Historic Art

Students will examine "Independence and the Opening of the West" by Thomas Hart Benton. They will analyze its content, use visual thinking strategies and draw conclusions about the art work.

Students will work individually or in pairs to analyze Norman Rockwell's Family Squabble.

Analysis of Thomas Hart Benton mural

Students compare and contrast the lives of three of the most prominent artists in the Regionalism movement: Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry