Curator Led Tours: Prints and Drawings–Impressionism and Beyond
2:55
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Explore impressionist artwork of western Europe from the 1850s through 1930s as you tour with the curator of this exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Enjoy rarely displayed works by some of the most famous and influential artists from the impressionist movement, including Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, and Henri Matisse.
Type of Video: Tour*
Unique Video ID: AandA-PrintsandDrawings**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- For Discussion: Use the video as part of your art history study regarding the period of Impressionism or any of the artists featured.
- Activity Idea: >Have students create paintings, drawings, photographs or other works of art inspired by paintings seen in the exhibition.
*Tours take students to laboratories, studios, workspaces, museums and other diverse “in the field” and community locations related to the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
