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Welcome to the National Museum of African Art / Smithsonian Institution

Welcome to the National Museum of African Art / Smithsonian Institution

The Barbados National Art Gallery CAMEO - Conservation and art material encyclopedia Haring Kids | Welcome National Gallery of Canada SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections an The SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about the collections which are to be found within the institutions. Access to the Directory is by name of the institution (local name and English), by name of the collections within the institution or by location (English name of the city). Although every attempt has been made to provide current information about the institutions and the holdings, it is quite possible that we have not been informed of changes regarding individual institutions and holdings.

SG Art Guild The National Gallery, London: Western European painting 1250–1900 CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis American Painting Much art of the American colonial period consisted of portraits, as settlers sought to establish their identities in a new world. After the new nation achieved its independence, landscapes and scenes of native flora, fauna, and folk customs began to express its unique qualities and illustrate its untapped resources. Portraiture formed the mainstay of subject matter in colonial and federal American art, as immigrants to the New World attempted to bring a semblance of Old World civilization to their wild or, at best, provincial surroundings. When Benjamin West arrived in Rome in 1760, he was the first American artist to study in Europe. Upon seeing the Vatican's famous classical statue, the Apollo Belvedere, West exclaimed, "My God! How like it is to a young Mohawk warrior!" John Singleton Copley followed West's example in depicting past and present occurrences with believable accessories and settings. African-American Artists: Collection Highlights American Realists of the Early 1900s

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Working from the collection, the museum has many kinds of resource that makes it available. These include teacher worship, videos for loan as well as online curriculum you can use in your classroom. by nda_librarian Apr 28

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