The document provides instructions for an art history lesson involving analyzing paintings from different periods based on their use of elements and principles of art. Students are divided into groups to examine paintings from the Roman era, Byzantine period, Romanesque period, and Gothic era. They will complete a table identifying whether each painting uses elements like line, color, shape, value and form. Another table evaluates the paintings' use of principles like rhythm, balance, harmony, unity and proportion. The groups then answer questions about evaluating, comparing and describing the paintings.