As a follow-up to Dr. Muller-Straten's excellent suggestion...
Maybe you could anticipate the childrens' questions, grouped by ages, and offer age-appropriate ways to answer the questions. For example:
Q) Why is that lady naked?
A) (grades K-2) Because the artist felt that the human body is beautiful and wanted to show it in a way others would think so too.
(grades 3-5) When we are talking about art, we call it a "nude". Artists have always been fascinated by the beauty of the human form and have portrayed it in their own individual ways throughout history.
(grades 6-8) [discuss the artist and why he chose to do a nude on this particular artwork]
Julia Muney Moore
Public Art Administrator
Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, IN
(317) 875-5500 x219
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Hi, Diana,
1. First of all, I would make a difference between "Nudes" and "human body". Then, I would make a difference between "art" and "life".
2. Speaking on the human body in art, I would explain where we are today after about 500 years, when the human body in western art was detected. You can speak on different approaches to the human body in art, and what the artists wanted to express with their works. This would be the right preparation for a museum visit.
Hope it helps
Christian
"Deana Flanders" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:
> I am in the process of creating a rentable kit for schools that will help prepare students for a visit to a museum. As part of this, I was thinking about including some information for teachers regarding how best to prepare their students for some of the experiences they might have at a museum, including seeing nudes in art work. Our museum has, in its outdoors court yard, a statue which includes both a nude woman and a nude boy. This statue never fails to get a response from our visiting school groups as they enter the building.
>
> My question is twofold:
>
> 1. What sort of information would you provide to a teacher to help him or her talk to students about nudes in art?
>
> 2. Given the limited time for museum programs, how do you quickly (but intelligently) respond to student reactions to nudes? (I have noticed that these reactions vary considerably depending on the age of the children. The youngest always seem concerned for the nudes. We even had a little girl place her own sweater over the shoulders of a sculpture! Older children either think it's "gross" or very funny and are highly distracted either way.)
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Deana R. Flanders
> Programs Coordinator
> The Bennington Museum
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