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Fine Arts
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Henry O. Tanner
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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Allentown Art Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
…But What Does It Mean? Symbolism in Artwork
Primary Sources
Images:
The Artist in his Museum,
by Charles Willson Peale, 1822.
Lion Licking Paw
, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1886.
Student Worksheets
Student Worksheet 1: Finding Symbols
Student Worksheet 2: Historical Clues
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Student Worksheet 3: Revisiting Symbols
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