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Science through Art

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Docent Guide updated 4.22.16 Remember, we use the ceramics video for Science! New artwork: in gallery 27, use the Double Pyramid by DeWain Valentine (American, born 1936) This work links directly to the discussion of reflected and refracted light in gallery 7. ELIN 71, 1982 by Larry Bell (American, born 1939) This work links directly to the discussion on reflected light in gallery 7. THE KIDS WILL LOVE THESE TWO WORKS!

Routes new 5.17.16

SAMA Project

October 26, 2015 Betsy Robb Science Tour Review (Gal. 4) video (Gal. 2 & 6) video (Gal. 7) video (Gal. 27 & 13) video (Gal. 17 & Kinau Stage) video

August 22, 2014 Betsy Robb Science through Art Training Video

Required Works of Art

Galleries 2, 6, & 10: Color & Paint

Triptych, Madonna and the Child with Saints
Henri-Edmund Cross, Landscape
Claude Monet, Water Lilies

Gallery 7: Light & Color

Robert Delaunay, Rainbow

Gallery 13: Kinetic Art ***(Tell them to find our other kinetic sculpture as they leave the building)

Calder's Red Boomerang

Alexander Calder Foundation website (plethora of information on Calder)

George Rickey, Two Rectangles Eccentric (1977)
Joseph Albers, Homage to a Square

Gallery 17 & Kinau Hallway Exhibition Cases: Mud & Clay

Let students pick their favorite pieces

***Contemporary glass in hallway between Gallery 25 & Gallery 27***

Additional Information

Seurat and the science of color
Chevreul and Color theory fundamental "law" of the simultaneous contrast of colors
Causes of color Great website about color. Read the sections on rainbows, eye and mind, color theory. There are multiple pages for each.
Color and light
Glass blowing video
Do humans like certain shapes more than others?
Explanation of Benday dots and comic books

Spalding House tour

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