Post-Visit Activity #1: Animals, Art, and Attitude
Post-Activity: #1

Materials - Paper (9”x 12” or 12”x 16”), crayons or markers

Activity - Artists create many kinds of vessels. Vessel are objects that can hold something. The artists used animals in different ways on the vessels above. How are these objects the same? How are they different? Notice that each vessel has a sturdy base and can stand by itself. How big do you think these containers are? What do you think these containers held? Click on each vessel to see a larger image.

Vessel in Form of a Dog
ca 200 B.C. - 300 A.D.
Vasua en Forma de Perro
Colima Culture, West Coast, Mexico
Red Slipper earthenware
Bequest of Mrs. A.A. Seeligson, Sr.
 Black-Figure Amphora (Type B)
Greek (Attic), ca. 580 B.C.
Terracotta
Workshop of the Gorgon Painter
Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Students draw a vessel that uses the image of an animal. Write a paragraph that describes the qualities of the animal. Describe the size and purpose of your vessel. Tell what it could contain or carry.

Variation: Students create a clay vessel.

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