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Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Bring the Troops Home
Annotated example of a poster produced by anti-Vietnam War activists serves as a useful resource for analyzing poster art as a form of protest.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Combat America
A poster used to promote the purchase of War Bonds. Read the text to find out about famous actor, Clark Gable, and his role in the support of the United States in World War II.
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National Portrait Gallery: Asian American Portraits of Encounter
Exhibition of the work of seven contemporary Asian American artists considers the genre from a distinctly Asian American point of view.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Chaplin as Count
Poster of Charlie Chaplin used for advertising his films. Read the text about Chaplin's influence on film and entertainment.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Dylan
See an iconic poster of Bob Dylan, created by Milton Glaser, and read about its style.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Huey Newton
This poster of Huey Newton is accompanied by text that explains how this photograph became a symbol for radical protext.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: I Want You Fdr
Read about how this poster made and why it was issued by the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Lance
This 2002 poster commemorates Lance Armstrong's fourth Tour de France win. Click on "Text" to read a little about Lance Armstrong and how the poster was made.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: We Are Still Here
This poster of Leonard Crow Dog is an example of posters used as symbols of protest in the 1960s and 1970s. Read about how the poster was made and why.
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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.
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National Portrait Gallery: Edward Steichen Portraits
The National Portrait Gallery features an exciting collection of portraits by the former chief photographer of Conde Nast Publications which include "Vanity Fair" magazine, Edward Steichen.
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National Portrait Gallery: Herblock's Presidents
Features an online exhibition of the presidential political cartoons of Herbert Block being shown at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Contains drawings from Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton which can be viewed by...
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National Portrait Gallery: Portraits of Sandra Day O' Connor
The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute presents a slideshow of seven portraits of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portraiture Now: Feature Photography
The Portraiture Now exhibition focuses on six contemporary portratit photographers whose work is often seen in feature publications such as the "New Yorker," "Esquire," and the "New York Times Magazine." View their work and learn what...
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National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf: William Dean Howells
Information about American author and speaker William Dean Howells, accompanied by a photograph taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.
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National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf:
From the National Portrait Gallery this exhibit provides information about Zaida Ben Yusuf, a London born photographer who settled in the United States in 1895. At the forefront of portrait photography, Ben-Yusuf photographed people from...
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National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf: Edith Wharton
Information about American novelist Edith Wharton, accompanied by a photograph taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.
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National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf: Daniel Chester French
This site provides information about the sculptor Daniel Chester French. He is famous for his sculpture of President Lincoln created as a part of the Lincoln Memorial. The picture is provided by a photograph taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.
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National Portrait Gallery: Le Tumulte Noir: Paul Colin's Jazz Age Portfolio
The spirit of Jazz Age Paris, as captured by French poster artist Paul Colin. Includes portraits of Josephine Baker and of other musicians and dancers of the time who were the undisputed stars of Parisian theater.
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National Portrait Gallery: Eye Contact: Milton Avery
Listen to the reflections of Wendy Wick Reaves, curator of the National Portrait Gallery. She discusses Sally Michael Avery's pen and ink drawing of her husband, Milton Avery.
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National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Business in America: Martha Stewart
See the two hedcuts of Martha Stewart from an exhibit of Wall Street Journal hedcuts and read a brief biography of her business life.
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National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Business in America: Jerry Yang
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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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Reward for Booth
View the broadside publicizing a $100,000 reward for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his two accomplices. The text explains the use of broadsides in publicizing announcements.