Infusing local art viewing into your curriculum in less than 2 minutes

RACHEL STRAUGHN-NAVARRO ASSISTANT MUSEUM EDUCATOR

MUSEUM OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

A Portrait of the Museum in 30 Objects

maa.missouri.edu/slideshows/30objects

Step 1: Download an image.

Step 2: Lead a discussion

Who do you think the people or creatures depicted here are? Why do you think they might be shown here?

Step 3: Learn more about the object

During the eighteenth century, casters like these were made in matching sets of three: a large one for sugar, and two smaller ones for pepper and mustard. 

Step 4: Learn more about the artist.

Born Claudine Raguet Hirst, the artist worked under the name Claude to conceal her gender because some people believed women could not be good artists. 

Step 5: Make connections and comparisons.

Step 5: Make connections and comparisons.

Grace Hartigan said she was inspired by the Spanish Baroque painter, Diego Velasquez. You can see one of his paintings here. What similarities can you find between these two paintings?

If you have time… investigate further.

More about Charles Demuth:http://www.demuth.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=db3268fe12d22a4feb50b67dd 14ec87d

Fauvism, Metropolitan Museum of Art:http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fauv/hd_fauv.htm

Poems about Mount Monadnock:http://www.monadnockmountain.com/poetry.htm

The collection covers a lot of ground. We hope you’ll be able to find whatever you’re looking for.

Missouri Artists

Abstract

Landscape

Sculpture

Genre

Still Life

Ancient

Gothic

Contemporary

AmericanEuropean

African

Asian

Voila! Your students have now had a rich art viewing experience!

Thank you!

maa.missouri.edu/slideshows/30objects

straughnnavarror@Missouri.edu