Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Book Overview
Unit 1: Ancient Romans: The Emergence of an Empire
Chapter 1: Architecture and Coinage: Heads or Tails
Lesson 1: Toss a Coin and Make a Wish, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Engineer and Designing an Arch, Drawing Exercise
Lesson 3: Painting Personal Rainbow Arches, Watercolor Painting Experience
Lesson 4: Show me the Money, Making an Embossed Coin
Chapter 2: Roman Mosaics: Pieces of Culture
Lesson 1: Pablo’s Discovery, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Discovering Mosaics, Observing and Discussing Mosaics
Lesson 3: Putting the Pieces Together, Making a Mosaic
Chapter 3: Realistic Roman Portrait: Pursuit of Truth
Lesson 1: I Feel the Earth Shake Under My Feet, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Pursuit of Truth with a Twist, Biography vs. Portrait
Lesson 3: Finding Truth in a Mirror Image, Creating Portraits
Lesson 4: Split Mirror Imagery, Making a Portrait
Unit 2: Middle Ages: The Century Builders
Chapter 4: Sculptural Gargoyles: Form, Function and Fantasy
Lesson 1: The Comic Book Artist, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Devising a Disguise by Designing and Structural Embellishment
Lesson 3: Making a Gargoyle Design
Lesson 4: Making a Clay Gargoyle
Chapter 5: Castles and Churches: Buildings for Centuries
Lesson 1: The Soldier who Saved the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartes, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: A Pictorial Collage Painting with Gothic and Romanesque Buildings and a Touch of Red Grooms
Lesson 3: Bring in the Light, an Activity on Stain-Glass Windows
Lesson 4: Reimagining a Knight in Armour, Making a Textured Drawing
Lesson 5: Coat of Arms in Watercolor
Chapter 6: Decorative Arts: Tapestries, Beauty and Beasts
Lesson 1: Fabricating a Special Story, A Day with Lucy, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Tapestry Art, Making a Tapestry Narrative
Lesson 3: Designing an Illuminated Name
UNIT 3: The Renaissance: Glory, Faith, and Art
Chapter 7: Renaissance Painting: Painting, Perseverance and Praise
Lesson 1: Perseverance 68 Feet High, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Discovering Chiaroscuro and Creating Charcoal Shapes
Lesson 3: Making A Drawing and Oil Pastel Painting Using A Grid
Lesson 4: The Guild System, Role Playing Activity
Lesson 6: Getting the Right Perspective (One-Point Perspective)
Chapter 8: Printmaking Pathways: Image Evolution
Lesson 1: What’s All the Chatter About the Rhinoceros?, Storytelling and Introduction
Lesson 2: Carving Out Your Personal Style, Creating a Prints
Lesson 3: From Gothic to Gutenberg, Making Books
Chapter 9: Altering, Inventing and Modifying Art: Eye for Ingenuity
Lesson 1: Influential Inventions, Man Vs. Machine and Storytelling, The Pages from the Lost Notebook
Lesson 2: Collographic Buildings, Man Vs. Physical Environment
Lesson 3: Modified Forms, Man Vs. Nature
Appendix A: Handouts for Chapter 1-9
Appendix B: Foundations Lessons and Technical Reference Sheets
Concepts in Arts and Principles of Design
Exploring Color and Creating a Color Wheel
Designing with Texture
Building Blocks of Shapes
The Value of Values
Basics for Graphite Pencil Drawing
Basics for Colored Pencil Drawing
Basics for Charcoal Drawing
Basics on Pastels (Hard and Soft Pastels)
Basics on Oil Pastels
Basics on Colored Makers
Watercolor Painting (transparent painting medium)
Basics on Oil, Acrylic, Tempera and Fresco Painting
Basics on Mixed Media and Collage
Basics on Clay Hand Building
Basics on Mosaic Making
Appendix C: Handouts for Foundation Lessons
Appendix D: Figures for Chapters 1-9
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