Visions of Texas

Posted on August 11, 2008 
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Visions of Texas Teacher’s Guide
Visions of Texas builds upon the growing interest in regional American art, specifically early Texas art. Artists look at the world with fresh eyes, then take that unique vision of the world and create a way to share it. A passerby may look at the characteristics of the land around them and find the plants too prickly, the water too murky, or the sky too grey to be interesting, but an artist has the ability to find uncommon beauty in the commonplace. Early Texas artists found beauty in thorny cacti as well as flowering bluebonnets. The artists of early Texas preserved the landscapes of their regions in oil, watercolor, pastel and print media, creating a vision of Texas that extends across state lines and from their time into this.


Visions of Texas Student Learning Site
The accompanying student site demonstrates how artists created the illusion of depth in Texas landscape paintings and poses questions about the places featured in the artworks.

The North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA) is located in Denton, Texas and is a part of the University of North Texas. The Institute is committed to continuing its involvement in research and development efforts related to cutting edge issues in art education.

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