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Modern Rome-Campo Vaccino, exhibited 1839, J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Modern Rome-Campo Vaccino, exhibited 1839, J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas. The J. Paul Getty Museum

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Create+Connect Workshop: Color and Invention

March 21, 2015 | The Getty Center
In this free workshop, teachers explore color through paintings in connection with the exhibition J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free. Participants will hear from artists, curators, and museum educators, join discussions in the galleries, and engage in hands-on painting activities. This workshop addresses Common Core Speaking and Listening standards.

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Questions for Teaching

  Longship's Lighthouse, Land's End, ca. 1834-1835, J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas, The J. Paul Getty Museum Longship's Lighthouse, Land's End, ca. 1834-1835, J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Bring Turner into Your Classroom

Encourage object-based inquiry in your class! Our Questions for Teaching with Turner template provides opportunities for students to discuss setting, action, and process in the context of Turner's dramatic watercolor Longship's Lighthouse, Land's End.

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Curricular Resources

  Van Tromp, Going About to Please His Masters, 1844, J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas, The J. Paul Getty Museum Van Tromp, Going About to Please His Masters, 1844, J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Historical Narratives Lesson: Painting Romanticism

Explore the life and times of the artist Joseph Mallord William Turner! In this lesson, students will observe the painting Van Tromp, Going About to Please His Masters as a historical narrative, then explore how the Romantic Movement influenced literature and painting at that time and today.

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