Introducing ArtChapter 9:
Portraying PeopleWeb Museum ActivitiesSmithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
In Chapter 8, you learned about portraits and the way people, heroes, and legends from different cultures are depicted in art.
Click on the link above and take a historic tour of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Begin by clicking on Explore the Portrait to learn about America's first president, George Washington. You will explore the symbolic, biographical, and artistic details in Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington. Be sure you listen to the audio introduction in the interactive portrait.
Describe the symbolic, biographical, and artistic elements. How did the artist depict these in the painting? What techniques did he use?  | 
