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Lesson Plans for Portrait of the Young Countess Schouvalof
Students analyze the art for the Young Countess of Schouvalof and also practice recognizing the work of Le Brun, Leonardo da Vinci, and Andy Warhol. In this portrait art lesson, students analyze copies of the artists work and mark on the...
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Looking At Portraits: Literary Monuments
Students examine artworks, research literature, and create study drawings and a 3-D model for a monument to a literary figure. They discuss and analyze the sculpture Model for a Monument to Alexandre Dumas p??re by Albert-Ernest...
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Portraits That Capture Character
Students explore the definition of a portrait. In this portrait analysis lesson, students discuss two of Dorothea Lange's portraits and create their own portraits of their classmates.
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How Do Portraits Communicate?
Students read a visual image very much like they would read words in a story. They write about portraits using new portrait vocabulary. They, in groups, use their written analysis to hypothesize about the story of the sitters in the...
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What Do Portraits Communicate?
Students make connections between their personal experiences and portraits. define a portrait and identify different kinds of portraits in artworks and their own lives. They look closely at a portrait using visual analysis to describe...
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Silicon Valley Art Museum: Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self Portrait Lesson [Pdf]
The Silicon Valley Art Museum presents this printable pdf art activity caled "Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self-Portrait Lesson", in which you are guided through a creative activity with discussion.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Looking at Portraits Curriculum
A really great site to explore for teachers and students. It contains lesson plans, discussion questions, as well as an image bank.
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National Portrait Gallery: Face It!
This UK site gives us insight into how symbols and colors are used in a portrait to represent certain ideas. You can even take each portrait and have it shown in line drawing - print it out and color it your own way.