Seeing Art in a Historical Context: An activity to promote visual literacy
Seeing Art in a Historical Context: An activity to promote visual literacy
Seeing Art in a Historical Context: An activity to promote visual literacy
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Visual Literacy Activity/Graphic Organizer SAAM Education<br />
Key images for SAAM Tours<br />
For each of the <strong>to</strong>urs, two images have been selected <strong>to</strong> represent very different aspects<br />
of the same theme. Images can be accessed through the l<strong>in</strong>ks provided.<br />
Tour Theme Image One Image Two<br />
America’s<br />
Signs and<br />
Symbols<br />
Miss Liberty Celebration<br />
1987<br />
Malcah Zeldis<br />
oil on corrugated cardboard<br />
54 1/2 x 36 1/2 <strong>in</strong>. (138.4 x 92.7 cm)<br />
1988.74.14<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1988/1988.74.14_1a.jpg<br />
George Wash<strong>in</strong>g<strong>to</strong>n<br />
ca. 1845<br />
Henry Br<strong>in</strong>tnell Bounetheau<br />
Copy after Gilbert Stuart<br />
watercolor on ivory<br />
6 1/8 x 5 <strong>in</strong>. (15.6 x 12.7 cm) rectangle<br />
1946.3.15<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1946/1946.3.15_1a.jpg<br />
<strong>Art</strong> and<br />
Literature<br />
The Headless Horseman Pursu<strong>in</strong>g Ichabod Crane<br />
1858<br />
John Quidor<br />
oil on canvas<br />
26 7/8 x 33 7/8 <strong>in</strong>. (68.3 x 86.1 cm.)<br />
1994.120<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1994/1994.120_1a.jpg<br />
St. Nicholas<br />
ca. 1837<br />
Robert Walter Weir<br />
oil on wood<br />
29 3/4 x 24 1/2 <strong>in</strong>. (75.5 x 62.1 cm.)<br />
1977.51<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1977/1977.51_1a.jpg<br />
Beat<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Odds: African-<br />
American<br />
Women<br />
<strong>Art</strong>ists<br />
Old Arrow Maker<br />
modeled 1866, carved 1872<br />
Edmonia Lewis<br />
marble<br />
21 1/2 x 13 5/8 x 13 3/8 <strong>in</strong>. (54.5 x 34.5 x 34.0 cm.)<br />
1983.95.179<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1983/1983.95.179_1a.jpg<br />
Snoopy Sees Earth Wrapped <strong>in</strong> Sunset<br />
1970<br />
Alma Thomas<br />
acrylic on canvas<br />
47 7/8 x 47 7/8 <strong>in</strong>. (121.6 x 121.6 cm.)<br />
1978.40.4<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1978/1978.40.4_1a.jpg<br />
Catl<strong>in</strong>’s Quest<br />
Ass<strong>in</strong>ibo<strong>in</strong>e Indians Pursu<strong>in</strong>g Buffalo on Snowshoes<br />
1846-1848<br />
George Catl<strong>in</strong><br />
oil on canvas<br />
19 1/2 x 27 1/2 <strong>in</strong>. (49.6 x 70.0 cm)<br />
1985.66.558<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1985/1985.66.558_1a.jpg<br />
Kee-o-kúk, The Watchful Fox, Chief of the Tribe, on<br />
Horseback<br />
1835<br />
George Catl<strong>in</strong><br />
oil on canvas<br />
24 x 29 <strong>in</strong>. (61 x 73.7 cm)<br />
1985.66.1A<br />
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1985/1985.66.1A_1a.jpg<br />
http://American<strong>Art</strong>.si.edu<br />
Smithsonian American <strong>Art</strong> Museum<br />
For <strong>in</strong>formation contact: Education Staff<br />
Smithsonian American <strong>Art</strong> Museum, Education Office<br />
Phone: 202-275-2323<br />
E-Mail: SAAMEdStaff@si.edu
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