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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, by Marius De Zayas

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz", a charcoal portrait of the two artists by the Mexican painter Marius de Zayas.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An American painter and portrait artist. Page origianlly studied for the ministry at the Andover Theological Seminary, though in later life he became a Swedenborgian. he received his training in art from Samuel F. B. Morse at the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gainsborough

For Students 9th - 10th
(1727-1788) Landscape and portrait artist who did such works as The Blue Boy and The Harvest Wagon.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: John Trumbull

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists museums that have John Trumbull (1756-1843 CE) paintings. Many of the museums have images and descriptions of the paintings online.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: John Singleton Copely

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists museums, galleries, image archives, and web sites online which exhibit John Singleton Copely's art. A few periodical articles are also included.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: A Look at Judith Leyster

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students will identify clues and adjectives to describe Judith Leyster's personality and then develop and refine her characterizations through poetry writing. Using Leyster's monogram as their inspiration, they will then shift the focus...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: James Mc Neill Whistler

For Students 9th - 10th
Full of links to Museums and Galleries that contain examples of Whistler's Work. Also includes some information on Whistler.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Frans Hals

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to museum and gallery sites that have the work of Frans Hals.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Benjamin West

For Students 9th - 10th
Benjamin West is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Childe Hassam

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is made possible through a generous gift from the Henry Luce Foundation and presents thirty-five hundred art and craft objects from American Art to the public. This page...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Charles Willson Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
This ArtCyclopedia resource for Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), the American colonial-era painter, provides links to a biography, museums with his work, and articles about him.
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George Washington

For Students 3rd - 5th
Many components of a portrait of George Washington have been removed. You need to uncover them with the red spy glass. As you find each piece you will learn how it plays an important roll in the value of the painting and why the artist...
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Other

Image One: Francisco Goya (1746 1828)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography and self-portrait of this great Spanish artist.
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Other

Nbmaa/ Grant Wood/ Sentimental Ballad

For Students 9th - 10th
Grant Wood's artwork "Sentimental Ballad" is shown and a brief overview of highlights of the artist's work with the film industry.
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Curated OER

Harcourt School Publishers: Strange Combinations

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the paintings of Gauguin, van Gogh, Kandinsky, Morisot, and others, site explores the different ways artists use color and shape to create feelings of tension and uneasiness. A good introductory lesson in analyzing and...
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Curated OER

Washington Post: Chuck Close

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the evolution and creative process of the monumental work done by artist Chuck Close.
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Curated OER

Jerry Yang

For Students 9th - 10th
From an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal are these two hedcuts by two different artists of Jerry Yang, developer of Yahoo. Included is a brief chronology of his business.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Jean Petitot (1607 1691)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Jean Petitot from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: Postmodernism: Short Stories: James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a lesson from a unit on Postmodernism; it focuses on James Joyce, his life and works including the short story "Araby," which is offered in a PDF link for students to read. A link is also provided to a more in-depth biography of...
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Titian

For Students 9th - 10th
Link to images of his most famous paintings and his biography.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Literature 1900 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore key literary works of the early 20th- century with these articles.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Exploring Identity

For Students 9th - 11th
Examine how writers have explored identity - through the prisms of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality - in the modern world.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Capturing and Creating the Modern

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.