Anasazi Ruins at Mesa Verde, AD 100 to 1300
Image ID: 13068
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Colonies, Arts and Architecture, Indian Americans
Region(s): North America
CA Standard(s): 5.1 - The major pre-Columbian settlements…
National Standard(s): Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) , Intensified Hemispheric Interactions 1000-1500 CE, Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter 300-1000 CE
Card Text: "Anasazi" ruins at Mesa Verde, AD/CE 100 - 1300.
Citation: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park W at 79th St, New York, NY 10024-5192. Neg. #31640. In Betty and Ian Ballantine, eds., "The Native Americans: An Illustrated History" (Turner Publishing, Inc., 1050 Techwood Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30318) 1993, pp. 22-23.
Verelst, Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of Generethgarich (Iroquois John), 1710
Image ID: 12655
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Colonies, Arts and Architecture, Indian Americans, Native Americans
Region(s): North America
CA Standard(s): 5.3 - The cooperation and conflict among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers, 5.3 - The cooperation and conflict among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers
National Standard(s): Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
Card Text: Jan Verelst, "Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of Generethgarich," a pro-English Mohawk and diplomat, 1710. He was one of four Native American envoys sent to London to request Britain's recognition of the Iroquois Confederation as a sovereign nation, and for military aid against the French. Oil on canvas.
Citation: Copyright © Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4 CANADA. Gift of Queen Elizabeth II, 1977. All rights reserved.
Copley, Mercy Otis Warren, c. 1763
Image ID: 12454
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Revolution, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): North America
CA Standard(s): 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy, 11.1 - The significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: John Singleton Copley, "Mercy Otis Warren," a prolific American author, historian, patriot, and revolutionary. Oil on canvas, c. 1763.
Citation: Copyright © Museum of Fine Arts, Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115-5597. Bequest of Winslow Warren, 1931. Acc. No. 31.212. All rights reserved.
Ad: 'The BANJO as it used to be in the last generation' 1893
Image ID: 3863
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): Sports and Recreation, Popular recreation 1870-1920, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 11.2 - The the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
National Standard(s): The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Card Text: "The BANJO as it used to be in the last generation…" A picture of an old, black-faced minstrel. "The banjo was once monopolized by the Negro Minstrel Performers, and hence it became associated with black face, and was sometimes called the 'Negro instrument.' The banjo of today is altogether another instrument...Should you say 'Banjo Concert' to your Grand-father, he might have this picture in his mind's eye. If so, call the old gentleman's attention to the next page..." 1893.
Citation: Stewart's Banjo and Guitar Journal, Dec. 1893. In Karen Linn, "That Half-Barbaric Twang," 1991, p. 21.
College Banjo Clubs, 1890's
Image ID: 3857
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): Sports and Recreation, Popular recreation 1870-1920, Arts and Architecture
Region(s):
CA Standard(s): 11.2 - The the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
National Standard(s):
Card Text: College banjo clubs. At top, "Georgetown Club of 1897." Below, "Brown University Club of 1891."
Citation: Top: Georgetown University Archives, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057. Bottom: Brown University Library, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. In Karen Linn, "That Half-Barbaric Twang," 1991, p. 26.
11.2.2
'Nearer My God to Thee' 1913
Image ID: 4213
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): Religion, Social Gospel and Missions, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 11.3 - The role of religion in the founding of America and its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty.
National Standard(s):
Card Text: "Nearer My God to Thee," 1913. A tiny church is overwhelmed by the enormous skyscrapers of capitalist America.
Citation: Copyright holder unknown. Art Young drawing. In The Masses, Dec. 1913. In Echoes of Revolt: The Masses, 1911-1917, Chicago, 1966, p. 222.
11.3.1
Charles Sheeler, 'Classic Landscape' 1931
Image ID: 9848
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, Twentieth Century Painting, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 11.5 - Major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s.
National Standard(s): The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Card Text: Charles Sheeler, "Classic Landscape," 1931, oil on canvas, 63.5 x 81.9 cm (25 x 32 1/4 in.)
Citation: Copyright National Gallery of Art, 2000B South Club Dr, Landover, MD 20785. Collection of Barney A. Ebsworth. 2000.39.2. All rights reserved. www.nga.gov
'Sorting Mail' 1935
Image ID: 3076
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): Urbanization, Positive view, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 11.6 - The Great Depression and how the New Deal changed the role of the federal government
National Standard(s): The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Card Text: Reginald Marsh, "Sorting Mail," 1935.
