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	History of Painting (2)
		1. Painting Principles and Techniques
				Ageless Elements: What's in a Painting? • High School  1 class period Artists who are worlds apart often use the same techniques and share similar ideas. Engage students in activities that compare the elements of contemporary artworks with the elements of past works. Activities are designed to spark discussion and offer useful questions to begin to think about art.
		2. Painting before 1300
			2d. Greek and Roman Painting
				Ancient Greek Vases -- An Ode to Form and Function. • High School • Middle School  One or two class period Ancient Greek potters and painters teamed up to create an art form that was both functional and beautiful. From the thousands of vases that have been found, we can glimpse what life was like in their time. Greek vases, created in a myriad of sizes and shapes, were not only essential household items, but greatly prized works of art. Have students explore and draw the beauty that poet, John Keats found in Greek vases. (Submitted by Lori Rogers, Art Teacher, Lower Merion Schools, PA)
		6. Two Hundred Years of the Baroque
			6a. Mannerism and Eclecticism in Italian Art
				Ageless Elements: What's in a Painting? • High School  1 class period Artists who are worlds apart often use the same techniques and share similar ideas. Engage students in activities that compare the elements of contemporary artworks with the elements of past works. Activities are designed to spark discussion and offer useful questions to begin to think about art.