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Silicon Valley Art Museum: Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self Portrait Lesson [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Silicon Valley Art Museum presents this printable pdf art activity caled "Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self-Portrait Lesson", in which you are guided through a creative activity with discussion.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: I've Just Seen a Face Portraits Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This website contains a lesson plan in which students attempt to analyze different types of portraits for better understanding. It contains 6 different lessons in which students look at examples of portraits of children, important...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Mathew Brady's Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition of photographic portraits taken by Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady, who made portraits of many illustrious Americans on both sides of the conflict before, during, and after the war. Includes an animated explanation of...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: George Washington: Portrait for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Many components of a portrait of George Washington have been removed. You need to uncover them with the red spyglass. As you find each piece you will learn how it plays an important roll in the value of the painting and why the artist...
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Self Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
From the on-line art lexicon resource ArtLex, this is the definition of the term self-portrait with numerous examples of self-portraits from art history.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: A Brush With History

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition of portraits of American heroes, statesmen, writers, artists, scientists, and historical figures draws on the paintings in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery to consider the story of America. View portraits from...
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National Museums Liverpool

National Museums Liverpool: Portrait Detectives

For Students 9th - 10th
In engaging mini-essays, art historians at the National Museums Liverpool dissect the art of the portrait. Through close examination of six paintings, students learn to interpret the sitter's mood and status and to read clues that convey...
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching History With 100 Objects Portrait of Richard Iii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a portrait of Richard III from the British Museum and teaching ideas to use with this portrait. It also offers two video clips about Richard.
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National Portrait Gallery: Web Quest: Painting Elizabeth I

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using portraits of Elizabeth I found in British museums as source material, learners investigate the art of portraiture by creating a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth that demonstrates knowledge of Tudor times and her reign.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
For this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Van Gogh's Self Portraits

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students will examine Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits and letters to better understand the artist's life story and personality. They will paint two Van Gogh-style self-portraits to show two parts of their own personality and write a...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Portraits: Written and Visual

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource on the lives and work of American authors, Louisa May Alcott and Samuel Clemens. You will get a unique look at them through the study of their portrait and their writing. Includes two great lesson plans.
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Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce is available here in PDF format. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which was first released in 1917, is 317 pages pages long.
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Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: The Portrait of a Lady [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James is available here in PDF format. The Portrait of a Lady, which was first released in 1881, is 837 pages pages long.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Collage [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students look at how non-human images can be used in a self-portrait to portray aspects of a personality.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

For Students 9th - 10th
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is a novel by the Irish modernist writer James Joyce. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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Musee D'orsay: Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the post-impressionist painting "Self-Portrait" by Vincent Van Gogh.
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Louvre Museum: A Closer Look at the Portrait of the Marquise De Pompadour

For Students 9th - 10th
Media-rich module examines a pastel portrait of Madame de Pompadour, an influential member of the court of Louis XV and patron of the arts. The work, by French artist Maurice-Quentin Delatour, conveys much useful information about the...
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Louvre Museum: Mona Lisa: Portrait of Lisa Gherardini

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the various actions that have been taken to preserve the "Mona Lisa," one of Leonardo's most famous portrait paintings. Explore compositional details, unfinished portions of the painting, and other interesting tidbits about...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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National Portrait Gallery: Collections: Sitters a Z

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the official National Portrait Gallery of the United Kingdom is a resource to search the collection by typing in a subject's name or access the section on artists.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
Portraits in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery can be seen and understood with excellent gallery notes that also survey the history of portraiture in American art leading up to the modern period.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: One Life: The Mask of Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
At the Mask of Lincoln website find an impressive gallery of Lincoln portraits and portraits of Lincoln's contemporaries, all captioned with interesting historical sidebars. The famous cracked-plate portrait of Lincoln, taken shortly...
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New York Times

New York Times: Photographic Portraits of the Year's Best Actors (2004)

For Students 9th - 10th
This portfolio of black-and-white portraits of Oscar-nominated film stars captures a range of faces, poses, moods, and points of view. Excellent site for comparing and criticizing artistic choices and approaches and for inspiring...

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