Visual Thinking Strategies

10 Intriguing Photographs to Teach Close Reading and Visual Thinking Skills - NYTimes.com

Lynne Munson

teaching children how to see what is going on in paintings

Palmer Hayden was known for his paintings of the African American scene. In a 1969 interview he described The Janitor Who Paints, created around 1930, as "a sort of protest painting" of his own economic and social standing as well as that of his fellow African Americans.

Virtual and up close tours of art museums around the world. Great for VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) in classroom.

Degas, Edgar School of Ballet 1873 Oil on canvas, 18 3/4 x 24 1/2 in In the Collection of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,

Baker, Garin Waiting for the Train

Crite, Allan Rohan Parade on Hammond Street 1935 Oil on canvas board, 17 7/8 x 23 7/8 in The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

Rousseau, Henri The Football Players

Toyohiro, Okajuma Four Accomplishments No. 1 19th cent Oil on canvas Courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. F1903.57

Velázquez, Diego Rodriguez Prince Balthasar Carlos on Horseback 1635 Oil on canvas, 82 1/16 x 68 1/16 in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Hayden, Palmer The Janitor Who Paints c. 1937 Oil on canvas, 39 1/8 x 32 7/8 in Smithsonian American Art Museum,

Seurat, Georges The Circus 1891 Oil on canvas Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.

The method aligns with the Common Core approach to learning.