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Art holds endless possibilities for engaging students in meaningful learning. We hope you will use the Santa Barbara Museum of Art as a resource for enhancing your lesson plans and your students' lives.

 

A Look At Liberty Lesson Plan
Paul-Joseph Victor Dargaud,The Statue of Liberty in Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi’s Studio, Paris, High Resolution Image

 



Paul-Joseph Victor Dargaud (France, 1850-1921), The Statue of Liberty in Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi’s Studio, Paris, 1884, SBMA, Museum purchase, 19th –Century Endowment Funds and Suzette Davidson Art Acquisition Fund


 
 

Paris A View Toward the Modern Lesson Plan
Berthe Marie Paul Morisot, View of Paris from the Trocadero, High Resolution Image

 

Berthe Marie Paul Morisot (France, 1841-1895), View of Paris from the Trocadero, 1871-72, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Hugh N. Kirkland


 
 

 

The Modern Cityscape Lesson Plan
George Wesley Bellows, Steaming Streets, High Resolution Image

 





George Wesley Bellows (America, 1882-1925), Steaming Streets (detail),1908, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection


 
 

Picturing the American West Lesson Plan
Albert Bierstadt, Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, High Resolution Image

 



Albert Bierstadt (Germany, 1830-1902), Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, 1864, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection


 
 

Identities Lesson Plan
Nelson Leirner, Untitled, High Resolution Image
Hung Liu, A Third World, High Resolution Image
John Frederick Peto, My Studio Door, High Resolution Image
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Double Self-Portrait: Aggressor/Victim, High Resolution Image
 


Nelson Leirner, Born Brazil, 1932, Untitled, 2003, From the series, Right You Are If You Think You Are, 2003, Digital print of an electronically manipulated photograph of an original collage, SBMA, Museum Purchase, with funds provided by Larry and Astrid Hammett
Hung Liu (Born China, 1948), A Third World, 1993, Oil on canvas with gold leaf on wood, SBMA, Museum Purchase, with funds provided by the Twentieth-Century Art Acquisition Fund, Jill and John C. Bishop, Jr., and Lillian and Jon B. Lovelace
John Frederick Peto (United States, 1854-1907), My Studio Door, 1895, Oil on canvas, SBMA, Gift of Mrs. Sterling Morton for the Preston Morton Collection
Luis Cruz Azaceta (Born Cuba, 1942), Double Self-Portrait: Aggressor/Victim, 1987, Acrylic on canvas, SBMA, Museum Purchase, with funds provided by the Twentieth-Century Art Acquisition Fund and, in part, by Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Nisenson

 
 

The Buffalo Hunter Lesson Plan
Unknown Artist, The Buffalo Hunter, High Resolution Image 






Unknown Artist, The Buffalo Hunter, ca. 1844. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of Harriet Cowles Hammett Graham in memory of Buell Ham­mett.


 
 

Calaveras and Conjuring with Words: Poems and Art Activity for Dia de los Muertos
Dana Salvo, Nicho, Family History Table, Chiapas Mexico, High Resolution Image 






Dana Salvo, Born United States, 1952, Nicho, Family History Table, Chiapas, Mexico, 1989, From the series, Nichos y nacimientos, Chromogenic dye coupler print, ed. 5/19, SBMA, Gift of Bruce and Nancy Berman 


 
 

Siqueiros’ Mural, Portrait of Mexico Today Lesson Plan
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Portrait of Mexico Today, High Resolution Image
 



David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexico, 1896-1974), Portrait of Mexico Today, 1932, (detail) ©Estate of David Alfaro Siqueiros/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


 
 

Ancient World Lesson Plan
Ancient World Further Activities
Head of Gudea, High Resolution Image
Horus as a Falcon, High Resolution Image
Kha'emwestet, High Resolution Image
Ibis, High Resolution Image
Athena, High Resolution Image
Black-Figure Hydria, High Resolution Image
Head of Aphrodite, High Resolution Image
Bearded Man, High Resolution Image

Kha’ emwestet, Crown Prince, Son of Ramses II  (detail), Egyptian, 19th dynasty (1350-1250 BC). Limestone. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington.
Head of Gudea, Ruler of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian, ca. 2120 BCE, Diorite, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Horus Falcon, Egyptian, probably Late Period (715-332 BCE), Basalt, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Athena (Ince Hall Type), Roman, 1st Century CE, Marble, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Black-Figured Hydria, Greek, ca 530 BCE, Ceramic, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Bearded Head, Roman, Gallienic, mid-third century CE, Bronze, SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington

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