Designing with Nature: Adventures in Stained Glass
About the Lesson
Students will explore the Gilded Age by focusing on Louis Comfort Tiffany and the studio’s production of stained-glass lamps. Students will have a chance to explore the subject further by creating a stained glass dragonfly from tissue paper.
Grade Level: 1st – 3rd
Unit/Subject: Visual Arts | Art History
National/State Learning Standards
VA.1.H.2.2: Identify objects of art that are used every day for utilitarian purposes.
VA.2.F.2.1: Identify work created by artists and designers.
VA.2.H.2.2: Identify objects from everyday life that have been designed and created using artistic
skills.
Henry Flagler and his Era
Category: Education,Lesson Plans
Clara Driscoll, designer (American, 1861–1944);
Tiffany Studios (American, operated 1902–1932)
Dragonfly Lamp, c. 1905
Leaded Glass, bronze
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