PMA Summer Camp Program 2018

Theme: Urban Explorers

Lesson Plan by: Haley Stodart

Title of work: Horse Armor of Duke Ulrich of Württemberg

Name of artist (b. - d.): Wilhelm Von Worms (the Elder)
Medium, Year: Arms and Armor, 1507
Gallery #

 
Introduction Why is this a good choice for the theme of Urban Explorers? How does it
reinforce the big idea? Why will this be interesting to children? How will it relate to the
art project?
- This can be a great example of how people may have moved from urban center
to urban center throughout history
- It emphasizes the big idea of Urban Explorers, as the Duke Ulrich and other
knights were explorers between urban centers
- The children will love it because armor is unique and a different medium than
what they might expect to find in an art museum
- They can consider symbols/ways of exploring in cities to include when creating
their art project
 
Goals (Think about how these reinforce the big idea? Ex: Students will learn…Students
will practice…Students will be able to…)
 ● Students will practice identifying with the art/city around them
● Students will create comparisons between transportation in the city around them
and transportation back in 1507
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Questions (ex. What do you see? What connections can you make? Do you like this?
What could this mean?)

● Would you see this walking down the streets of Philly today?
● How do you explore our cities today?
● If you could have something to wear on your helmet, what would it be?
● What do you see? What do you think those symbols mean?
● Would this be comfortable? Do you think it would be heavy or hot?
● What symbols would you use to represent you, much like the crest behind the
Duke or the ones on his horse?
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Transitions (How does this piece connect to the piece before and the piece after?
What connections can you make to other artworks featured this summer? What
connections can you make to the studio project?)

- Does this relate to any other style of art we have seen before?
- This relates to movement in cities – Nude
- Do you think you would see this knight/duke coming towards the tea house,
court, or spring sale? Would he be marching along the river?

Materials (What materials will you need to bring with you? Ex. ipad, pencils, pictures,
felt board, sample of medium)

● pencils
● crest worksheet
● Feather (possibly?)
● Worksheet that has armor labeled (possibly?)

Activities (What will the students do to reinforce their learning? ex. games, drawing,
movement, writing)
 Motto: I have it in mind (– I can do it if I believe!)

- What do you think your motto would be?

- Example, “not all who wonder are lost”
A symbol that represents you – crest

- Think of avengers – ask them to say their symbols, and then pick some symbols
that would represent them
- Example: mine would be a rose, the sun, some pizza, and a book
 
Background Information (Information about the artist, the artwork, the medium, the
style etc.)
- Made for Duke Ulrich of Wurttemberg for a personal military expedition in Italy
- Created by Wilhelm von Worms the Elder in Nuremberg, Germany, Europe
- It has the duke’s motto, a dragon, and noblewomen
- Horses Armor
o Made in 1507
o Weighs 89 pounds
o This horse armor is the earliest complete example outside of Europe, and
one of only a handful of such early date in the world. It is also the only
surviving horse armor by Wilhelm von Worms, an illustrious armorer in the
city of Nuremberg
o Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (1487-1550, ruled 1498 to 1519 and 1534 to
1550) possibly commissioned this armor in anticipation of riding, along
with other German princes, with Maximilian I of Austria from Germany to
Rome, where Maximilian was to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by
Pope Julius II. Because the Republic of Venice refused to grant safe
passage, however, the planned journey never took place.
- Ulrich, (born Feb. 8, 1487—died Nov. 6, 1550)

Vocabulary
● Vocab Word (n.): definition of the word
● Commissioned: give an order for or authorize the production of (something such
as a building, piece of equipment, or work of art).
 
 
Bibliography 
 
 Philamuseum.org
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulrich-duke-of-Wurttemberg