Authenticate Like an Expert: Using Art Research across the Curriculum

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Authenticate Like an Expert: Using Art Research across the Curriculum

Art research and authentication isn't just for the experts on Antiques Roadshow. These techniques teach valuable critical thinking skills that support students in analyzing texts and images within their historical contexts. Learn how to incorporate the methods art authenticators use when examining paintings, furniture, sculpture, and other historical objects to make the curriculum come alive for students of all ages.

Alyssa M. Mandel brings her years of experience as an art historian and authenticator to the library in this engaging discussion on building inquiry skills by teaching with art objects. Inspire students to use art research to practice foundational skills, including: tracing the provenance of an object and discussing the historical framework in which it was made; learning about a culture and its vocabulary by reading artists' diaries and letters; and studying literary symbolism by analyzing the iconography in religious and mythological art. Alyssa also shares how authentication skills can bolster library research skills, from exploring databases to examining websites and creating bibliographies!

Join us to learn more about:

  • Working art and objects into a variety of classroom curricula across grade levels
  • Effectively searching major museum and auction websites for information and images that will complement your lessons
  • Discovering information sources for artists' biographies, signatures, works, and the iconography of images

About the Presenter

Alyssa M. Mandel, MA, MLIS, is the director of library services for upper school at the Out-of-Door Academy in Sarasota, FL. She earned her master of arts in art history at the University of Cincinnati and her master of library and information science at the University of South Florida. Prior to becoming a librarian, Alyssa spent more than a decade teaching art history to undergraduate students in Ohio and Florida, and has been writing authentication reports for Art Experts, Inc., for the last seven years. She has presented at the annual conferences of both the Association of Independent School Librarians and Florida Independent School Libraries.

MLA Citation

Mandel, Alyssa M. "Authenticate Like an Expert: Using Art Research across the Curriculum." School Library Connection, October 2020, schoollibraryconnection.com/Content/Webinar?LearningModuleId=2254847&topicCenterId=2247903.

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