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THE LAMPS OF TIFFANY:

Highlights from the Neustadt Collection


We hope that you will find these materials both a helpful addition to your classroom studies and an overview that will assist you in preparing your students for a field trip to AIHA.  Connecting this exhibition to your classroom studies will make it more meaningful for you and your students.  We have provided a few suggestions for linking the material provided here to your curriculum.  We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Click link to complete an evaluation of these teacher materials and receive a gift.

 

Art and Design
~Art Nouveau
~Arts and Crafts Movement
~Aesthetic Movement 
  ~Artists inspired by nature, drawing from nature, botanical illustration
  ~History of stained glass
Botany
~Plant identification
Science

~Properties of glass, how it is made

~Light & color

Mathematics
 ~Patterns and geometry
Social Studies

~History of lighting and electricity, inventions

~History of glass

~New York City & New York State at the turn of the 20th century

~The Gilded Age

~Industrialization and factory work


   Art Glass in America's Gilded Age
  Tiffany and Nature
   Working in Tiffany's Glassmaking Factory
   Glass in History and Culture
   The Science of Glass
     Glossary
     Activities
   Web Resources
   Bibliography
   Teacher Evaluation

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The Lamps of Tiffany