Rhetoric

9th and 10th grades are available in print as well as in e-Book form. See the order page for more information.

The Harmony Fine Arts at Home art appreciation plan for the rhetorical stage of education was created to be used by high school students. It is organized in a four year history cycle. Provided in this plan are week by week suggestions for readings in The Annotated Mona Lisa and The Story of Painting. The plan also gives optional assignments for watching The Story of Painting DVD series.

The plan makes use of online sources for viewing artwork for each time period studied. The links are provided to supplement your reading and are entirely optional.

In addition to reading and viewing the artwork, the student is directed to write a one to two page summary for each time period or topic covered.

Spine Texts for all four high school years of the Harmony Fine Arts at Home art appreciation plan are The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History From Prehistoric to Post-Modern and Sister Wendy’s The Story of Painting.

Please note that all the rhetoric stage music plans are available as a free download at this time. Also, the twelfth grade art plans are available as a free download. Please click the button on the home page that will take you to the free downloads.

Optional art skills plans are provided as a supplement to the Harmony Fine Arts at Home art appreciation plan. The optional books are as follows:

Ninth grade:

Artistic Pursuits Senior High Book One

Tenth grade:

Artistic Pursuits Senior High Book Two

Eleventh grade:

Drawing in Pen and Ink by Claudia Nice