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Melisa Capistrant's avatar

Is there a place one can see what artists are included in each volume?

Bethany Kern's avatar

We should add that to the website—great idea!

Here is the list for vol 2:

1. WALL PAINTINGS IN THE HALL OF THE BULLS from the Lascaux Caves

2. NEBAMUN'S GARDEN

3. ROMAN FRESCO OF A TEMPLE COURTYARD

4. THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL from The Ashburnham Pentateuch

5. CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

6. THE HOLY TRINITY — by Andrei Rublev

7. MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN by Raphael

8. THE BATTLE OF ISSUS by Albrecht Altdorfer

9. THE AMBASSADORS by Hans Holbein the Younger

10. THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL by Caravaggio

11. DAVID by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

12. INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. BAVO IN HAARLEM by Pieter Saenredam

13. AT THE LINEN CLOSET by Pieter De Hooch

14. THE AVENUE AT MIDDELHARNIS by Meindert Hobbema

15. THE KANGXI EMPEROR’S SOUTHERN INSPECTION TOUR by Wang Hui

16. THE LICTORS BRING TO BRUTUS THE BODIES OF HIS SONS by Jacques Louis David

17. PLUM GARDEN AT KAMEIDO by Utagawa Hiroshige

18. ABRAHAM LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD by Alexander Gardner

19. AMONG THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA by Albert Bierstadt

20. PARIS STREET, RAINY DAY by Gustave Caillebotte

21. THE OLD VIOLIN by William Michael Harnett

22. COMPOSITION 8 by Wassily Kandinsky

23. NIGHTHAWKS by Edward Hopper

24. GRANDMA MOSES GOES TO THE BIG CITY by Anna Mary Robertson Moses (Grandma

Bethany Kern's avatar

Vol 1:

Chapters

1. FOWLING IN THE MARSHES

2. ACHILLES AND AJAX PLAYING A GAME / by Exekias

3. GARDEN OF LIVIA

4. THE GOOD SHEPHERD

5. CHI-RHO PAGE / from The Book of Kells

6. AUSPICIOUS CRANES / by Emperor Huizong

7. THE LAMENTATION / by Giotto di Bondone

8. SAINT JEROME IN HIS STUDY / by Albrecht Dürer

9. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH SAINT ANNE / by Leonardo da Vinci

10. SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON / by Peter Paul Rubens

11. THE LITTLE STREET / by Jan Vermeer

12. SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST HESITATING BETWEEN THE ARTS OF MUSIC AND PAINTING / by Angelica

Kauffmann

13. THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA / by Katsushika Hokusai

14. PLOUGHING ON THE NIVERNAIS / by Rosa Bonheur

15. LITTLE GIRL IN A BLUE ARMCHAIR / by Mary Cassatt

16. MONT SAINTE-VICTOIRE WITH LARGE PINE / by Paul Cézanne

17. STARRY NIGHT / by Vincent van Gogh

18. THE ANNUNCIATION / by Henry Ossawa Tanner

19. THE SOUP / by Pablo Picasso

20. THE FOXES / by Franz Marc

21. CHRIST IN THE OUTSKIRTS / by Georges Rouault

22. WIND FROM THE SEA / by Andrew Wyeth

23. LA PIÑATA / by Diego Rivera

24. FRAGRANCE OF THE WASH / by Jonathan Green

Melisa Capistrant's avatar

Thank you! I think this would greatly help people make decisions about purchasing/using this curriculum.

Jeremiah Kern's avatar

Bethany! I know her!!

Sarah Mackintosh's avatar

I have been using Volume I as the starting point for an Art Appreciation class that I am teaching as an elective in my middle school. On Mondays, we look at the art and discuss it, and we spend the rest of the week creating works in the style of (we’ve done pinch pots, plaster of Paris frescos, cola printing etc, and it is a hit). Excited to have Volume II, and thank you for creating such a beautiful resource!

Bethany Kern's avatar

That's a great schedule, and I'd love to see some of the things your students have created! Thanks, Sarah. :)

Man Hei Wong's avatar

fantastic supplement to my failed schooling; do you ship internationally?

Bethany Kern's avatar

As of right now, we're only set up to ship to the UK and Canada (and we also have a Canadian distributor, https://classicaleducationbooks.ca). We hope to expand further over time! Thanks so much.

Lara Lleverino's avatar

I’ve been telling everyone I know about these!

Bethany Kern's avatar

Thank you so much, Lara!