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Read Works: Art and Artists What Is an Artist?
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National Portrait Gallery: Calder's Portraits: A New Perspective
Exhibit of Calder's work in portraiture and the expressive capabilities of wire, his favorite medium.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Olmsted and Vaux, Central Park
Harper's Magazine declared in 1862 that Central Park was "the finest work of art ever executed in this country". Read about the history of Central Park, the design process, and view pictures.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Bessie Stough Callender
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Bessie Stough Callender is described here along with information on her contributions to art through sculpture. Callender worked with stone sculpting techniques and favored the...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: Powers: Benjamin Franklin [Pdf]
Analysis of Hiram Power's marble-sculpted portrait of Benjamin Franklin, which resides in the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol. Made in 1862, the sculpture convincingly captures what many consider to be Franklin's essential character.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Sargent Johnson
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has an image of a sculpture titled "Mask" by Sargent Johnson. Famous for his sculptures based on African examples, Johnson explains his intent in sculpting these in a brief paragraph accompanying the...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Bryant Baker
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Bryant Baker and his sculpting. The site, in addition to the biographical information, provides a listing of his works as...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Earl Pardon
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Earl Pardon is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his artistic work with jewelry (utilizing his painting and sculpting skills in the...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Maurice Sterne
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Maurice Sterne is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with modern painting and sculpting.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rudy Autio
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Rudy Autio. Autio is currently working as a sculptor with steel.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art Lesson: Inuit Sculpture
Introduce your students to Inuit sculpture with this simple art project. Students discuss examples of sculptures and how they are made, create drawings and model clay, and, last but not least, display their final products.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Guitars as Sculpture (Lesson Plan)
Lesson plan on "Guitars as Sculpture." This is a lesson plan incorporating art, music and history. Explore the history of the guitar while making your own in a unique shape.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Alexander Archipenko
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Alexander Archipenko. Archipenko was a sculpture artist who was inventive with his various forms and styles. The site, in...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Saul Baizerman
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Saul Baizerman. Baizerman worked as a sculpture artist specifically with clay and bronze.
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Unesco: Indonesia: Lorentz National Park
Lorentz National Park (2.35 million ha) is the largest protected area in South-East Asia. It is the only protected area in the world to incorporate a continuous, intact transect from snowcap to tropical marine environment, including...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Farmer
The statue, its head now missing, depicts a farmer, carrying on his back some goods to sell in the city market. The statue's trunk is sculpted in an extremely accurate and realistic manner.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of Anukis
Anqet, or Anukis, was an Ancient Egyptian goddess related to the Nile. She is generally depicted as a woman wearing a tall headdress made either of reeds or of ostrich feathers, as this statue is sculpted.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Mut
The statue represents the goddess Mut in animal form as a vulture. She was usually depicted, on temple walls, as a woman wearing a long brightly colored dress and a vulture headdress surmounted by the Double Crown. This statue of the...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Ka Nekhet
The statue represents Ka-Nekhet one of the dignitaries at this period. He is standing with his left leg forward. He wears a short wig partly covering his ears, a collar and a kilt. His features are sculpted in a primitive way...
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Eternal Egypt: Toy Statuette of Baboons
This toy statuette is of a small monkey on the back of its mother. These figures are so well sculpted that the mother's feminine features are easily visible.
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Eternal Egypt: Stela of Ani
This round-topped funerary stela, an upright stone with a sculpted surface, belongs to the high official Ani. Ani is shown standing and holding a long stick in one hand and a folded cloth in the other. A servant is also depicted...
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Eternal Egypt: Stela of Pia
The round-topped stela, an upright stone with a sculpted surface, was dedicated to the high priest of the crocodile god Sobek called Pia. His son Iy-hebnef, who commissioned the stela, is shown praying to Sobek, asking to be placed among...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Eirenaios, a Priest
Sculpted in black basalt, the statue depicts Eirenaios, a priest who held the position of protector of the Soknopaio Nesos temple. He stands on a base in the traditional Egyptian pose, wearing a three-part vestment.
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Eternal Egypt: Stela of Libation
This round-topped stela, an upright stone with a sculpted surface, depicts a man with a shaven head wearing a kilt. He pours libation water on a mummy from a special type of vessel.
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