Here you’ll find a list of resources to aid you in Charlotte Mason picture study! I have included links to different resources which can include a PDF download that contains printable versions of at least six pieces from the listed artist (according to the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation Schedule). If available, I also offer links to Picture Study Aids (some which are free) that contain further information on the artist and each piece as well as printable versions of the pieces covered. In some cases, there are also links to premium Picture Study Aids (some in print form) as well as high-quality picture study prints shipped to you.
If you are interested in reading more about Charlotte Mason picture study, here are a few articles and guides on how to do it and what it looked like in Charlotte Mason’s day:
Free print files for the 2021-2022 school year based on the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation are here:
I do hope to offer free Picture Study Aids for these selections, but they will not be available until later in the year. I will link to them in the list below once they are available.
Print Files and Picture Study Aids
The list is in alphabetical order by artist last name (except in special cases where the artist is known by their first name, eg. Leonardo, Rembrandt, etc.)
Sandro Botticelli
ca. 1445 – 1510 (Florentine/Italian – Italian Renaissance)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid coming!
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1525-1569 (Flemish – Northern Renaissance)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
John Constable
1776-1837 (British – Romanticism/Naturalism)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
John Singleton Copley
1738-1815 (American – Neoclassicism/Romanticism)
Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
Gustave Courbet
1819-1877 (French – Realism)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
Caspar David Friedrich
1774 – 1840 (German – Romanticism)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid coming!
Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519 (Florentine/Italian – High Renaissance)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
Claude Monet
1840-1926 (French – Impressionist)
Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 (Dutch – Baroque/Dutch Golden Age)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
Henry Ossawa Tanner
1859-1937 (American – Realism)
Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
Titian (Tiziano Vecelli)
1488/90-1576 (Venetian/Italian – Italian Renaissance)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
J.M.W. Turner
1775-1851 (British – Romanticism)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
Jan van Eyck
1390/95 – 1441 (Flemish – Early Netherlandish/Northern Renaissance)
AO Individual Artworks Only* | Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints** | Picture Study Aid for AO selections
Vincent van Gogh
1853-1890 (Dutch – Post-Impressionism)
Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
Diego Velázquez
1599-1660 (Spanish – Spanish Baroque)
Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
Johannes Vermeer
1632-1675 (Dutch – Dutch Baroque)
AO Individual Artworks Only* | Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
John William Waterhouse
1849-1917 (British – Romanticism/Late Pre-Raphaelite)
AO Individual Artworks Only | Picture Study Aid not available at this time
Antoine Watteau
1684-1721 (French – Rococo)
Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
Yuan Dynasty
1271-1368 (China)
Premium Picture Study Aid and Prints
* The AO Individual Artwork Only file does not contain the same pieces as the Picture Study Aid for Johannes Vermeer and Jan van Eyck.
** AO users, please note that the pieces chosen for the Jan van Eyck Premium Picture Study Aid are not the same ones on the AO Artist Study rotation.
Also, if anyone is looking for the old AO Yahoo Art Prints Group, I have most (if not all) of them here!
