Created by Jenna Rinalducci
Liaison Librarian for Art, Art History & the Honors College
http://library.gmu.edu
Updated: December 2010
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SEARCH: Tattooing AND “New Zealand”
Title: Don't Let that Shadow Touch Them: Buy War Bonds
Date: 1942 Work Type: War Posters
Not buying a war bond would let the Nazi shadow ruin innocent American children.
“Wholesome American children” Well dressed, clean Little boy holding American flag
What does image say about race, class, gender, etc.?
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Reading an Image:Not just for artsy types
The Farm by Joan Miró (1921-22)
Design elements:Color/Color theoryDetailed realism
combined with Cubist elements
Art & Ecology Artists as keen observers
of natural worldPaintings become
resource for studying nature
(National Gallery of Art Classroom for Teachers & Students)
Reading an Image:Art, Design, What else?
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