Showing posts with label Electives: Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electives: Art. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2012

Textbook of Art Education Second Year/Project Gutenberg


When the trees are bare of leaves, we see how beautiful the branches are.

No two trees stretch out their arms in just the same way. But the largest boughs always spring from the big round trunk.

See how the smaller boughs spring from larger ones and rock the winter buds in the air.

Paint a tree as it looks in November.


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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Picture Readings/Google Books

Title Picture Readings: A Study of Paintings by the Great Masters
Author Edgar Packard
Publisher Public school publishing company, 1918
Length 135 pages

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Stories of Art and Artists/Google Books

Title Stories of Art and Artists
Author Clara Erskine Clement Waters
Publisher Ticknor and company, 1887
Length 357 pages
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This book pairs well with Garden of Praise's free art appreciation lessons(scroll all the way down to bottom at the link). This is for younger children, and has color high definition images of the many of the paintings mentioned in Clara Water's book. There are also online quizzes, worksheets, etc. and helpful links.

Friday, March 5, 2010

The Prang Primary Course in Art Education/Google books

The Prang primary course in art education, Part 1
Author Mary Dana Hicks
Publisher The Prang Educational Co., 1893
Length 168 pages
Overview

Part two here.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Graphics: a Manual of Drawing and Writing/Google Books


Graphics: a manual of drawing and writing, for the use of schools and families
American Culture Series, Art and Architecture collection
Author Rembrandt Peale
Publisher J. P. Peaslee, 1835
Length 86 pages
Overview

Friday, January 29, 2010

Art Appreciation/Google Books

The Appreciation of Pictures
Author Russell Sturgis
Publisher The Baker & Taylor co., 1905
Length 298 pages
Overview

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

First Book of Drawing/Google Books



First book of drawing: being exercises for children and young persons
Chamber's educational course
Author Robert Chambers
Publisher William and Robert Chambers, 1840
Length 11 pages
Overview

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Pictures That Every Child Should Know: a Selection of the World's Art/Google Books



Pictures that every child should know: a selection of the world's art masterpieces for young people
Author Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
Publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908
Length 387 pages
Overview

Thursday, November 12, 2009

When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures


When mother lets us cut out pictures
Author Ida Estelle Boyd
Publisher Moffat, Yard and Company, 1912
Length 94 pages
Overview

Friday, November 6, 2009

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Art Studies for Schools/Goggle Books

Art Studies for Schools: Or, Hints on the Use of Reproductions of High Art in the Schoolroom
By Rydingsvärd, Anna Maria von Rydingsvärd
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1903
184 pages

Main page

Begin reading here.

Teacher's helps, stories about art. Elementary school level.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Stories of Famous Pictures/Google books


Early elementary, educational art reader.

Stories of Famous Pictures
By Ella Marie Powers
Published by Educational publishing company, 1904

Main page.

Begin reading here.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Art Crafts for Beginners/ Google Books

This book presents historical background information and directions. Written for adults, but wonderful for homeschool projects led by an adult.

The art crafts for beginners
By Frank Goodwin Sanford, Arthur F. Phillips
Published by Century, 1906
270 pages

Main page.

Begin reading here.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Jolly Book of Playcraft / Google Books


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Main page
The Jolly Book of Playcraft
By Patten Beard, G. S. North, Frederick A. Stokes Company
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1916
226 pages