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Pre-Visit Activity #1: Animals, Art, and Attitude
Pre-Activities: #1 | #2
Materials - Copies of images and worksheets, and examples of utilitarian art.
Activity - Animals have been used as part of or to decorate objects for many thousands of years. Objects of art that can be used for a purpose are called “utilitarian”. Students observe, compare and analyze two pieces of “utilitarian” artwork.
Discuss students' observations as a small group or class.
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Object "A"
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Object "B"
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What colors do you see?
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What shapes do you see?
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What kind of lines do you see?
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When do you think this object was made? (recently, a 100s years ago, or 1000s of years ago?
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List five possible uses of this object.
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