"The Country Gentlemen Travel to Extraordinary Worlds" Interactive Art Theory lessons/actvities for Elementary
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Produced by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this vibrant interactive lesson introduces kids (or adults) to the artwork of Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollack, Sargent Johnson. The "country gentlemen" (a pair of dogs) briefly explain the artpiece, and then invite the user to make their own art, with an interactive tool that lets them play make their own, similar artwork. It kept my kids happily occupied for about 40 minutes.
My only criticism is that the software doesn't let the user really examine the artwork themselves. I believe this is because it was originally intended to be only an introduction to the artwork in the museum, where the the actual artwork is available. Fortunately the pieces are visible elsewhere on SFMOMA's website.
The art pieces in question are:
Frida Kahlo's Frieda y Diego Rivera
