How People Lived

Theme Sheet

Click here to access your theme’s activity sheet. Print this document double-sided on letter-sized paper for a quick and easy activity. Cut along the lines and fold to create a miniature photo album!

Artworks

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Nicolas de Largillière, France, 1656–1746
Portrait of Catherine Coustard, Marquise of Castelnau, Wife of Charles-Léonor Aubry with Her Son Léonor
1699, oil on canvas
The John R. Van Derlip Fund, 77.26
53 1/4 x 40 3/4 in. (135.26 x 103.51 cm) (sight)
70 1/2 x 58 x 5 in. (179.07 x 147.32 x 12.7 cm) (outer frame)

Dakota, United States, North America
Cradle board cover, 1880, Hide, quills, beads, ribbon, sequins, cloth
The Driscoll Art Accessions Endowment Fund, 2003.162.2
9 3/8 x 24 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (23.81 x 62.87 x 22.23 cm)

Japan, Asia
Helmet in dragonfly shape, 17th century
Iron, lacquer, wood, leather, gilt, pigments, silk, papier-mâché
The James Ford Bell Foundation Endowment for Art Acquisition and gift of funds from Siri and Bob Marshall, 2012.31.1a-c
28 x 24 x 13 3/4 in. (71.12 x 60.96 x 34.93 cm) (approx.)

Attributed to the Antimenes Painter, Greece
Black-figured hydria, 530 BCE, slip-glazed earthenware
The John R. Van Derlip Fund, 61.59
20 3/4 x 17 x 15 in. (52.71 x 43.18 x 38.1 cm)

Robert Koehler, United States, 1850–1917
Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue, 1902, oil on canvas
Gift by subscription in honor of the artist, 25.403
25 3/4 x 24 in. (65.41 x 60.96 cm) (canvas)
36 1/8 x 38 1/4 in. (91.76 x 97.16 cm) (outer frame)

Elizabeth Catlett, United States, 1915–2012
Publisher: Published by the artist and Taller de Grafica Popular, Mexico City; Printer: Printed by the artist and Jose Sanchez,
Sharecropper, 1952 (printed c. 1952–57), color linocut
The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, P.97.1
Art ©Elizabeth Catlett/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
17 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (44.77 x 42.23 cm) (image)
22 x 19 5/8 in. (55.88 x 49.85 cm) (sheet, irregular)

 

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Mia has put together these pictures as supplementary images for Art Adventure Picture People to use in their classroom presentations, either with the provided posters or by themselves. The images are optimized for common classroom projectors and white boards.

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