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Art Junction: Art Sparkers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ideas to jump-start imaginations and inspire creative work related to personal understanding and discovery. Ideas include instructions for creating family portraits, community maps, storm scenes, and similar multidisciplinary artworks.
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Rembrandt Van Rijn: Life, Paintings, Etchings, Drawings, and Self Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference point for study of Rembrandt.
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Man

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of a Man", created by Daniel Dumonstierz (Chalk drawing on paper).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait (Recto)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait (recto)", created by Jacopo Pontormo in 1525 (Red chalk, 284 x 202 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Jacopo Pontormo from 1526-28 (Red chalk, 155 x 107 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Study for a Portrait of a Youth (Recto)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Study for a Portrait of a Youth (recto)", created by Jacopo Pontormo, c. 1525 (Black chalk with white highlights, 332 x 211 mm).
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Face to Face

For Students 9th - 10th
This portrait gallery of diverse approaches to representing the face and the human figure is rich in style and technique. A useful resource for comparing and contrasting how different artists figure out what makes portraiture interesting.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Finding Polygons in Cubist Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan has pupils identifying the use of polygons in cubist portraits.
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Class Flow: Art Picasso

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews some characteristics of Picasso's style of painting and invites students to draw their own Picasso portrait! It includes some Activote questions and some excellent websites for...
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El Education: Faces of the Depression

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This book was created by 5th graders in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, as part of a learning expedition on the Great Depression. Students learned about the Depression though several different sources: in addition to standard historical...
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Web Gallery of Art: St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna", created by Rogier Van Der Weyden in 1435 (Oil and tempera on panel, 138 x 111 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Simone Memmi Drawing Laura's Portrait for Petrarch

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Simone Memmi Drawing Laura's Portrait for Petrarch", created by Pietro Saltini in 1863 (Oil on canvas, 118 x 143 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: St Luke Drawing the Portrait of the Madonna

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "St Luke Drawing the Portrait of the Madonna", created by Rogier Van Der Weyden, c. 1450 (Oil on oak panel).
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Web Gallery of Art: St Luke Drawing the Portrait of the Madonna

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "St Luke Drawing the Portrait of the Madonna", created by Rogier Van Der Weyden, c. 1450 (Oil on oak panel, 138 x 110 cm).
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Eye Contact: Portrait of Ethel Rosenberg

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to Wendy Wick Reaves, curator at the National Portrait Gallery, discuss this pencil drawing of convicted spy, Ethel Rosenberg, and what the drawing meant to the artist, Elizabeth Catlett.
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Web Gallery of Art: St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna", created by Rogier Van Der Weydenz (Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 103 x 109 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: St Luke Drawing the Portrait of the Madonna

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "St Luke Drawing the Portrait of the Madonna", created by Rogier Van Der Weydenz (Oil on oak panel, 133 x 107 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of the Artist's Mother

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of the Artist's Mother", created by Albrecht Durer in 1514 (Charcoal drawing on paper, 421 x 303 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Young Man

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of a Young Man", created by Albrecht Durer in 1521 (Charcoal drawing on paper, 378 x 211 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Albrecht Durer in 1521 (Coloured pen drawing, 127 x 117 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait as the Man of Sorrows

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait as the Man of Sorrows", created by Albrecht Durer in 1522 (Drawing with lead pencil on blue-green primed paper, 408 x 290 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait Sketch of the Dead Martin Luther

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait Sketch of the Dead Martin Luther", created by Lukas Furtenagel in 1546 (Pen drawing).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Asmus Jakob Carstens in 1784 (Pencil drawing, 332 x 208 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait With Cap

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait with Cap", created by Eugene Delacroix in 1832 (Drawing, 193 x 127 mm).

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