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Yesterday, our beloved Joel Mark sent me a link to a wonderful project by the National Endowment for the Humanities called “Picturing America.” The project brings high quality reproductions of notable American art into classrooms and libraries around the country. NEH has also created a terrific website gallery that shows all the paintings with a short history of each and a brief bio of the artist (and without egregious download times.)
Check it out here. It’s worth the trip.
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A teacher could really make history come alive with those pictures.
What a great project, but at the same time, what a truly boring collection of art. They need a new curator.
A feast for the eyes and mind!
I noticed some fun new things in the George Caleb Bingham painting: “The County Election” (1852). Note the guy holding up a semi-conscious drunk fella in line apparently to get a vote out of him. Also, the candidates are candidating right at the polling spot. It’s a fun picture for reflecting on the great American traditions of election time.
Also, I have been to Yosemite many times (at the spot that Bierstadt featured) and I know that there are many more trees in the Yosemite valley than Bierstadt depicted (he finished it in his studio, I think). But oh what a glorious painting. Bierstadt is the best!
An interesting series. Thanks.