Robert J. Loescher was the director for art history, theory and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was the most illuminating and revitalizing teacher of Art History that I have ever known.
Geography is a hard subject for lots of trainees. When given a map of the United States and needing to learn all 50 capitals and states, many trainees feel overwhelmed.
ONE-- Learn more about the fundamentals of art history. How art developed, from the Lascaux cave paintings to modern art today. Older art history books deal primarily with creative advancement in Western culture. Newer books add advancements in Asia, China, Russia and the mid-East. The research study of Art History has, gradually, become worldwide. In discovering the time lines and factors that produce brand-new viewpoints and styles in art, you will not only gain a brand-new historic viewpoint, however also become familiarized with the numerous art types produced over the previous centuries.
Personally, I have actually never ever tried selling originals online and amongst the professional artists I know, not one has actually reported having sales by this technique. Nevertheless, like numerous others, I have had success in offering fairly priced prints online, through a personal website.
When looking for contemporary art, in the U.S., it may be more tough as locations such as San Francisco and Los Angeles have far more of an art existence than discovering a Midwestern art gallery or a Connecticut modern art gallery. Luckily these days you have the web.
Another museum you will not want to miss is the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art. The Gardiner was, at one time, related art history to the Royal Ontario Museum. The museum houses over 2,000 pieces of ceramic art. The collection includes pieces from the pre-Colombian duration to European porcelain from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Managed by the York Museum Trust, the York Art Gallery lies in a building dating back to the 1879 2nd Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibit, inspired by the Great Exhibit of London in 1851. In 1982 it was reincarnated as the York Art Gallery, as it is known today. Trainees on school trips can check out the imposing structure on Exhibition Square, where a statue of English painter William Etty was put up in the early part of the 1900s. Inside the museum there is a large collection of works by Etty, as well as a collection of paintings that spans over 600 years, from the 14th to the 20th century. From Italian panels to Victorian paintings and dutch work of arts to works by David Hockney, there is something for everybody in this museum.
You would be surprised at how quickly students would take a seat to compose a signature tune (utilizing historic events of course) for Mr. Washington and Mr. Revere? This not just engages them in the knowing, but permits them to utilize their creativity to enhance their knowing experience.