At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...

For hundreds of years, Moroccan women have composed fine embroideries and rugs using intricate designs that have been passed down through generations. View these exquisite textiles with large detailed images.

Interactive series of graphics, with samples of the Bayeux Tapestry and an adire cloth from Nigeria Explains how to look closely at the imagery, color, and patterns of textiles to undercover their hidden meanings and symbolic content.

Pieces from the Louvre's extraordinary collection of Islamic art are grouped together in this thematic overview that lets viewers explore the decorative characteristics and motifs of Islamic art. Wonderful photographs of carvings,...

Explore fashion from the 1700's with the slideshow. Includes a discussion of popular styles, textiles and silhouettes.

The artwork of Lia Cook, textile painter is profiled. Cook has a unique way of "weaving paintings" by dying silk cords, painting linen threads, and weaving them together to create figures and motifs.

Through the examination of two textiles from opposite sides of the world you will go in-depth to reveal how fiber arts can tell us more about people in other cultures.

Older students will find this to be a fabulous resource with examples of Himalayan art. Be sure to click "Kids!" to find various activities, stories, and coloring pages for younger children. Paintings, sculptures and textiles are the...

Older students will find this to be a fabulous resource with examples of Himalayan art. Be sure to click "Kids!" to find various activities, stories, and coloring pages for younger children. Paintings, sculptures and textiles are the...

Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.

Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...

A great museum with a wonderful collection. See works of art, schedule tours for students, and see current (and past) exhibitions. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.

Textiles are among the oldest of art forms and Japan is still producing ingenious and dynamic textiles today. You can see current transparent, dyed, reflective, printed, sculpted, and layered textiles here. Under artist biographies, you...

Illustrated, interactive explanation of how adire textiles, a Nigerian cultural tradition, are designed, created, and interpreted.

A comprehensive site on textiles of the North American Southwest. Includes a gallery, map, catalog, glossary and timeline.

Interactive exploration of different objects made with textiles, a useful investigation of the properties of different types of fabrics.

This site provides illustrations and descriptions of Native American art and painting. Visual sampling of many Native American artists.

Fifty masterworks from the Metropolitan's collection of Islamic art are on display, grouped by object type to aid comparative analysis. Includes curators' notes, along with detailed views. Stunning examples of Islamic art and calligraphy...

An examination of Islamic art, from the fifteenth century through to the end of the Ottoman empire (just after World War I). Includes dozens of images of late Islamic art - textiles, ceramics, manuscripts - each with useful descriptions...

A great resource for introducing different types of textiles and weavings to your students. A good amount of background information is included as well as a few simple learning activities.

Spanish content; this is a page of nothing but images of various examples of traditional textiles and weavings from Argentina.

This site from Artisans in Focus contains wonderful information on the art of weaving. The site is outlined in link form for easy navigation and it contains information on subjects such as: preparing the yarn, dying the yarn, natural...

A dictionary entry for Islam and Islamic art with numerous illustrations of representative works in all media, including architecture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and manuscripts. Includes useful cross-references to related terms and...

An examination of the art of Africa and China, in many different media, viewed from an anthropologist's perspective.