Message from hdao

[Anonymous]

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/
This is the beta version of the Google Arts & Culture website/tool. It organizes all of the curated works for various museums and institutions around the world. There millions of portraits of paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs organized by artist, mediums, movements, historical events, historical figures and places. There are also special projects for example one titled "The Art of Chinese Craft" with on-line exhibits of Wei County Paper-cuts, in partnership with the Chinese Intangible Heritage Industry Alliance. I plan on using this online tool as a way to introduce eastern art and culture into my classroom. I want to try to incorporate art into every lesson that I teach from now on. Also used with Google Classroom, I hope to assign to students, as homework, written reflections coupled with pieces of eastern artwork related to the various lessons taught in class. Our Marco Polo Club, which was started to raise awareness of the rich cultural diversity in Los Angeles County has as one of its objectives, exposing students to the different customs of other cultures. We can use the arts and crafts of the various groups as a portal into our exploration of culture. Beliefs and values are often reflected in the style, material and imagery of the artwork.