This site has a background essay and two lessons about understanding the composition of landscape paintings.
Students learn how to look at landscapes and how artists create a sense of depth within a paining.
Can be downloaded in Adobe s PDF format. This page focuses on the contribution of James Peale and his family to the development of American art. The activity is an examination of still life paintings. Includes links to other Peale family images. This detailed examination of two still life paintings in the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, could be applied to paintings at the Huntington.