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The American West as Symbol and Myth - Full Text - As a mythological study of the American West, Virgin Land may be brought into sharper focus both by providing a more precise definition of myth that Henry Nash Smith assays, and by disentangling the them Full Review »
The Ganges (anglicised from Ganga) is a major river in northern India. It originates as the Bhagirathi River at the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas, joins the Alaknanda River to form the Ganges, and then flows across the North Indian plains (called the Full Review »
This collaborative online event involved the construction of a life-sized structure of a Indian Elephant in the UK in answer to a corresponding life-sized structure of the Cornish Sailboat in India, with the participation of children and design students. Full Review »
Anthony van Dyck, a true genius at portraiture, revealed the aspirations of his sitters. He often flatteringly elongated his subjects and portrayed them sharply from below to enhance their stature. With elaborate settings, symbolic accessories, and sugges Full Review »
The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture was established in 1648 to centralize control over the arts, and in eighteenth-century France it dominated artistic life. Only members could receive royal commissions or participate in the official Salons, the A Full Review »
Sophisticated Europeans from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries deemed "history painting" to be the supreme achievement in the visual arts. In addition to imaginatively re-creating actual events from the past, history paintings also il Full Review »
Thematic tours utilize the Gallery's collections and establish connections to national and local curriculum standards. Inquiry-based tours examine a range of artists, subjects, styles, and techniques. The school tours target specific grade levels. Full Review »
The 2004 Teacher Institute will focus on storytelling and the visual arts. Until the twentieth century, art was largely narrative. Whether their subjects were religious, mythological, or literary, paintings and sculpture were vehicles for storytelling. Full Review »
ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment. Full Review »
Cows, monkeys and dogs are revered by some cultures yet consumed as food by others. So, too, snakes are respected in some parts of the world and despised in others. The way that people feel about snakes is heavily influenced by cultural beliefs and mythol Full Review »
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