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Dropping In On Matisse

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Matisse's painting called Woman with a Hat. The woman is wearing a colorful twentieth century French bourgeoisie outfit, complete with gloves, a fan, and an elaborate hat. Caption. She seems to be dressed in the best of fashion.

Animated highlights of the artistic life of Henri Matisse (1869-1954). Explains the meaning, style, and uniqueness of each featured painting and cutout. Matisse is known as "the Father of Modernism" and is considered Picasso's closest rival.

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Picasso painting called Family of Saltimbanques depicts a group of 6 people wearing costumes, including a jester and ballerina. Caption. The people in the painting are circus performers.
Dropping In On...
Episode 1
20 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Matisse's painting called Woman with a Hat. The woman is wearing a colorful twentieth century French bourgeoisie outfit, complete with gloves, a fan, and an elaborate hat. Caption. She seems to be dressed in the best of fashion.
Dropping In On...
Episode 2
23 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Rousseau's Tropical Forest with Monkeys painting shows a lush exotic jungle with 2 monkeys, 1 black and 1 brown, holding green sticks.
Dropping In On...
Episode 3
26 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8

Viewer Comments

  • Tiny alice
    Alice M. (Pittsburgh, PA)
    February 23rd, 2015 at 05:09 PM

    Definitely a 5 star. The "Dropping in" series of videos are terrific for elementary art lessons. I hope there will more that are CC soon!

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