Travel through time.The ARTmobile has just arrived bringing art treasures--this time from the faraway far·a·way adj. 1. Very distant; remote. 2. Abstracted; dreamy: a faraway look. faraway Adjective 1. very distant 2. land of Egypt. What artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. will you discover inside? As you open the door, a gaint Sphinx sphinx (sfĭngks), mythical beast of ancient Egypt, frequently symbolizing the pharaoh as an incarnation of the sun god Ra. The sphinx was represented in sculpture usually in a recumbent position with the head of a man and the body of a lion, welcomes you to the land of pharaohs. Just press a button and she will talk to you. Now enter the Tomb Room and visit the mummy of King Tutankhamen, child ruler of Egypt, and see the many treasures of his pyramid shown in slides against the dark tomb wall. Next, travel into the great room where ancient Egyptian art Egyptian art, works of art created in the geographic area constituting the nation of Egypt. It is one of the world's oldest arts. Earliest History The art of predynastic Egypt (c.4000–3200 B.C. objects of gold and basalt basalt (bəsôlt`, băs`ôlt), fine-grained rock of volcanic origin, dark gray, dark green, brown, reddish, or black in color. Basalt is an igneous rock, i.e., one that has congealed from a molten state. stone glitter beneath the stage lights. Giant columns tower above you. The room is filled with a magical air of ancient artistic wonders. A painted wall shows us scenes of everyday life on the Nile. Papyrus papyrus (pəpī`rəs), a sedge (Cyperus papyrus), now almost extinct in Egypt but so universally used there in antiquity as to be the hieroglyphic symbol for Lower Egypt and a common motif in art. leves edge the top border of the wall, while hieroglyphss line the bottom. Take a rubbing of the relief hieroglyphic hieroglyphic (hī'rəglĭf`ĭk, hī'ərə–) [Gr.,=priestly carving], type of writing used in ancient Egypt. Similar pictographic styles of Crete, Asia Minor, and Central America and Mexico are also called hieroglyphics alphabet and spell your name, or visit life-sized Egyptians dressed in their native clothes. Would you like to dress like these children? There's a video too--you can watch and learn about the life, art and culture of Egypt The Culture of Egypt has five thousand years of recorded history. Ancient Egypt was among the earliest civilizations. For millennia, Egypt maintained a strikingly complex and stable culture that influenced later cultures of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. . Most important of all, observe and explore the wondrous artworks on display in the ARTmobile of Pinellas County! The Pinellas County ARTmobile is an old concept with a new twist. The ARTmobile is a traveling art gallery begun in 1960. Each year the ARTmobile travels around the country visiting an elementary and that takes four years to complete. At the journey's close, the ARTmobile is disassembled, and a new concept is explored. Over the years, notable themes have included American Folk Arts folk art, the art works of a culturally homogeneous people produced by artists without formal training. The forms of such works are generally developed into a tradition that is either cut off from or tenuously connected to the contemporary cultural mainstream. and Crafts, Animals in Art, Japanese Arts, Puppets, Weaving, Ceramics and Textiles. The concept is decided upon by a group of four or five art teachers and the art resource teacher. Numerous ideas are discussed; a theme is chosen and research is begun. For the Egyptian exhibit, we collected all the resource material we could find--museum booklets, curriculum ideas and informative books. Since the ARTmobile is rectangular in shape, we divided it into areas, and each agreed to design a certain space. Building a cardboard model helped us visualize how to divide and break up the space to make it more exciting. Egyptian art was the major focus; but history and cultural references were lso easy to incorporate. Art reproductions were ordered from museum catalogs. Actual pieces were loaned from the ST. Petersburg Historical Society. Color was another important considerastion since it helps to create atmosphere. Turquoise turquoise, hydrous phosphate of aluminum and copper, Al2(OH)3PO4·H2O+Cu, used as a gem. It occurs rarely in crystal form, but is usually cryptocrystalline. , gold, ochre and earth tones offered a striking contrast against the jet black ceiling and floor. Spotlights focusing on the artwork gave emphasis to each piece. After the design decisions were made, another team of art teachers implemented the design from the cardboard model. This job took many summer hours, and sometimes it was necessasry to go back to the drawing board. But when the finishing touches finishing touches finish npl the finishing touches → der letzte Schliff finishing touches npl → ultimi ritocchi mpl were complete, the ARTmobile was well worth the effort. In light of art education's emphasis on art instruction through art history, motivating children to be interested and excited in actual artworks has become essential. It is not always possible to visit art museums or have enough classroom time to allow children to really experience artworks. The ARTmobile attempts to satisfy both of these concerns by bringing works of art to the school. The Artmobile not only provides an interdisciplinary approach for further classroom enrichment, but is also emphasizes DBASE principles. Students view art history, develop an understanding of aesthetics and learn to criticize works of art effectively. Back in the classroom when students create their own artwork, the art experience becomes more meaningful because it incroporates a deeper level of understanding. As the ARTmobile departs, it leaves behind an experince that connects with each student in a special way. It instills a new perspective into this lifestyles, art and culture of a faraway land. But most of all, it leaves an eagerness for learning, and a spark for things to come. |
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