The Art of Reading People: Character, Expression, Interpretation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.01.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. Objectives
  4. Strategies
  5. Lessons
  6. Endnotes
  7. Bibliography
  8. Appendix A
  9. Implementing District Standards

Approaching Portraiture: The Character on the Page and on the Canvas

Elizabeth R. Lasure

Published September 2011

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Appendix A

Suggested artist

Ali, Laylah – illustrations, paintings

Arbus, Diane - Photographer

Bearden, Romare – Harlem Renaissance artists, collage techniques

da Vinci, Lenardo – Renaissance artist

Eakins, Thomas

LeBrun, Charles – Particularly his sketches of people

Modigliani, Amedeo

Reynods, Joshua

Wiley, Kehinde – contemporary portrait artist

Resources

The National Portrait Gallery

The Academy of American Poets

The Library of Congress – American Memory Collection

The J. Paul Getty Museum

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