A Classical History of Art, Art Posters & Cards, Creating Art & Music Appreciation

Early Sacred Music: From the Temple through the Middle Ages

with Dr. Carol Reynolds | Grades 8+

$119 set (text, workbook, DVDs) Text $24.95 | Assignments & Quizzes $22.95 Here you will find a description and explanation of how Christians worshiped God in song for over a millennia. In addition to the sheer beauty of the songs themselves, you will learn how musical notation developed, who the great Christian composers were, and how historical circumstances affected the musical worship of the Church. DVDs include musical performances and Professor Carol's unparalleled commentary.

Creating Art: Lessons & Projects for the Grammar Stage

Grades 3-4

$21.95

Students will begin with color theory and basic art techniques. They will create projects that relate to literature, science, Mesopotamian and Egyptian art, portraits, landscapes, still life, and much more!

Art Cards & Posters

Grades K-2 Art Cards K-2 (5" x 7") $10.95 ea. Art Posters K-2 (11" x 17") $35.00 ea. Enrich your child's primary education with beautiful pieces of art from the most in uential artistic movements in history, including the Renaissance, Romanticism, Impressionism, and more! ese supplements are coordinated with our primary Classical Core Curriculum sets.

Music Appreciation

by Patrick Fata | Grades 3+ Student Book $16.50 Audio Companion CD $9.50 is course aims to deepen your student's appreciation of music by grounding the greatest pieces in the canon of Western classical music in their historical context, and by introducing the foundational musical concepts of notation, rhythm, pitch, form, and melody to give a fuller understanding of the inner workings of the pieces and of music in general.

A Classical History of Art

by Kyle M. Janke Grades 9+

$93.48 set

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(student, teacher, flashcards, instructional videos) Student $18.95 | Teacher $18.95 Flashcards $10.95

Streaming Instructional Videos $55.00 In A Classical History of Art, the timeless qualities of Greek expression inform a succinct and cohesive survey of 5,000 years of Western art. From the prehistoric period to the beginning of modern art, this study demonstrates the signi cance of classical values in the development of the sculpture, architecture, and painting of the West. Focused on cultivating fruitful and revelatory discussion, this curriculum presents the features, terms, and pertinent discussion questions of each major period, supplemented by close analysis of major works, lessons in visual composition, master copy drawing assignments, and 80 color ashcards. In the instructional videos, Kyle Janke walks your student through the course in twelve lessons, with lectures and thoughtful discussion points that complement and supplement the student text. For the educator, student, or curious individual, this course will produce the ardent and enlightening dialogue necessary to direct our interactions with great art.

picture. An oversaturation of opposing diagonals results in a visual effect that may even be violent, as in Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa, 1818-1819 A.D. Notice how the artist has stacked a series of forced diagonals into two overlapping and opposing triangular piles, one terminating at the uppermost figure, the other at the raft's mast.

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

The most difficult to interpret, however, are curving lines. Their limitless variability makes them difficult yet far more interesting to read. Through well-placed curves, an artist can capture the range of human emotion, from majestic grace to violent passion. Curves give life and breath to a painting, communicating those human emotions that run deeper than material and animal expressions. Note the curving inclination of the mother's head, echoed by that of her child, in Raphael's Alba Madonna, 1510 A.D.

The artist has chosen to frame his picture within a circle, called a tondo, to accentuate this effect. The result is a vision of a mother's tenderness and ardent care. Note also those straight lines in the image that serve as scaffolding to this central feature: the slight diagonal of the child's cross and the restful horizontal of the landscape beyond.

Through these examples, you should begin to observe the vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and curved lines employed by artists in every period of history. Raphael's Alba Madonna ANALY SIS: Toreador Fresco, c. 1500 B.C.

1. How has the artist used curved lines to express power, energy, and effort? » Note: The curved lines of the bull mount and crest like a wave. The curved lines of the "bull dancer" stand opposed to those of the bull. 2. How has the artist used straight lines to balance and stabilize the composition? » Note: The energetic force of the central image—bull and dancer—is framed by strong vertical lines. A series of opposing diagonals give defi nition to the overall shape. The picture's drama depends on the bull's curved mass "pressing" against straight lines. 3. Based on your analysis, what meaning does the work convey to the viewer?