While At The Park - Ranger Guided
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After spending time in the classroom preparing for a visit to Saint-Gaudens, the ranger guided tours do not disappoint! Your students will be able to apply what they've learned from the pre-visit materials to an activity-filled tour with one of the park's rangers. Below are activities structured around the park's various themed tours. Please e-mail the Education Specialist at e-mail us with any questions. The Classics Classical Arts Activities (20 KB) The Cornish Colony Cornish Colony Name Tag Game (26 KB) Augustus Saint-Gaudens Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Fill-in-the-Blank (52 KB) Win a Commission Game (31 KB) The Civil War Civil War Activities (18 KB) |
Did You Know?
Bas-relief is the most difficult form of sculpture. The detail is achieved by the way that light strikes the relief’s shallow surface, creating shadows that give an illusion of depth. Some of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ portrait reliefs are only 1/8th of an inch deep.