Art

 

Art Information
Museums
ClipArt
Architecture
Music
Film
Teacher Resources

Anime/Manga/Origami

 

Art Information

Renaissance Art Impressionist Art

Artcyclopedia
Type in an artist's name, or work, a movement, or subject and find a list of links.
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Painting and Sculpture of the 20th Century
Offers selections from the collection from the National Gallery of Art and features Rothko and Pollock. 
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Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
Selection of art from the world including the main civilizations, of Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe.
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Artnet.com
Find a selection of artwork from over 16,000 artists as well as research on the value of art, galleries, and events in the art world. This site is developed from ArtNet Magazine.

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The Artchive
Great set of links that show artists with analysis of their work and the artists who influenced them.
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Ansel Adams
Find out about his life, and view his photographs of the natural world, especially Yosemite.
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Art Journey
This is a thinkquest journey through the history of art.
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Inside Art
Interactive journey into art history. Make choices and travel through art.
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Museums


Getty Education Institute for the Arts
A wide selection of art works from Mary Cassatt, Albrecht Dürer, Picasso, Van Gogh, Frank Lloyd Wright, and many others.
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Search for an artist by name, by country, or by title. One can also zoom into an image to note detail.
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The Louve
Selected works from the collection are available for viewing.
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Uffizi Gallery
Focusing primarily on Italian artists, this website features wonderful information on specific artists, their art movement, and on different forms of art. High-resolution images are available only for a fee.
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Works from the Legion of Honor and DeYoung Museums. Special features include creating a virtual gallery from over 75,000 images.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
3,500 works of art in their online collection are available as well as a wonderful Timeline of Art History.
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MoMA
Museum of Modern Art located in Queens, New York. View here selected works of modern art through their exhibitions.
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Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Search for selected works by region, country, type of art, ethnic group or artist.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Features George Catlin, American Crafts, and over 10,000 images organized by subject.
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WebMuseum, Paris
Famous artwork collections, special exhibitions and more are featured here.
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Australian National University
Architecture Canberra & the ANU,Classical, Rome - post-classical, Postclassical Art.
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Detroit Institute of Arts
An electronic gallery of artwork from all periods and cultures.
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Encyclopedia Smithsonian
A-Z guide to exhibits and information at the Smithsonian Institute.
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WebMuseum, Paris: Famous Paintings Exhibition
View famous paintings with essays on art work and artists and painting styles. Arranged in chronological order.
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ClipArt

 

Old Fashioned Clipart
Choose from over hundreds of old fashioned black and white clip art images.
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Black and White Clipart
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Curriculum-Specific Clip Art
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Architecture


The Great Buildings Collection
A gateway to architecture from around the world and across history.
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Castles on the Web
Includes castles, abbeys, churches, etc.
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A Digital Archive of Architecture
Examples from prehistoric to Roman, Gothic and 15th century to the 20th century architecture.
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Architecture through the Ages

Explore how cultures build their homes, temples and cities. There is a virtual tour of the Great Wall of China as well.
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Architecture
"This page is your starting place for exploring house styles, with links to facts, photos and building plans for the most popular housing styles in North America."
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A Menu of Architectural Types for Every Reason
Locate building types , architectural styles, with world and American architecture timelines and a listing of places and construction types.
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Victorian Houses
Learn about the many types of Victorian House styles: Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick style, Exotic, Romanesque, Shingle, Folk Victorian and Colonial Revival.
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Historic Architectural Styles in Vermont
Federal, French Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial and Bungalow are all styles described with photographs and text.
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Music



Smithsonian: Musical History

List of links to artists and exhibitions, musical instruments, and performances and recordings.
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IMusic.Com
Features bios of rock artists, lyrics, etc.
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Film

The Greatest Films
This is a fine all-around movie resource with reviews, historical information, cassic posters and lists, including 100 Greatest Films and 100 More Greats.
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Movie Review Query Engine
A searchable database of more than 170,000 reviews of more than 21,000 movies, the MRQE can be your one-stop shop for movie reviews.
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Teacher Resources



Art Teacher Connection

Links to the latest art-related web sites, web revies, lessons and a directory of wired educators.
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Getty Education Institute for the Arts --Arts EdNet
With lesson plans and curriculum ideas, image galleries and exhibitions, and discussion boards.
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Minneapolis Institute of Art--Arts Connected
Educational materials abound here under the heading "for your classroom", the "art gallery" gives a great number of works of art, and the "playground" features interactive "fun stuff.
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Anime/Manga

Anime Genesis
Anime 101, Galleries, postcards, desktop designs, Manga and more are found here.

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Animanga Community
View a slideshow of anime, see a wide variety of pictures and outside of school, there are forums that you can access.

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Anime Web Turnpike
Locate art works, clubs popular series, games and multimedia related to Anime.

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Online Origami
The library has many back issues where one can find ideas for paperfolding.
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Paperfolding.com
The history of origami, learning how to fold, links, books and more can be found at this website.

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Jim Plank's Origami page
The marriage of origami and mathematics is found here with directions for polyhedrons, tetrahedrons and more.

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Origami USA
A calendar of events, places to purchase materials, "fun stuff", convention and conference information and other resources are found here.

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Updated 8/06/04