Every year I close out my intro classes with an art history review. We break into teams and I give each team a set of cards with 13 major styles of art from the Renaissance through Pop Art. My flowchart can be seen below, and more info about it HERE. A poster version is HERE.
I find that this helps students break down the essentials of an image and put it into perspective. 13 styles of art may not seem like much, but it's a good start. As my students make their way through my program I differentiate more, like talking about the differences between Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. For my more advanced classes I use a THIS chart which is more complex. It's hard to see any detail in the preview but here a couple of close-up images below.
It's fine for students to memorize dates and facts, but I find they "get" more out of it by putting ideas into practice. It also helps students compare and contrast at a much deeper level. They spend more time digging up nuances visually before making a determination. Some visit me years after my class telling me about recent museum visits and how they corrected their parents or friends on what they saw.
“Categorization also facilitates the storage and retrieval of information, and it supplies a principle of organization by which new information can be banked efficiently in memory.” (Bornstein, Arterberry, 2010).
“Categorization also facilitates the storage and retrieval of information, and it supplies a principle of organization by which new information can be banked efficiently in memory.” (Bornstein, Arterberry, 2010).
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