau. An 1890s asymmetrical decorative style featuring sinuous forms based on objects found in nature

• Arts and Crafts Movement. During the 1930s, a return to the hand-made decorative arts

• Ashcan School. Paintings of everyday life in the city done by a group of painters of realism

• Barbizon School. French landscape artists who worked near Barbizon, France, c. 1840s

• Baroque. Detailed, swirling composition, diagonal lines, unusual viewpoints; period from mid-16th to mid-18th centuries

• Bauhaus. A design school that existed in Weimar, Germany, from 1919 to 1933 until it was closed by the Nazis

• Beaux-Arts. A tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries following principles of the French Academy

• Byzantine. Stylized religious art of the Eastern Roman Empire from AD 3231453

• Celtic Art. Art produced from c. 450 BC to c. 700 AD by the Celts; mostly portable objects

• Constructivists. A Russian group of artists who wished to reflect modern machinery and technology working c. 1913

• Contemporary Art. Generally defined as art produced during the second half of the 20th century onward; artists are usually living

• Cubism. Natural forms changed by geometrical reduction

• Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). A group of avant-garde German Expressionists

• Die Brcke (The Bridge). German Expressionist painters from Dresden working c. 1905

• Expressionism. The painting of feelings, sometimes with recognizable images, often totally abstract

• Futurism. An Italian art movement that tries to show the rapid movement of machinery

• Gothic. All Medieval art produced during the period between mid-12th and early 15th centuries

• Impressionism. An outdoor painting technique that shows the changing effects of light and color

• Italian Renaissance. Revival of classical art, literature, and learning based on humanism

• Pop Art. Objects from commercial art and the popular culture transformed into artworks

PAINTING TERMS

• Acrylic. Pigment in a plastic binder medium; water-based paint that adheres to most surfaces

• Aerial perspective. The effect of distance or atmosphere shown through haziness or changes in color

• Alla prima. Paint applied to canvas in one coat instead of applied layer by layer

• Atmospheric perspective (in painting). The change in color of objects in the distance

• Breakfast piece. 17th century Dutch still life that showed an interrupted meal

• Chiaroscuro. The use of light and shadow to create a focal point or mood

• Easel. A support for an artist's canvas during painting

• Encaustic. Pigment is mixed with melted wax and resin, then the hot mixture is painted

• Fresco. The technique of painting into freshly laid plaster (for example, Michelangelo's The Sistine Chapel)

• Gesso. An under-painting medium made of glue, plaster of Paris, or chalk and water

• Gouache. A watercolor medium made more brilliant by the addition of finely ground white pigment

• Grisaille (literally gray). A painting in shades of gray, sometimes on the outside panels of an altarpiece

• Horizon line. The distant view where sky meets water or land at the artist's eye level

• Illumination. The decoration of manuscript pages, often with gold leaf and brilliant colors

• Impasto. The thick, textured build-up of a picture's surface through repeated applications of paint

• Odalisque. Term used to refer to a painted reclining woman, from the word for a Turkish harem slave

• Oil paint. A powdered pigment held together with oil

• Palette. A board on which an artist mixes paints; certain colors used by a specific artist

• Romanticism. A type of painting that idealizes images, often with surrealistic or imaginative compositions

• Sfumato. A soft, smoky, hazy appearance with blurred images

• Still life (nature morte). A composition featuring inanimate objects such as food or flowers and vases

• Tempera. Painting pigment, mixed with water or egg yolk to apply

• Tenebrism. An effect such as chiaroscuro, with most figures in shadow, yet others in a shaft of light

• Triptych. A painting done in three sections hinged together

• Trompe l'oeil (fool the eye). A painting so real that you want to touch the objects

• Wash. Pigment diluted with water and applied to a painting surface to give a translucent effect

• Watercolor. Pigment mixed with a binder and applied with water to give a transparent effect

GENERAL ART DEFINITIONS

• Abstract. Not realistic, although often based on an actual subject

• Academic art. Traditional art teaching that follows proscribed rules; not experimental

• Aesthetic. The science of the beautiful in art; defined by visual, moral, social, and contemporary standards

• Altarpiece. A religious work of art placed behind the altar of a church

• Analogous colors. Colors closely related on a color wheel, e.g. red, red-orange, yellow

• Applied art. Design principles applied to functional objects such as clothing and fine crafts

• Arabesque. Decorative technique that uses curving plant forms; frequently used in Islamic art

• Artifact. Hand-made object that represents a particular culture or period

• Asymmetrical. Different on either side of a central axis

• Avant garde. At the forefront of new developments in art

• Balance. Equilibrium in a composition, either symmetrical or asymmetrical

• Bas-relief. Low-relief sculpture that projects slightly from a background

• Batik. Dyed textile or paper that has a wax resist pattern applied with molten wax

• Biomorphic. Art based on irregular abstract forms found in nature

• Blockbook. 15th century books in which the text and illustration were cut from the same block of wood

• Book of Hours. Illuminated Medieval books with prayers for specific times of the day

• Book of the Dead. Painting and hieroglyphics on a papyrus scroll, placed in an Egyptian tomb

• Bronze. An alloy of copper and tin used for sculpture

• Burnish. To polish or rub to make something shiny

• Calligraphy. Fine handwriting in ink with a quill, reed pen, or brush; follows specific rules or designs

• Camera obscura (dark room). A darkened box used as a drawing aid in the 16th century

• Caricature. Character studies that usually exaggerate one or more features

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