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Powerful Portraits
Pupils research and study the career and work of famous American portraitist John Singer Sargent. They collect images of people wearing clothing suitable for their career or hobby and identify postures and gestures connected to them....
Academy of American Poets
Teach This Poem: "The Snowfall Is So Silent" by Miguel de Unamuno
Cold, beautiful, unique! Class members closely examine John Singer Sargent's watercolor "Snow," taking note of the artist's techniques, and pair up to discuss how the image makes them feel about snow. They then repeat the process with...
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Eyes From the Past
Learners view examples of classical Victorian artwork. Using a painting, they discuss their own opinions about what they believe the artwork is trying to tell them. In groups, they compare and contrast the artwork of Robert Harris and...
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Technology - Self-portrait -Design - Color
Middle schoolers compare and contrast styles of portraits thru time and gain appreciation for the work of John Singer Sargent. They also demonstrate craftsmanship in cutting and gluing portrait.
Brooklyn Museum
HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture
Visual arts lessons don't always mean the children need to make art. Here, they will practice using their visual literacy skills to analyze four images through the compare and contrast method. The first two images deal with gender...
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The Lines of Perception
Students interpret and comment on works in 1 and 2 point perspective. They locate the focal point of works done in 1 point perspective and create a drawing of a street or landscape in their local area using 1 point perspective.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts: John Singer Sargent
The Museum of Fine Arts Online Collections Database contains a wealth of paintings by John Singer Sargent. Click on each individual painting to view a larger image and more information about the painting.
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Jss Virtual Gallery: John Singer Sargent's Lady Agnew
This website from the John Singer Sargent Virutal Gallery is a very nice website with detailed information on John Sargent's painting, "Lady Agnew." Good quotes, analysis of the painting in comparison to other Sargent paintings, and very...
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Jss Virtual Gallery: John Singer Sargent Thumbnails
This site from the John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery is a great sight with thumbnails of John Sargent's artworks including the "Madame Gautreau" and "Madame X" portraits. Provides links to websites with more information on the pictures...
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John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery
This site known as the JSS virtual gallery is a great site with a biography of the artist John Singer Sargent and an extensive listing of his works. Links 350+ paintings.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent (1856 1925)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the American artist John Singer Sargent. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
New York University
Grey Art Gallery: John Singer Sargent, Draughtsman
Resource presents this look at the drawings and sketchwork of American painter John Singer Sargent.
Tate
Tate: John Singer Sargent
This resource provides a biography on painter John Singer Sargent, along with images of 44 of his paintings.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: John Singer Sargent
This entry presents a biography of John Singer Sargent, with links to images of 15 of his painted works.
San Diego State University
Sdsu: John Singer Sargent Female Portraits
A list of female portraits painted by John Singer Sargent. Includes information such as date of painting and what museum the painting is currently at. Links are provided to websites with large images of the portraits.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
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Jss Virt. Gallery: John Sargent Daughters of Edward Boit
This site from the John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery displays Sargent's painting, "Daughters Sargent's Edward Darley Boit." Informative site on the painting with good, in-depth information.
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Jss Virtual Gallery: John Sargent Thumbnails 1896 Thru 1897
This site from the JSS Virtual Gallery is a nice website showing the artwork of John Singer Sargent from 1896 to 1897. Includes images of "Gabriel Faure," "Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children," "Mrs. George Swinton," and "Catherine Vlasto."...
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Boston Public Library: The Sargent Murals
A fully illustrated examination of John Singer Sargent?s monumental mural cycle, "Triumph of Religion," with information on the history of the murals, their interpretation, and the steps the library is taking to conserve the work.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: John Singer Sargent
Biography of the artist John Singer Sargent and four paintings are featured. Links to important people in his life.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Madame X John Singer Sargent
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a display of John Singer Sargent's portrait "Madame X," or "Madame Pierre Gautreau." The enlargeable image has some background information about the painting.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: John Singer Sargent
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about John Singer Sargent.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sargent, the Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
View a picture and read a description of John Singer Sargent's painting "The Daughters of Edward Boit". This was a commissioned life-sized portrait of a wealthy Bostonian's four daughters.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sargent, Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)
John Singer Sargent considered his painting Madame X "the best thing I have done.". View pictures of this painting and read a description in this essay.