Curriculum Materials: Amazing Animals in
Art
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Maria Sibylla Merian Essays: Questions: |
Suggested Questions: Grades K-3 - Teachers Key
- What insects do you see in this picture? What are
they doing?
- Can you find these
COLORS in the
PRINT: yellow,
green, lavender, black, white, brown. Does any color
stand out more than the others?
- The artist wanted to show the various stages of a
moth's growth. Each stage looks very different. Can you
find the egg stage? The caterpillar? How does a
caterpillar grow into a moth? (Explain the
METAMORPHOSIS
of a caterpillar to a pupa enclosed in a cocoon and then
to a moth.) Can you find the cocoon in the picture?
Where is the moth?
- Where is the plant in this picture? Why are there
holes in the leaves?
- What kinds of
LINES do you see?
(Thin lines; lines for contour; curving lines.) In
many areas of this print, lines,
SHAPES, and colors
are repeated to form
PATTERNS. Where do
you see patterns?
- Do we have moths here in Minnesota? Where might you
find them? Do you have a collection of butterflies or
moths?
- The two moths in the print appear to be the same insect. Why might Merian put the same moth in her print twice? (To show its appearance with its wings open and closed.)
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