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Madonna and Child by Donatello

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/119-madonna-and-child

With this terra-cotta statue, slightly under life-size, we encounter figures that demonstrate the beginnings of the Italian Renaissance admiration for the human body. Earlier statues in the collection, like the Pisan Annunciation pair, The Archangel Gabriel and The Virgin Annunciate, present the figure as a relatively simple and static form, with drapery arranged in graceful, decorative patterns that tell little about the body it covers.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

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School Studies by Horace Pippin

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/72174-school-studies

The self-taught artist Horace Pippin turned to art after his right arm was disabled by a sniper’s bullet while serving in the African American regiment known as the “Harlem Hellfighters� during World War I. After the war, Pippin settled in his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and by the late 1930s his work had attracted the interest of such notables as the artist N.
River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1977, no. 39, repro. 1991 Art for the Nation

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Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay by Fitz Henry Lane

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/57611-lumber-schooners-evening-penobscot-bay

Despite its meticulous draftsmanship and precise detail, Lane’s work is far more than a simple inventory of harbor activity. The diminutive figures and carefully rendered vessels remain secondary to the vast expanse of sky, where shimmering light creates a tranquil, idyllic mood.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

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Little House in the Valley | National Gallery of Art

https://www.nga.gov/educational-resources/19th-century-america-art-literature/little-house-valley

Students will explore nineteenth-century life in the White Mountains of New Hampshire through a tale of a family who lived there by analyzing a painting by Thomas Cole and reading a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. They will then write a comparative essay and complete a mathematics worksheet to enhance their perception of American life in the nineteenth century.
The tale became a popular one for the American people because the young nation had

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