Citation: The Post Office Department Building, 12th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC. In Eds. of Time-Life Books, "Modern American Painting," 1977, p. 80.
11.6.4
Oedipus and Sphinx
Image ID: 11154
Collection: Joan Cadden
Topic(s): Mythology, Arts and Architecture, Greece Ancient
Region(s): Europe
CA Standard(s): 6.4 - The geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece
National Standard(s): Classical Traditions, Major Religions and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
Card Text: Oedipus and the Sphinx of Thebes. Seated on a rock and dressed in traveler's cape and hat, Oedipus ponders the riddle of the Sphinx. She sits on a plinth; she has the head and chest of a woman, bird wings, lion claws, and a dog's body. She asks passers-by to solve a riddle. If they fail, she destroys or devours them. "What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?" When Oedipus answers correctly, the Sphinx is so angry that she kills herself. Oedipus travels on to Thebes. Attic red-figure cup (kylix) by the Oedipus Painter, tondo, c. 470 BCE, Classical Period.
Citation: 40+ online. Copyright © Vatican Museums, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City, Città del Vaticano, Vatican City State, EUROPE. Cat. No. 16541. All rights reserved. Beazley Archive No. 205372.
Heracles Slaying Nessos
Image ID: 11134
Collection: Joan Cadden
Topic(s): Mythology, Arts and Architecture, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): Europe
CA Standard(s): 6.4 - The geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece
National Standard(s): Classical Traditions, Major Religions and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
Card Text: Heracles slaying Nessos the Centaur with his sword, and grasping him by the hair. Attic black-figure storage jar (neck amphora) attributed to the Nettos (or Nessos) Painter, c. 550-520 BCE, Archaic Period. Found at a tomb in Athens; 1.22 m high.
Citation: 12+ online. GNU Free Documentation License. Marcus Cyron/Greece 2008. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Copyright © National Archaeological Museum, 44, Patission St, Athens 10682, GREECE. 1002. Cat. No. CC657. All rights reserved. Beazley Archive No. 300025.
Temple of Heracles the Victor, Rome, 2nd c. BCE
Image ID: 10955
Collection: Joan Cadden
Topic(s): Mythology, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): Europe
CA Standard(s): 6.7 - The geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome, 7.1 - The causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.
National Standard(s): Classical Traditions, Major Religions and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
Card Text: The Temple of Heracles the Victor is the oldest surviving marble building in Rome. A round temple of Greek design, surrounded by colonnades, it was mistaken for a temple of Vesta for many years. Late 2nd c. BCE, Hellenistic; in the Forum Boarium, near the Tiber.
Citation: Photographer and copyright holder unknown.
Heracles Slaying Nessos
Image ID: 11134
Collection: Joan Cadden
Topic(s): Mythology, Arts and Architecture, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): Europe
CA Standard(s): 6.4 - The geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece
National Standard(s): Classical Traditions, Major Religions and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE
Card Text: Heracles slaying Nessos the Centaur with his sword, and grasping him by the hair. Attic black-figure storage jar (neck amphora) attributed to the Nettos (or Nessos) Painter, c. 550-520 BCE, Archaic Period. Found at a tomb in Athens; 1.22 m high.
Citation: 12+ online. GNU Free Documentation License. Marcus Cyron/Greece 2008. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Copyright © National Archaeological Museum, 44, Patission St, Athens 10682, GREECE. 1002. Cat. No. CC657. All rights reserved. Beazley Archive No. 300025.
Osiris on the Throne Surrounded by Isis, Nephthys and Horus
Image ID: 11182
Collection: Joan Cadden
Topic(s): Religion, Mythology, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): Africa
CA Standard(s): 6.2 - The geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush
National Standard(s): Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples, 4000-1000 BCE
Card Text: Osiris on the throne surrounded by Isis, Nephthys and Horus, the son of Isis. A fragment of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. With the counsel of Isis and Nephthys, Osiris judged the dead, deciding who proceeded into everlasting life or damnation. Here Horus in falcon form brings a deceased before the shrine of Osiris. The four sons of Horus stand on a lotus flower growing out of the waters beneath the throne. 1240 BCE.
Citation: 9 online. E.A. Wallis Budge, trans., "Egyptian Book of the Dead, The Papyrus of Ani," (The Medici Society, 19-23 White Lion St, Islington, London N1 9PD England, UNITED KINGDOM, 1913).
