20 laminated posters (40 prints) : col. ; 92 x 61 cm. + 1 teachers resource book ( xx, 96 p. : col. ill. ; 33 cm.)

We the people

We the people.

"Part of We the People, the flagship initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is to be distributed free of charge to participating K-12 schools, public libraries, and other entities chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities"--T.p. verso.

In container.

Offers a way to understand the history of America -- its diverse people and places, its travails and triumphs -- through some of America's greatest artistic masterpieces.

1a. Pottery and baskets, c.1100 to c.1960 -- 1b. Mission Nuestra Sẽñora de la Concepción, San Antonio, Texas, 1755 -- 2a. Paul Revere / John Singleton Copley, 1768 -- 2b. Silver of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries -- 3a. The midnight ride of Paul Revere / Grant Wood, 1931 -- 3b. George Washington (Lansdowne portrait) / Gilbert Stuart, 1796 -- 4a. Washington crossing the Delaware / Emanuel Leutze, 1851 -- 4b. Benjamin Franklin / Hiram Powers, 1862 -- 5a. The Oxbow / Thomas Cole, 1836 -- 5b. Cover illustration for The last of the Mohicans / N.C. Wyeth, 1919 -- 6a. American flamingo / John James Audubon, 1838 -- 6b. Catlin painting the portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa-- Mandan / George Catlin, 1861/1869 -- 7a. State Capitol, Columbus, Ohio, 1838-1861 -- 7b. The county election / George Caleb Bingham, 1852 -- 8a. Looking down Yosemite Valley, California / Albert Bierstadt, 1865 -- 8b. "Sans Arc Lakota" ledger book / Black Hawk, 1880-1881 -- 9a. The veteran in a new field / Winslow Homer, 1865 -- 9b. Abraham Lincoln / Alexander Gardner, 1865 -- 10a. Robert Shaw Memorial / Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1884-1897 -- 10b. Quilts : 19th-20th centuries.

11a. John Biglin in a single scull / Thomas Eakins, c. 1873 -- 11b. Harmony in blue and gold : the peacock room / James McNeill Whistler, 1876-1877 -- 12a. Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler / John Singer Sargent, 1893 -- 12b. Allies Day, May 1917 / Childe Hassam, 1917 -- 13a. Brooklyn Bridge, New York / Walker Evans, 1929 -- 13b. Autumn landscape-- the river of life / Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1923-1924 -- 14a. The boating party / Mary Cassatt, 1893/1894 -- 14b. Brooklyn Bridge / Joseph Stella, c. 1919-1920 -- 15a. American landscape / Charles Sheeler, 1930 -- 15b. Chrysler Building / William Van Alen, 1926-1930 -- 16a. House by the railroad / Edward Hopper, 1925 -- 16b. Fallingwater / Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935-1939 -- 17a. The migration series, no. 57 / Jacob Lawrence, 1940-1941 -- 17b. The dove / Romare Bearden, 1964 -- 18a. The sources of country music / Thomas Hart Benton, 1975 -- 18b. Migrant mother / Dorothea Lange, 1936 -- 19a. Freedom of speech, the Saturday Evening Post / Norman Rockwell, 1943 -- 19b. Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights in 1965 / James Karales, 1965 -- 20a. Cityscape I / Richard Diebenkorn, 1963 -- 20b. Ladder for Booker T. Washington / Martin Puryear, 1996.

Art, American -- Study and teaching -- United States.

Art appreciation -- Study and teaching -- United States.

United States -- In art.

United States -- Civilization.

National Endowment for the Humanities.