Mythological Creatures from Grahamwood Elementary
Grahamwood Elementary's CLUE class visited the Brooks on Wednesday, November 20th for a day of art-making and viewing related to Greek mythology. Their itinerary included stops at the Greco-Roman Torso of Pan, 1st century B.C.E. - C.E. 2nd century; The Slaying of Medusa, ca. 1680 and The Massacre of the Children of Niobe, ca. 1680, both by Luca Giordano; and several "everyday" items from the Greco-Roman world, such as Mirror, with Scene of Venus Victrix, 2nd c. A.D. and Finger Ring Depicting Poseidon, 1st c. B.C. - 1st c. A.D..
In the studio, the students created their own mythological creatures with additional inspiration provided by author and illustrator Eric Carle. His book, Dragons and Dragons, is full of mythological creatures with accompanying poems. Using markers, collage materials and everything they had learned, here is what they came up with:
