1936
Allan Rohan Crite
American, 1910–2007
St. Louis Art Museum
I started my selection by searching the St. Louis Art Museum Collection. I wanted to find images that students may have the opportunity to see in person.
From the St. Louis Art Museum website, I started with the American Collection. I focused on realistic images that were "fairly obvious". Because children 5-7 do not tend to "seek meaning" or "interpretations", I did not branch out into images that were cultural or abstract. I also considered my younger audience and the diversity of my students. I chose images that my students who live in St. Louis City would recognize as well as those that live in subdivisions. Since my students have been able to distinguish between a time gone by or as they have said "olden days" in previous VTS lessons, I am curious to see if they will pick up on clues that these images are also from a time that has passed. I believe that the image above and the images below have concrete objects that students will be able to identify, even if they are no longer common place. These images are not overly complicated but have items that I believe students will be able to name, listing is common in the primary VTS viewer. They also have actions such as reading, walking, and sitting that should be familiar. I am intrigued to find out how facial expressions or mood will be read in these images, if at all. The images are colorful...not so much "cheerful" but inviting to the younger viewer. The images are painted which Yenawine suggests is age approriate and recognizable to children.
I am curious to see what everyone thinks of these images for the younger viewer.
Other VTS Kindergarten/ Key Stage 1 images.
Woman Seated on Sofa in Interior
1912–14
Frederick Carl Frieseke
American, 1874–1939
The Front Parlor
1913
William McGregor Paxton
American, 1869–1941
Hey Beth! I loved that you started out on your search for imagery from the STL museum, so that your students might even have a chance to see it in person. That was very smart, especially for younger students, as they can drag their families out to look at art with them and continue the dialogue of VTS out of the classroom. I think that your image that you selected holds a lot of information and talking points for the age group of your students. The image seems like an everyday scene, but one that could take place throughout several time periods. The students will definitely have a good time trying to figure out if it is a current scene or one from the "olden days," especially because the image depicts a neighborhood that they might recognize from their surroundings within the city. I think you picked a fabulous image for your students , and a great one according to Yenawine as well! -Carrie
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the William McGregor Paxton image!! I use one of his works, "The New Necklace" from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. I think he must have know that one day, people would VTS his work because he includes such wonderful ambiguity!! Crite's "Douglas Square" is also an amazing VTS piece. GREAT choices!
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