About This Lesson
Students will examine and analyze the image of the Garden Party on the Terrace of a Country Home and discuss its usefulness as an historical document.
Students will identify representations of fashion and fun of the time and create a group Then-and-Now chart to investigate the similarities and differences with modern society.
Garden Party on the Terrace of a Country Homeabout 1720-1730
ARTIST
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Unknown artist
LOCALE
Mexico City, Mexico
COUNTRY Mexico
OBJECT folding screen, painted
MEDIUM oil paint on canvas with gold
ACCESSION NUMBER2009.759
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer
