Finding resources to introduce the semester theme to a high school art class of mostly ninth graders can be difficult. They can’t be treated like babies, but anything too long-winded and elaborate can lose them. Today (thanks to google’s home page) I found a resource for fall semester’s theme: visual storytelling.
A family podcast from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Aesop’s fables, including historical background and 3 fables. The Met also has a page on the pietre dura cabinet from their collection mentioned in the podcast. It includes closeups of the inlaid stone images based on the stories. I feel a class discussion on the difference between visual and audio stories, story arc and imagination.
We’ll see how well the discussion works on Thursday. Nothing like finding resources at the last moment.
