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Painting the Corners
Fine Arts Grades 4 - 8

         Additional Resources

 

A.       Literature

 

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.  Baseball as America.  National Geographic Books, 2002.

 

Ruscoe, Michael. Baseball: A Treasury of Art and Literature. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1993.

 

Smithsonian Institution.  Diamonds are Forever.  Chronicle Books, 1987.

 

Thorn, John.  Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Villard, 1998.

 

Warren, Elizabeth V.  The Perfect Game:  America Looks at Baseball.   Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003.

 

B.       Web Links

 

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/

Eyes on Art: A “Learning to Look” Curriculum

 

baseballhalloffame.org

Official site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

 

nrm.org

Official site of the Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge

 

nlbm.com

Official site of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

 

guggenheim.org

Official site of the Guggenheim Museum

 

curtispublishing.com/gallery/categories/baseball.htm

Curtis Publishing Company:  Reproductions of Saturday Evening Post covers

 

getty.edu/artsednet

The Getty’s Art Education Web Site

 

http://www.dickperez.com/psg_main.asp

Perez Steele Galleries

 

http://www.artofthegame.com

Internet Sports Art Gallery

 

C.       Multimedia Gallery

 

Photograph of the AAGPBL

Photograph Jackie Robinson

Photograph of the Astrodome

Photograph of Mickey Mantle

Photograph of Hank Aaron

Photograph of Willie Mays

Photograph of Roberto Clemente

Photograph of Retro stadium

Photograph of Ozzie Smith

 

Art images:

“The Three Umpires” by Norman Rockwell

“The Catcher” by Jonathan Scott Hurley

“The Mighty Babe” by Robert Thom

“Cool Papa Bell” by TomRodriguez
“The First Night Game” by J.M. Mott Smith

“Listening to the World Series” by Steven Dohanos

“Stan Musial” by John Falter

“Willie Mays” by William Bennallack-Hart

“Time Out” by Vincent Civiletti

“Ozzie Smith and Mike Schmidt” by Dick Perez

“The Hall of Famer” by LeRoy Neiman

 

 

D.  Videoconference Resources

 

1)      Painting the Corners diagram of homeplate listing art study criteria

2)      Blank timeline page with space for notes

3)      Printed versions of selected artwork from the Hall of Fame’s Web site at baseballhalloffame.org