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Dance - Artopia
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Artopia
Artopia is a comprehensive web-based arts experience designed for middle school students, covering the visual and performing arts.
Visual and Performing Arts for Grades 6-8
Artopia is a comprehensive web-based arts experience designed for middle school students, covering the visual and performing arts. Students will learn art history via animated one-minute movies, be guided on how to closely examine important works of art, and view videos of professional artists at work.This project was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Please note many of the web videos include transcripts.
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John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address (1961) A Closer Look John F. Kennedy rode to his inauguration with the outgoing president, Dwight Eisenhower. Robert Frost read one of his poems at the ceremony...
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Line: Artists often start out working with line. Look at the outline of the spotted horse. This is called a skeletal shape. The long hairs in the horse’s mane and tail are lines. Several horizontal...
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Painter Jonathan Green says, "I have found that all of the subject matters in school has helped me out tremendously in becoming an artist. Reading, writing, and arithmetic. I read as much as possible...
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Jonathan Green shows off his studio which is located in Naples, Florida (2003). He is also discusses his work hours, sometimes dependent on the seasons.
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Jonathan Green shares the series of paintings that he was working on at the time of the interview (2003).
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Jonathan Green walks through his process to getting started with a painting.
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Jonathan Green shows his favorite painting tools and materials.
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Jonathan Green talks about what inspires his paintings.
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Boyd Saunders takes a look at the completed print.
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Boyd Saunders demonstrates the process of etching. Etching is the process of using a strong acid to create designs in metal.
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The Process of Etching Boyd Saunders demonstrates how he mixes the ink.
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The Process of Etching Boyd Saunders explains that "etching" means "to bite with acid."
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The Process of Etching Boyd Saunders demonstrates how to ink the plate.
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The Process of Etching Boyd Saunders talks about the special type of paper and how to prepare the paper.
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The Process of Etching Boyd Saunders demonstrates the final step in the etching process with the printing.
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These are examples of narrative artworks that depict historical figures and events. No. 11 - John Brown Takes to Guerilla Warfare, is one of a series of twenty-two gouache paintings illustrating the...
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Learn how to take a closer look at a sculpture by applying the principles of design to the Kouros by Isamu Noguchi. Balance: Technically, Kouros is perfectly balanced. All the pieces fit together in...
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Learn how to take a closer look at a sculpture by applying the elements of design to the Kouros by Isamu Noguchi. Line: Line is an important element in Noguchi’s Kouros. Although it is a three-...
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