Hi Greg, I agree – there is usually nothing intrinsically or necessarily wrong with a clichéd image.
When first seen it was (obviously) not the overfamiliar thing is has since become.
I first blogged about the Google Art Project in February 2011.
Since then this project has grown in size and usefulness.
Greg is a friend, colleague, and fellow DP art teacher and examiner, and I have known him for a number of years. I have been consistently delighted by, and impressed with, his passion for our subject – visual arts – so I invited him to contribute something to this blog, and I am pleased to report that he has indeed written a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece.
Please welcome our first ‘Guest Blogger’ – Greg Morgan!
Its World Water Day on March 22nd – http://www.unesco.org/water/water_celebrations/
You and/or your students may be interested in a recent initiative from Google. Google have collaborated with some well known art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in great detail.
This could be a very useful teaching and learning resource: for example, in the Investigation Workbook, students should be analysing and comparing art from different cultures and times, and considering it for its function and significance.