Artist Baseball Cards
By Maryellen Antar
Last revised: 6/27/03
You will create a baseball card to help you identify the artist when
we visit the Yale University Art Gallery. You may also want to use
it to help you do your oral artist report.
On the first side of the card, you need to include the following:
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Picture of artist
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Name of artist
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Country artist is from
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Time Period the artist created the artwork
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Type of art (painting or sculpture)
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Style of art (post-impressionist, etc.)
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If artist produced paintings, what type of painting (landscape, portrait,
still-lifee)
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Material used (oils, charcoal, etc.)
On the second side of the card, you need to include the following:
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Picture of one of the artistís works
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Title of work
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Date of work
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Write a paragraph describing the work in detail including color and another
element. Also, in this paragraph you need to include your interpretation
of what's going on in the work.
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Write another paragraph explaining why you think the artist decided to
produce the work. Also, in this paragraph you need to include what
stands out the most in this work.
Use books, the Wilton Art Series CDs, and the web sites below to find this
information.
Web Sites:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guggenheim
Museum of Modern Art