Wednesday, March 7, 2012

In the ArchiveGrid I looked up Sitting Bull and found he was a Native American shaman or medicine man. He led the Cheyenne Warriors against the United States at the Battle of Bighorn. Sitting Bull toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. He was eventually shot and killed while resisting arrest for his beliefs in the ritual Ghost Dance! I typed in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in the search box and came up with 46 different forms of information. When I changed my search to add quotation marks to my search, I found that only 2 forms of information came up. The institutions that had materials for use were Cornell University Library and Smithonian Institution.  Just changing how you search for information can determine what you will find!

I was not aware that Paul Revere did anything like this. He was a man that made silver tea, coffee sets, etc.
It was nice to actually see the pictures, instead of just reading about them. The Sioux Indians utilized so much of their land and surroundings to create so many different items.  They made such a vast variety of useful things for their families!

To be honest, I don't really have a favorite artist. I chose to research Albert Bierstadt
At our small town library, we applied for a grant to receive the beautiful pictures  in the Picturing America program. What a great way to add art to the library! Thus the reason, I picked the artist Albert Bierstadt for the beautiful picture of the Grand Canyon that hangs upon the upstairs library balcony .
He has painted so many wonderful paintings! Besides having the pictures to view, it also lists what museum that it calls home. Anyone in our town & surrounding communities would be pleased to find the many wonderful art pieces that can be accessed through CAMIO.

I went through some of the paintings listed on this site. There was such a great assortment of different paintings by so many well known artists and actually some I had not heard of before. I added 4 paintings to my favorites list. It was nice to have the option on how to view them and also to edit them if needed.





1 comment:

  1. Fantastic work, LT! And you made an important discovery about searching--the difference between using " " and not! I really like Bierstadt's work, especially his Yellowstone paintings. This is a way to bring great museums to us! Thanks for your comments.

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