Product Review

A novel way to engage art or art history students. The companion guide to Short Lessons in Art History: Artists and Their Work, this lively volume features separate chapters on 35 European and American masters, showcasing a variety of activities, questions, and projects concerning the artists and their work.

For Botticelli, for example, choose from multiple choice questions, short answer questions, a writing project, and an art project. For Raphael, figure out the anagrams related to his life. For El Greco, work on a word puzzle. For Winslow Homer, paint or draw the sea and sky. For Andrew Wyeth, solve a crossword puzzle. For Picasso, construct a collage. Included are an answer key and suggestions for additional projects.

For students who learn in different ways, this combination of traditional assessments and art-making projects opens the door to reinforcing knowledge and self-expression.