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Interactive Exercise | SIFT <em> Dismal Swamp Canal </em>

Interactive Exercise | SIFT Dismal Swamp Canal

Why look at art? Art is one way humans communicate ideas to one another. Sifting through the information art presents takes careful and purposeful looking. With this interactive exercise, students can practice connecting to art as intentional inquirers.

Grade Level:
College, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Collection:
American Art
Culture/Region:
America, Virginia
Subject Area:
Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Fine Arts, History and Social Science, Visual Arts
Activity Type:
Distance Learning, Engagement Activity
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Interactive Exercise | SIFT Dismal Swamp Canal

At your own pace, click through the slides below to activate your creative thinking as you interpret a complex landscape painting made in the United States in 1830. You may wish to click on the “full screen” icon for the best view.

Other Objects to Try

You may wish to try the SIFT exercise with other VMFA artworks.  What do you think of these?

Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington ...
James Salisbury Burt, American, active 1830 - 1849 (Artist)
Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad (Primary Title)
January Bills (Primary Title)
David Gilmour Blythe, American, 1815 - 1865 (Artist)
January Bills (Primary Title)
A Ride for Liberty - March 2, 1862 (Pri...
Eastman Johnson, American, 1824 - 1906 (Artist)
A Ride for Liberty - March 2, 1862 (Primary Title)
View of Gloucester Harbor (Primary Title...
Fitz Henry Lane, American, 1804 - 1865 (Artist)
View of Gloucester Harbor (Primary Title)
Scotch Whaler Working Through Ice (Prima...
William Bradford, American, 1823 - 1892 (Artist)
Scotch Whaler Working Through Ice (Primary Title)
The Quarry (Primary Title)
Robert Seldon Duncanson, American, 1821 - 1872 (Artist)
The Quarry (Primary Title)

You may wish to try the SIFT exercise with other VMFA artworks.  What do you think of these?

Graphic organizer

You may wish to download and print this graphic organizer to document your ideas!

Related Collections Content

Dismal Swamp Canal (Primary Title)
Robert Salmon, British (active in the United States), ca. 1775 - ca. 1851 (Artist)
Dismal Swamp Canal (Primary Title)
Dismal Swamp Canal (Primary Title) – (88.161)