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Reading with Art: Landseer’s “Portrait of a Terrier”

Use this PDF to add art to your literacy lessons, supporting your students’ reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. Find ideas…

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Portraits Today and Yesterday

The day before you do this activity, ask your students to bring in family portraits/photographs or portraits of them and/or…

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In-Depth Discussion: François Boucher

Read between the lines: These Rococo paintings by François Boucher (1703–1770) are not as innocent as they might seem. The…

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In-Depth Discussion: Joshua Reynolds

Unlike Thomas Gainsborough, who loved current affairs and fashions, Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) was interested in using the past to elevate…

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What Is Your Legacy?

Note You may want to begin with the “What Do You Collect?” pre-visit activity as an introduction to this lesson….

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Place Yourself

Have your students think about the landscapes they saw in Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: Treasures from Kenwood House, London. You…

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In-Depth Discussion: J. M. W. Turner

J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) is best known for his landscapes, evocative and powerful, of Europe on the brink of…

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Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: Exhibition Walkthrough

Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: Treasures from Kenwood House, London is an exhibition organized roughly into two sections, beginning with the…

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In-Depth Discussion: Edwin Landseer

Edwin Landseer (1802–1873) was a popular portrait painter—of animals! This piece, The Hon. E. S. Russell and His Brother (1834),…

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In-Depth Discussion: Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) was a painter who loved landscapes, but who made his money through portraiture. Mary, Countess Howe (ca….

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In-Depth Discussion: Ferdinand Bol

Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680) was a student of Rembrandt—as you can probably tell from looking at this painting. In the 1600s…

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In-depth Discussion: Rembrandt van Rijn

During his career, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) created over forty self-portraits, using his own image as a way to experiment…

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