Freer + Sackler Galleries

Type of Resource: Online Exhibit
Free or Fee: Fee
Computer Needs: None Apparent
Link: Visit the Site!

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Recommendation:

This site is easy to use and shares high quality images of the art in the galleries. The podcasts are a unique feature of the site and allow students to feel more connected to the curator. Images can be zoomed in on to show details. This is a helpful tool when teaching about the cultural and historical symbols or art techniques. The images are high resolution so they are not grainy when zoomed in.

Description:

These two Smithsonian Galleries share a vast collection of Asian art forms. Find online exhibits, collections, podcasts, educational materials and information about visiting the museum. Search the site for research or browse the collections. "The Freer Gallery houses a world-renowned collection of art from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Near East. Visitor favorites include Chinese paintings, Japanese folding screens, Korean ceramics, Indian and Persian manuscripts, and Buddhist sculpture. "The Sackler Gallery highlights are early Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, ancient Near Eastern ceramics and metalware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, it includes the Vever Collection, an important assemblage of the Islamic arts of the book from the 11th to the 19th century; 19th- and 20th-century Japanese prints and contemporary porcelain; Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean paintings; arts of village India; contemporary Chinese ceramics; and photography."

Possible uses:

Sign up to receive podcasts from the gallery. These include music, story telling and curatorial conversations. Share these, or portions of them, with students. Find online teacher guides. Share images from the galleries with students with a projector for discussion. Collect images in your own eGallery. Students can use the site for research.

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Art : Sculpture
Art : Technique

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