| Showing All Results (Text Only)
| Back to 8 Results per Page |
| |
| Korea: Land of Diamond Mountains |
|
|
These lessons for middle and high school encourage students to look longer and more closely at objects, both in advance and during a gallery visit; increase their articulation and vocabulary skills by focusing on the use of descriptive language; improve their listening skills; develop interpretation skills; and improve their capacity to synthesize information. Object Observation stimulates curiosity and confidence among students when they engage in “accountable talk.” Students will complete a related art making activity after viewing works in the Korean collection. Provided is an example for the Munjado Screen. Students, now familiar with the Munjado Screen and concepts of Neo-Confucianism in Korean society, will get the chance to make their own Munjado screen. They will decide what types of virtues would be important for their screens and what types of symbols communicate those virtues. They will be asked to present the choices they made on their screen in a small group or to the class.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.newarkmuseumedu.org/learningcenter/activities/korea-land-diamond-mou... | |
|
| |
| Red Luster (Lacquer) |
|
|
Much of East Asia Lacquer is made from a toxic resin produced by the so-called ‘varnish tree’ (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly identified as Rhus vernicifluum) native to parts of China that also grows in areas of Korea and Japan. Initially, this tree’s resin is processed into a liquid that may be applied over any surface such as woods, metals, cloth, ceramics, baskets, shells, and so forth. To maximize lacquer’s significant protective coating, multiple thin layers are applied and each layer must fully dry before the next is added. Drying is carefully controlled to prevent cracking that would weaken the functional and decorative properties. Raw lacquer dries into a naturally dark color. Adding opaque minerals, such as cinnabar reds (mercury sulfide), orpiment yellows (arsenic sulfate), and malachite greens (copper carbonate) creates colored lacquers. In different processing stages, lacquer can be worked in a variety of techniques.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.newarkmuseum.org/red-luster | |
|
| |
| Tibet |
|
|
The most distinctive collection of Tibetan art in the Western Hemisphere is on view in eight permanent galleries. The centerpiece of which is a Buddhist Altar consecrated in 1990 by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. See also: Virtual Tour of a Tibetan Altar .
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.newarkmuseum.org/tibet | |
|
| |
| Tibet Information Zone |
|
|
Online version of the museum's Tibet Information Zone, "an interactive educational resource where individuals, families and school groups can gain valuable information on Tibetan life and culture, as well as learn about the Museum's extensive and world-renowned collection of sacred and secular Tibetan objects." With a virtual tour of the Tibet Buddhist Altar created by artist Phuntsok Dorje, along with images of a mural Dorje has created at the museum. Images from the mural ("depicting the vast snowy mountains, nomad tents, and rural villages of Tibet") illustrate a special section on Tibetan life, with overviews of nomadic life, Tibetan festivals, aristocratic life in old Lhasa, agriculture and farm life, and animals in Tibet.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.newarkmuseum.org/tibet-information-zone | |
|
| Showing All Results (Text Only)
| Back to 8 Results per Page |
