1. Poetic Art Masterpieces Creative Writing And The Visual Arts Created By Tom Palumbo For The Catapult Learning Series (PATC)

2. Poetic Art Masterpieces If as they say, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” then surely we can find a few words of our own to say about these art masterpieces. Our poetic format is A, B, A, B. Try coming up with a descriptive format of your own to share your art thoughts with your peers.

3. Poetic Art Masterpieces Three ways you could comment about each picture might include: a little vignette about the artist, the period of time when it was painted, or the happenings in the painting itself. If you ever had taken a class of children to an art museum, you would know they always want to know what is the story in the painting.

5. The Drawing Hands By M.C. Escher This truly is The Amazing Race, How will we know they’re done? When we wager on a winner, How will we know who won, The contest.

7. Digger By Simon Hart I like my art simple, As this painting surely shows. My fascination has always been, A steam shovel that goes and goes.

9. Simone In A Blue Bonnet By Mary Cassett Try writing a four line descriptive poem about three of the pictures that in the proceeding slides do not have any descriptions. Add one of your own favorites with poem to our collection.

11. Person At The Window By Salvidore Dali

12. Flood’s The Titanic

13. Healey’s Lincoln The fate of a nation rested on his shoulders, Was this a happier and earlier pose. It shows the thoughts of a private man, Family tragedy, great decisions…the legend grows.

14. Mondrian’s Composition With Color Areas

16. The Mona Lisa By Leonardo Da Vinci Sophisticates know her as the Giocondo. We ponder her message, eyes, and smile. Another thing that concerns us Is the mystery of her missing eyebrow!!!

18. Egyptian Queen Ankhnes-meyre II and her son Pepy II 2000 B.C. By Unknown

20. A Self Portrait By Vincent Van Gogh If you read his story, You will find a very tormented life. Did he cut his ear off, For a friend, a lover, or a wife?

22. Self Portrait Pierrot and Harlequin By Pablo Picasso

24. Girl With A Pearl Earring By Jan Vermeer Did you ever wonder about the story in the picture, And how it would be told. Was Vermeer’s model’s life a simple one, Or were her adventures bold?

26. The Game Of Knucklebones By Jean Chardin

28. Still Life By Frank W. Benson Still Life just sits there, So how can I comment about fruit, flowers, and pearls. I need action, Bring on the Swashbucklers, Pirates, and Earls.

30. Boating By Edouard Manet Calm waters. A clear day. A beautiful friend. Sailing.

31. The Boating Party By Mary Cassatt

32. Breezing Up By Winslow Homer

34. The Lighthouse At Two Lights By Edward Hopper

36. Gardens At Giverny, France By Claude Monet Monet’s gardens gave him inspiration, He captured glimpses of what others did not see. It is strange I like his less busy art, Like this lone standing Antibes tree.

38. George Washington By Gilbert Stuart Regal words are needed to describe this great man, First in the hearts of all that can… Enjoy their freedom.

40. My Ranch By Frederic Remington

42. Asian Art 300 A.D. Seated Buddha Torso By Andhra Pradesh

44. The Single Sculls Champion By Thomas Eakins Rowers on Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River, Led by the champion Max Schmitt. Eakins early operation drawings, Had ‘Gross Anatomy’ critics in a snit.

47. A Bronze Sculpture of Pierre de Wiessant By Auguste Rodin

49. A Girl With A Watercan By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

52. 16th Century Africa Ivory Double Gong (Egogo) By Edo Artist

54. A Sunday On La Grand Jatte By George Seurat It doesn’t look like any Sunday that I would know. The costumes are surely from a long, long time ago.

56. Evening Tones By Oscar Bluemner

58. Books Bolted To A Table By H.C. Westermann

60. Fragonard’s A Young Girl Reading