Description

Overview:

The goal of this unit is to introduce students to the basic elements of art (color, line, shape, form, and texture) and to show students how artists use these elements in different ways in their work. In the unit, students will answer questions as they look carefully at paintings and sculpture to identify the elements and analyze how they are used by different artists.

Subject:

Arts and Humanities, Art History, Visual Arts

Level:

Lower Primary, Upper Primary, Middle School, High School

Grades:

Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Material Type:

Diagram/Illustration, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Provider:

National Gallery of Art

Date Added:

09/19/2013