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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait With a Bandage
An image of "Self-Portrait with a Bandage", created by Albrecht Durer from 1491-92 (Pen drawing on paper, back side, 204 x 208 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Hendrick Goltzius from 1592-94 (Drawing).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait
An image of "Self-portrait", created by Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, c. 1740 (Drawing).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of an Unknown Man
An image of "Portrait of an Unknown Man", created by Jean Clouetz (Chalk drawing).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Edmond and Jules De Goncourt
An image of "Portrait of Edmond and Jules de Goncourt", created by Paul Gavarniz (Drawing).
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Eye Contact: Portrait of John Frederick Finerty by Diego Rivera
Wendy Wick Reaves, a curator at the National Portrait Gallery, explains how this charcoal drawing by Diego Rivera reflects his usual medium of painting murals.
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Margaret of Austria
An image of "Portrait of Margaret of Austria", created by Bernaert Van Orleyz (Drawing with additions).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Younger
An image of "Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Younger", created by Sir Anthony Van Dyckz (Pen drawing).
Other
Pope John Xxiii: Portrait by Bernard Safran
A beautiful pencil drawing of Pope John XXIII. If all you need is an image -- go here!
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Double Vision
Pablo's Picasso's La Toilette is a loving portrait of Fernande Olivier, as well as a study in opposites and a reference to the history of art. In this lesson, students will discover the many levels of content in the painting through...
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Martha's Vineyard Museum: Laura Jernegan: Girl on a Whaleship
Six-year-old Laura Jernegan, who kept a journal of her three-year voyage aboard a whaling ship (1868-71), left an enduring legacy of her time. Laura's journal follows the experiences of her family's journey and draws many memorable...
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Hans Memling (1440 1494)
This website provides a biography of Flemish painter (born in Germany) Hans Memling (1440-1494). He was known for his religious works and portraits and influenced by Rogier van der Weyden. The site discusses Memling's "delicate detail...
New York Times
New York Times: Vincent Van Gogh: A Draftsman's Fist
Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the New York Times, narrates a walk-through slideshow of an exhibition of Van Gogh's drawings mounted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005. Wonderful examples of Van Gogh's landscapes and...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Isaiah Thomas' Printing
"A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible" is an historic example of one of the sixty-five children's books printed by Isaiah Thomas during the 1700s. Features a portrait of Thomas, a drawing of the Baptist Meeting House, and a sample of his...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: From Jesus to Christ
PBS FRONTLINE explores the life of Jesus and the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading New Testament scholars, the website challenges familiar...
Princeton University
Strait Through: Magellan to Cook & the Pacific: Ferdinand Magellan
An interesting site that recounts Ferdinand Magellan's voyage and his goal of circumnavigating the globe. Included are portraits, drawings, and maps from the Princeton University Library.
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Bar
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Paul Allen
From an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal. Two dot-drawings of Paul Allen accompany a biography of this computer entrepreneur.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Kiki Smith: Prints, Books, & Things
Sculptor and printmaker, she is among the most significant artists of her generation. This exhibition showcases the scope of Smith through such topics as anatomy, self-portraiture, nature, and female iconography.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Georgia O'keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction
The online arm of an exhibition staged in 2007, "Circling around Abstraction" showcases dozens of O'Keeffe's modernist works. View details about her career, her interest in abstraction, and a chronological selection of her paintings and...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 5: Nat Tract Sequ: Word Roots #5 Beginner
This lesson plan features the Latin roots NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU/SECU = follow. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue, and a vocabulary word...