Charlotte Mason Picture Study Resources
Here you’ll find a list of resources to aid you in Charlotte Mason picture study!
Under each artist are links to different resources, which can include a free PDF download that contains printable versions of at least six pieces from the listed artist (chosen from the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation Schedule). If available, I also offer links to professionally printed and PDF Picture Study Aids that contain further information on the artist and each piece, as well as high-quality, professional art prints (these do not match the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation Schedule). I have also added links to pages with living art book suggestions for each artist to supplement your picture study time.
Free print files for the 2025-2026 school year based on the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation are here:
Free print files for the 2026-2027 school year based on the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation are here:
(I will not be able to offer a printable file for Norman Rockwell’s art as the majority of the pieces chosen for the AO schedule are not in the public domain.)
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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Resources
Below you can find free printable art files (with the pieces of art chosen for the AmblesideOnline Artist Study rotation) as well as links to Picture Study Aids and art prints that you can purchase in my shop (these do not match the AO artist study rotation), and a page with living books for each artist if available. The list is alphabetical by the artist’s last name (except in special cases where the artist is known primarily only by their first name, e.g., Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo, etc.)
German/American – Romanticism/Hudson River School
French – Romanticism
Florentine/Italian – Italian Renaissance
Flemish – Northern Renaissance
Milanese/Italian – Baroque
Canadian – Modernism
American – Impressionism
British – Romanticism/Naturalism
American – Neoclassicism/Romanticism
French – Realism
Florentine/Italian – Renaissance
Dutch – Dutch Golden Age
French – Romanticism
German – Northern Renaissance
French – Rococo
German – Romanticism
Japanese – Ukiyo-e
French – Impressionism
Dutch/French/Jewish – Impressionism/Post-Impressionism
Italian – Renaissance
Dutch – Dutch Baroque/Golden Age
French – Impressionism
American – Realism
French – Post-Impressionism
American – Realism
Venetian/Italian – Renaissance
† ‘Portrait of a Man,’ as chosen for the AO rotation, was actually painted by Tintoretto’s son, Domenico. I did distinguish between him and his father on the print by including his first name. If the AO Advisory members decide to change this piece later, I will update the file with the new piece.
Venetian/Italian – Renaissance
British – Romanticism
Flemish – Early Netherlandish/Northern Renaissance
Dutch – Post-Impressionism
Dutch – Dutch Golden Age
Spanish – Spanish Baroque
Dutch – Dutch Baroque/Golden Age
French – Rococo
British – Romanticism/Late Pre-Raphaelite
China
* The Free Printable Art files (with the pieces of art chosen for the AmblesideOnline Artist Study rotation) do not include all of the same pieces as the Picture Study Aids and Art Prints available for sale.
** AO users, please note that the Picture Study Aids and Art Prints for sale on the site do not include all of the same works of art chosen for that artist in the AO Artist Study rotation.
*** Please note that the Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, and Eugène Delacroix Printable Picture Study Art files contain nudity. The selections were made based on the AmblesideOnline Artist Study Schedule, and the file also offers alternatives without nudity.
