Lesson Overview
Explore how artists’ choices in design and materials are informed by their environment
LEARNING OBJECTIVESStudents will:
- Analyze a work of art from multiple perspectives, focusing on design and materials
- Learn about the history and process of porcelain production in China
- Examine how works of art can depict and reflect ideas about the natural world
WORKSHEETS AND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
- Drawing paper
- Drawing pencils
- Unfired clay (if available)
- Fish and Plant Chart
- Image of Jingdezhen
- Touch objects (for physical toolkit): porcelain sample and cobalt pigment (in sealed jar, not to be opened)
