COURSE DESCRIPTION

Kindergarten students are introduced to the elements of art—line, shape, color, and more. Students will:

• Learn about important paintings, sculpture, and architecture.
• Study the works of artists like Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Rembrandt van Rijn, Ando Hiroshige, Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, and Faith Ringgold.
• Create artwork similar to works they learn about, using many materials and techniques, including brightly colored paintings inspired by Henri Matisse, and mobiles inspired by Alexander Calder.

COURSE OUTLINE

Unit 1: Let's Get Started

• Identify lines in artwork such as Purple Robe and Anemones by Henri Matisse.
• Learn about different types of artwork, including paintings and sculpture.
• Compare art that looks real with art that looks make-believe.
• Learn about the lives of Ando Hiroshige and Henri Matisse, and the characteristics of their works.

Unit 2: Shapes and Colors

• Identify shapes and colors in artwork, such as Improvisation Painting by Wassily Kandinsky
• Describe how colors are mixed to make new colors.
• Learn about the life of Joan Miró and the characteristics of his works.

Unit 3: How Artists See People: Portraits and Self-Portraits

• Identify portraits and self-portraits, such as Self-Portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn, and describe their characteristics.
• Learn about the lives of Pablo Picasso and Henry Ossawa Tanner, and the characteristics of their works.

Unit 4: Let Me Repeat Myself: Patterns

• Identify and describe patterns in artwork, such as Around the Fish by Paul Klee.
• Learn about the life of Henri Rousseau and the characteristics of his works.

Unit 5: Getting in Touch with Art: Texture

• Identify and describe qualities of texture in artwork, such as a "cap mask" by a Kuba artist from Congo.
• Learn about the life of Faith Ringgold and the characteristics of her works.

Unit 6: Made in America: American Symbols and Native American Art

• Identify and describe American symbols, artwork depicting American symbols, and American Indian art, such as the Statue of Liberty and a Navajo blanket.

Unit 7: Don't Move! Still Life Paintings

• Identify still life paintings, such as Still Life with a Basket (The Kitchen Table) by Paul Cèzanne, and describe their characteristics.
• Learn about the life of Paul Cézanne and the characteristics of his works.

Unit 8: Scenic Overlook: Landscapes

• Identify landscapes, such as Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Brueghel the Elder and describe their features.

Unit 9: In the Round: Sculpture

• Identify and describe examples of sculpture, such as Bronco Buster by Frederick Remington.

Unit 10: How Artists See Play

• Identify paintings showing people at play, such as The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and describe their characteristics.

Unit 11: How Artists See Celebrations

• Identify paintings showing celebrations, such as The Wedding Dance in Open Air by Pieter Brueghel the Elder and describe their characteristics.