American Art History: Volume I, is arranged chronologically and divided into 16 chapters, each chapter introducing two pieces of art. One chapter should be read each week. Chapters can be read individually or aloud. Students often enjoy taking turns reading the articles aloud as a group. Teachers or parents can instigate discussions by helping to define difficult vocabulary or by asking students what is real in the article and what is added for comic effect.
Each chapter includes two Forgery games at the end. The games are simple: compare the real work of art to the “forgery” on the facing page and try to find ten differences. This game can be played by students individually or as a group in a classroom setting. In a group students often enjoy competing against each other to see who can find all ten differences first. The game allows children to enjoy studying art, and entices them to thoroughly examine each work of art. By spending time comparing two images, students spend time studying the art in close detail.
This volume contains:
- Prehistoric Art
- Mound Builder Art
- Native Southwestern Art
- Iroquois Art
- Taino Art
- John White
- Early Virginian Art
- Colonial Portraiture
- Matthew Pratt
- Spanish Colonial Architecture
- Benjamin West
- John Singleton Copley
- Paul Revere
- Charles Wilson Peale
- Raphael Peale
- Gilbert Stuart
