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Announcement: Turner Picture Studies and Picture Study Prints
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The University Prints Special 1917 Announcement: A New System of Picture Study for the Grades
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One publisher's advertisement entitled The University Prints Special 1917 Announcement: A New System of Picture Study for the Grades, published by The University Prints, Newton, Massachusetts, 1917. This item is a single sheet folded once to create a 4-page leaflet. Illustrated with examples from the Picture Study Program, this advertisement promotes The University Prints' method of teaching art development to children. The interior two pages of this leaflet organize the series of grouped images by grade level. For example: "List II - Grade I. Animals about the Home; Grade II. Children of Other Lands; Grade III. Angels; Grade IV. Occupations; Grade V. The Seasons; Grade VI. Interiors and Furnishings; Grade VII. Interesting Costumes; Grade VIII. Mural Decorations of the Congressional Library." Titles of ten different art works are listed within each category.
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Picture Studies for School Use
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One price list/advertisement entitled Picture Studies for School Use, published ca. 1935-1940 by F.A. Owen Publishing Company, Dansville, New York. At the top of the front cover of this publisher's advertisement is "Instructor Picture Study Series." This advertisement and price list is a single sheet, folded into 6 pages. It is illustrated with black and white sample images, and is printed in black and orange. It states that reproductions are available both in miniature and in a larger format (9 3/4 in. x 12 3/4 in.), provides a list of subjects available, and categorizes some of the images into appropriate grade levels.
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Industrial Art: For All of the Children of All the People
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One pamphlet, ca. 1920, entitled Industrial Art: For All of the Children of All the People, by Elizabeth V. Colburn -- a reprint of "Monograph from The National School Digest", Minneapolis, Minnesota. This 8-page pamphlet has the appearance of a newsletter, and is illustrated with black and white reproductions of artwork. The text is a discussion of the use of color theory within the public schools, and is divided into grade-level sections: "Grade 1. The Primary Colors"; Grades 2-3. The Binary Colors"; "Grade 4. Tints"; "Grade 5. Shades"; "Grades 6, 7 and 8. Complimentary and Analogous Harmonies." The last page lists materials needed for each class and advertises for Industrial Art Monographs, which appears to be a monthly feature within The National School Digest.
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International Practical Arts Textbooks
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One publisher's advertisement entitled International Practical Arts Textbooks, published by the International Textbook Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1948. This 6-page flyer is a single sheet that is folded into thirds. Four of the pages list the titles advertised, one is the "cover", and one page is an order form. Accompanying this advertising flyer is a business reply postcard, an order form for a monograph entitled Art Education-1948.
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Instruction in Drawing in Primary and Intermediate Schools in Europe and America: A Critical Review of the Prang Course in Form-Study and Drawing
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One pamphlet entitled Instruction in Drawing in Primary and Intermediate Schools in Europe and America. A Critical Review of the Prang Course in Form-Study and Drawing, by Arnold Dodel, with an introduction by Louis Prang, published by The Prang Educational Company, Boston, ca. 1890. This pamphlet is 36 numbered pages in length, and is not illustrated. The 9-page introduction is signed by Louis Prang, and is dated March 1, 1890. "University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge" is printed on the verso of the title page.
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Brown's Famous Pictures ; Brown's Famous Bible Pictures
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