exhibition guide for teachers

The Heckscher Museum of Art
EXHIBITION RESOURCE GUIDE FOR TEACHERS
Alonzo Chappel, Washington at the Battle of Monmouth, n.d. [detail], Oil on canvas.
August 16, 2014 - August 2015
WHAT’S INSIDE
About the Exhibition......................................1
Exhibition-Related Web Resources...................2
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Exhibition-Related Vocabulary..........................2
Select Images................................................3
Everything You Need @ www.heckscher.org.....8
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
In the fall of 2015, George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun will be
leaving its “home” in the Museum galleries for temporary loan
to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This upcoming
journey inspired this year-long exhibition examining Grosz’s
monumental work alongside other artwork depicting related
themes.
The exhibit includes paintings, prints, and
photographs dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.
George Grosz, Eclipse of the Sun,
1926, Oil on canvas.
When exploring Power, Politics, and War, students will
discover the connections between art and global history,
including images of the American Revolution, drafting of the
Declaration of Independence, World War II and more.
ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION
William Holbrook Beard
Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour
Alonzo Chappel
George Grosz
Mark Markov-Grinberg
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Auguste Raffet
Adolf Schreyer
Stanley Twardowicz
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EXHIBITION-RELATED WEB RESOURCES
Bulls and Bears in the Market by William Holbrook Beard
Video by New-York Historical Society about Beard’s use of political symbolism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nKJaj3N2I4
Alonzo Chappel website
http://www.alonzochappel.org
Unshakeable courage of the real War Horses:
The eight million forgotten animals who were killed on the frontline
Article by Robert Hardman, October 6, 2011, dailymail.com
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045816/Unshakeable-courage-real-War-Horses-Themillion-forgotten-animals-killed-frontline.html
Battle of Monmouth
Article about the battle of the American Revolution
http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/battle-of-monmouth/
EXHIBITION-RELATED VOCABULARY
atmospheric perspective: A technique for suggesting distance in a work of art by lightening
the colors and lowering the contrast as images near the horizon.
documentary photograph: A popular form of photography used to chronicle both significant
historical events and everyday life.
horizon line: The line that denotes where the sky meets the earth in a work of art.
mood: The emotion, or feeling, of a work of art.
movement: The act or process of moving, especially change of place or position. This may
be actual motion or implied by the arrangements of elements to move the eye.
portrait: A work of art showing a person or animal.
proportion: The size relationship between different images within a work of art.
symbol: An image that has a particular meaning or represents a particular idea.
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SELECT IMAGES
Power, Politics, and War
August 16, 2014 - August 2015
Alonzo Chappel, Drafting the Declaration of Independence, n.d., Oil on canvas.
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SELECT IMAGES
Power, Politics, and War
August 16, 2014 - August 2015
Mark Markov-Grinberg, In the trenches, near Kursk, 1943,
Photograph, ferrotyped silver gelatin print. Gift of Dr. Mark Reichman.
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SELECT IMAGES
Power, Politics, and War
August 16, 2014 - August 2015
William Holbrook Berad, Give Up That Egg, 1891, Oil on canvas.
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SELECT IMAGES
Power, Politics, and War
August 16, 2014 - August 2015
Adolf Schreyer, Arab Horsemen, Defeat and Hate, 1863, Oil on canvas.
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SELECT IMAGES
Power, Politics, and War
August 16, 2014 - August 2015
Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour, Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, Oil on canvas.
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Everything you need
@
www.heckscher.org
EXHIBITION RESOURCE GUIDES for TEACHERS
Visiting the Museum? Prepare your students before their trip.
Looking for new lesson ideas? Use the guides as inspiration any time!
Guides are developed on a rolling basis and are available
free of charge. Resources include exhibition-specific
information such as the following:
• Artist biographies
• Exhibition summaries
• Full-color artwork images
• Vocabulary words
• Pre- and post-visit activities
SHARE YOUR
STUDENTS’ ARTWORK!
Have you taught your students a lesson
inspired by artwork on view in the Museum?
Share it with a broader community in the
Museum’s Visitors Online Art Gallery.
Submit your students’ artwork (.jpg files) to
Kristina Schaaf at [email protected].
2 Prime Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
631.351.3250
www.heckscher.org
Education Department
631.351.3214
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