Table of Contents

Overview Page 2

How to Get Started Page 3

List of Composers and Artists Page 4

Book List Page 5

Art Supplies List Page 6

Featured Works-How To Page 7

Steps for Picture Study Page 7

Additional Viewing Ideas Page 7

Notes: Draw Squad Page 8

Notes: Artistic Pursuits Page 8

Art and Music Notebook Page 9

Weekly Schedules

Weeks 1-4 Giotto/Vivaldi Page 10

Weeks 5-8 Fra Angelico/Bach Page 12

Weeks 9-12 Leonardo da Vinci/Handel Page 14

Weeks 13-16 Raphael/Haydn Page 16

Weeks 17-20 Botticelli/Mozart Page 18

Weeks 21-24 Michelangelo/Beethoven Page 20

Weeks 25-28 Bruegel/Schubert Page 22

Weeks 29-32 Durer/Berlioz Page 24

Painting Index Page 27

Coloring Page Index Page 37

Blank Artist Notebook Page Page XX

Blank Composer Notebook Page Page XXX

How to View and Use the “Featured Works” in Option One

The featured works listed in Option One are all linked to internet websites where you can view the paintings online. The

links are also listed along with the options so if you print out the pages, you can still manually type in the web address for

the paintings.

To view a featured work, sometimes you will need to look for the specific artist and then click the particular painting you

are looking to view. Most images you can click to enlarge them for a better viewing size.

You can right click on the painting with your mouse and copy it to your desktop to print it out. In most cases, it is

permissible to download one copy for study purposes. You can print out the artwork, slip it into a page protector, and then

keep it in a binder to review from time to time. Printing the paintings out in a 4 inch by 6 inch size is an economical way to

provide art prints. This is a good size for your art notebook as well.

You can also make the featured work your computer’s wallpaper background and view it for a week. You do this by right

clicking the image and then choosing to set the image as your desktop wallpaper. This has been a successful method in

many families and made the paintings more prominent in your home.

In the Appendix of Harmony Fine Arts there is an art print for each artist studied. You can view these right from the

eBook page or you can print the page out on your color printer.

Steps for Picture Study in any of the Three Options 1. Choose the painting to be viewed.

2. Have the child sit quietly and look at the painting.

3. After a time of looking, hide the painting from view and ask your child to tell you what he remembers about the

painting.

4. That's it. It is as simple as that.

5. To extend the activity for older students, you may have them sketch the painting from memory.

Additional approaches to viewing the artwork For a more general approach to picture study you could use the following suggestions:

1. Ask the child to look carefully at the work of art.

2. Have a discussion with your child about the artwork.

3. You can prompt your child with the following questions if they are having trouble discussing the painting.

What colors do you see?

What objects can you see in the painting?

What is going on in the artwork?

Is the work of art true-to-life?

What ideas or emotions do you think this work is trying to express?

Do you like this piece of art and why or why not?

Do you like this artwork more now than you did when you first saw it?

4. Have the child write a review of the painting for their notebook.

5. Sketching the painting is always a good challenge for older students. After sketching, you can have them put their

artwork in their art binder alongside a print of the original.

Medieval and Renaissance Art

Weeks 1-4

Option 1 Picture Study

1 Read: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Art-

ists-Giotto

Read: Renaissance pages 6-9

Complete:

Draw Squad Pre-Test page 21

Read:

Draw Squad Ten Key Words of Drawing page 24-25

View: Flight into Egypt

List all the colors you see in the painting.

2 Read: Renaissance pages 10-13

View: History for Kids-Giotto

Additional information about Giotto and a slide-

show of his paintings.

(Preview slideshow before sharing it with your

children.)

Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 1: Foreshortening

View: Life of St. Francis, Renunciation to Wealth

Observe the buildings shapes and angles.

Draw some of the buildings shown in the Life of St. Francis into

your drawing notebook.

3 Read: Renaissance pages 16-17

View: Cappella Scrovegni:

Visit the chapel online and be sure to click on the

link to view the paintings from the entrance to get

a better idea of how they are arranges in the

chapel.

Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 2: Surface

View: The Dream of Joachim and observe the different surfaces

in the painting.

Recreate the building in this painting in your notebook showing

what you learned about surface.

4 Add Giotto to your timeline and complete an art-

ist’s notebook page.

Giotto Biography

Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 5: Density

View: Homage of a Simple Man, Detail and observe the shapes

and arches.

Use the concepts from this lesson to recreate this painting in your

notebook.

Notes for Option 2:

Week 2: Link to History for Kids: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/art/giotto.htm

Week 3: Link to chapel: http://www.wga.hu/tours/giotto/index2.html

Week 4: Link to Giotto biography: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto.html

Week 4: Link to painting: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto34.html

Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337 CE)

Gothic/Italian

Featured Works: 1. *Flight into Egypt, c. 1305-1306 (image 56)

2. Life of St. Francis, Renunciation to Wealth

3. The Dream of Joachim, 1304-1306 (image 27)

4. Lamentation of Christ, c 1305-1306 (76)

Weeks 1,3, and 4: www.abcgallery.com.

Week 2: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/francis/SSF-renounce-m.jpg

Biography: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto.html

*See Painting Appendix

Option 2 Art Appreciation with Art Skills

Medieval and Renaissance Art

Weeks 1-4

1 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2

Unit 1 pages 5-8

Complete watercolor project on page 8.

View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, note all

the different colors that Giotto used.

2 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2

Unit 1 pages 9-10

Complete the Final Project on page 10 using water-

colors

After completing the Final Project, watercolor a portion of one of

Giotto’s paintings.

3 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2

Unit 2 pages 11-13

Complete the observation painting on page 13.

View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, note all

the primary colors that Giotto used.

4 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2

Unit 2 pages 14-15

Complete the Final Project on page 12 using water-

color pencils.

View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, look

for hard and soft edges.

Option 3 Artistic Pursuits with Picture Study

Notes for Option 3: Parents: Please pre-read pages 1-4 before week one so you have an introduction to Artistic Pursuits.

Composer Study: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Notes for Composer Study: Link to Vivaldi biography: http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Antonio_Vivaldi/22387.htm

Link to Optional listening: http://www.classicsforkids.com/shows/showview.asp?ID=1

Story of Vivaldi and Corelli

Listen to tracks 1-12 for a narrative biography.

Listen to tracks 13-14 for complete musical selections.

Add Vivaldi to your timeline and complete a composer’s notebook page.

Optional listening: Classics for Kids: Vivaldi