Subject Guides: Teaching Art: Reflection

Reflecting on Canadian Artists

Capturing Joy by Jo Ellen Bogart; Mark Lang (Illustrator)
Call Number: ND 249 L447 B64 2002
Curriculum Fit: Reflection - Appreciating art
Famous Canadian folk artist who lived in Digby, Nova Scotia. Her house has been moved to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. She displays a child-like view of the world in her art.
Emily Carr : at the edge of the world by Jo Ellen Bogart; Maxwell Newhouse (Illustrator)
Call Number: ND 249 C31 B63 2003
Curriculum fit:
Reflection: analyzing structures in nature & appreciating art.

Distortion of Imagery

Curriculum fit:
Reflection (Level 3)
Component 3: Appreciating Art Concept A. Artistic style affects the emotional impact of an art work.
Distortion of Imagery (in which objects and figures are distorted due to the artist's feeling toward the subject or theme, e.g., Lautrec, Munch, Giacometti, van Gogh, Chagall, Picasso...)

Once upon a Picture by Sally Swain
Call Number: PZ 7 S9698935 Onc 2004
"this unique account introduces children to art through four famous paintings: Paul Klee's "Twittering Machine," Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "The Umbrellas," Henri Rousseau's "Tiger in the Tropical Storm (Surprised!)," and Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night."