Education 2 you - 19 Web Sites related to 1700s

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	1.	National Gallery of Art: gallery guides - Gallery guides serve as the foundation for our online tours. Selected guides are available in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Select a link above for indexes of gallery guides by language, or select a guide from the following index by school. Source/Host: National Gallery of Art \| Reviewer: K. Mortensen . .
	2.	National Gallery of Art: 18th century france Boucher: british landscapes - The landscape painters Turner and Constable were influential exponents of romanticism, an artistic movement of the late 1700s to mid-1800s that emphasized an emotional response to nature. Turner, who traveled extensively, often infused his dramatic seasca... Source/Host: National Gallery of Art \| Reviewer: K. Mortensen . .
	3.	American Impressionists of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s - sample paintings from this movement in American art. Tour: American Impressionists of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s. Since the development of the oil technique during the early 1400s, the equipment and chemicals necessary for painting were simply too cum... Source/Host: National Gallery of Art \| Reviewer: K. Mortensen . .
	4.	National Gallery of Art: american portraits - Neither art schools nor internationally recognized painters existed in the colonies; so, many early American artists traveled to Europe for training. While abroad, as students at an academy or apprentices to a master, they could learn anatomy and perspect... Source/Host: National Gallery of Art \| Reviewer: K. Mortensen . .
	5.	National Gallery of Art: british and american history - Sophisticated Europeans from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries deemed "history painting" to be the supreme achievement in the visual arts. In addition to imaginatively re-creating actual events from the past, history paintings also il... Source/Host: National Gallery of Art \| Reviewer: K. Mortensen . .
	6.	Groundhog Day History from Stormfax® * - Groundhog Day history from Stormfax® with Folklore and Winter Weatherlore. In 1723, the Delaware Indians settled Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania as a campsite halfway between the Allegheny and the Susquehanna Rivers. The town is 90 miles northeast of Pitt... . .
	7.	National Gallery of Art: Britains royal academy - On 2 January 1769, under the patronage of King George III, the Royal Academy met for its first session. The official title of this elite institution is "Royal Academy in London for the Purpose of Cultivating and Improving the Arts of Painting, Sculpt... Source/Host: National Gallery of Art \| Reviewer: K. Mortensen . .
	8.	Zebulon Pike: The Expedition of Discovery * - description of Pike's expedition to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River in 1805. From the Festival of Adventures site. Lieutenant Zebulon Pike led his men on an expedition of discovery to the upper reaches of the Mississippi in 1805-06. His objecti... . .
	9.	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / * - ANGOLA - A Country Study Search Angola Include word variants Use only words as entered. ANGOLA Foreword ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE COUNTRY PROFILE COUNTRY GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY . .
	10.	National Gallery of Art: American Painting - Much art of the American colonial period consisted of portraits, as settlers sought to establish their identities in a new world. After the new nation achieved its independence, landscapes and scenes of native flora, fauna, and folk customs began to expre... Source/Host: National Gallery of Art \| Reviewer: K. Mortensen . .