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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Narrative Necklaces and Beyond! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students will create a piece of art that will identify an artist, but is not a standard self-portrait with traditional facial features. It will be a collage incorporating images, colors, symbols, and text to help describe...
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Other

Rembrandt Van Rijn: Life, Paintings, Etchings, Drawings, and Self Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference point for study of Rembrandt.
Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good website on portraits and portraiture. Provides a good defintition of portrait and several examples of portraits from different eras and cultures in history. Includes many quotes by artists concerning their attitudes towards...
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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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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Kiki Smith: Prints, Books, & Things

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Jacques Louis David: Empire to Exile

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion website of a major survey of the work of Jacques-Louis David exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2005. The exhibition focuses on the artist's career after the French Revolution, from the mid-1790s until his...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait as David

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait as David", created by Giorgione, c. 1510 (Oil on canvas, 52 x 43 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Giorgionez (Paper on wood, 31,5 x 21,5 cm).
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Curated OER

Drawings of Leonardo: Self Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
A self-portrait by Leonardo.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Nicolas De Largilliere in 1707 (Oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self Portrait", created by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1621 (Oil on canvas, 82 x 70 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Rosalba Carriera, c. 1746 (Pastel on blue paper, 31 x 25 cm).
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EL Education

El Education: Kindergarten Feelings

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students write complete sentences telling about their feelings. Sentences are illustrated with a self portrait and a digital photograph.
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EL Education

El Education: Big Bend Friendship Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This children's book was created by the Big Bend pre-kindergarten class at The College School in St. Louis, Missouri. Each page of the book is dedicated to a student of the Big Bend class. Each student's page includes a drawn portrait, a...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Romaine Brooks

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Romaine Brooks is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her use of a basic palette (black, white, and grays) and her own self-portrait.
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EL Education

El Education: Personal Goals Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create posters to show their personal learning goals for the school year. A digital photograph, a self portrait, and goals of parents are also included on each poster.
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EL Education

El Education: What Matters to Me

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
An online book entitled What Matters To Me: On the Minds and Through the Eyes of Middle School Students by sixth grade students at Duggan Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The book contains personal essays and self-portraits...
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EL Education

El Education: What Matters to Me

For Students 1st - 5th
An online book entitled What Matters to Me: In the Hearts and Minds of Elementary School Students by 4th graders at Mary O. Pottenger School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Autobiographical essays and self portraits provide exemplary work...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister", created by Rosalba Carriera in 1715 (Pastel on paper, 71 x 57 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait With a Portrait on an Easel

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait with a Portrait on an Easel", created by Nicolas Regnier from 1623-24 (Oil on canvas, 111 x 138 cm).
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Curated OER

Eye Contact: Louise Nevelson Self Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to Wendy Wick Reaves, a curator at the National Portrait Gallery, as she discusses the self-portrait of Louise Nevelson.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait", created by Jean Fouquet in 1450 (Enameled copper, diameter 8 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait at 13

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-Portrait at 13", created by Albrecht Durer in 1484 (Silverpoint on paper, 275 x 196 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Self Portrait at 22

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Self-portrait at 22", created by Albrecht Durer in 1493 (Oil on linen, transferred from vellum, 57 x 45 cm).

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