Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Highlights
This selection features 22 works of art from the MFA's collection of more than 13,000 examples of American decorative arts and sculpture ranging in date from the seventeenth century to the present and in origin from North America to...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: American Impressionists
This site provides many examples of American Impressionistic work. Also, under the section titled "Overview", it gives information into the origins of American Impressionism (click the "continued" link after the paragraph).
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Art Fun With the Fairy Tale, the Fisherman and His
This lesson will give students the opportunity to view a variety of illustrations in different forms of literature, including "The Fisherman and His Wife." Students will be able to create their own work of art. They will also find that...
Other
Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation: Islamic Art Network
This resource presents a treasure trove of scholarly resources on the art and architectural history of Islam. A work in process, the network's resources focus principally on Cairo but are expected, over time, to move outward to cover the...
Arizona State University
Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color
A lesson plan to help young scholars understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
Arizona State University
Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color
A lesson plan to help students understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
PBS
P.o.v. On Pbs: In the Realms of the Unreal (Outsider Art of Henry Darger)
The companion site for independent filmmaker Jessica Yu's exploration of the life and work of Henry Darger, which originally aired on PBS's "P.O.V." series in 2005. Along with a synopsis of the film and Yu's insights about her subject,...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Native North American Art
The MFA's collection of Native American art traces its origins to the 1870s, when the Museum opened to the public. Includes Navajo weavings, Zuni Pueblo pottery, and Plains beadwork. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Painting in the Style of a Famous Artist
In this lesson, student groups will research and create PowerPoint presentations of famous painters. Individually, each student will select an artist and create an original work emulating the style and techniques of that artist.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Origins of Archaeology
An account which describes the work of Renaissance scholars to "reconstruct," ancient Rome and its architecture. A number of Renaissance manuscripts are shown. Click on "From collection to Reconstruction" (bottom of page) to go to next...
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US National Archives
Internet Archive: The Art of England: [Ruskin] Lectures Given in Oxford
Access various digital copies of a published version of four lectures delivered by Victorian critic John Ruskin on the art of England. The lectures, originally published in 1883, comment on the work of a number of English artists of...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Computer Generated 'Rembrandt' Painting Unveiled
Read about a computer produced piece of art that was designed to mimic that work of a famous artist. Includes video.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Scratch: Imagine, Program, Share
Scratch is a programming language developed for students ages 8 and up. Students can use this free download to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. This...
Other
Acropolis Museum
Follow this link to the online home of the Acropolis Museum, which opened to the public in June 2009. Holdings include weathered originals and reproductions, freestanding works of sculpture, architectural fragments, and other antiquities...
Other
Art Arena: Origins and Basis of Ferdowsi's "Shahnameh"
This article is part of a review of the book, "Poet and Hero in the Persian Book of Kings," by Olga M. Davidson. The article's author is Mahmud Kianush, a renowned modern Iranian author. In the article, he discusses the historical...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Child's Dream
For this lesson, each student will use gouache and wood to create an original piece of art based on a childhood story book.
Other
Mondrimat
This interactive program is designed to let you experiment with the elements of art and create an original work inspired by Piet Mondrian. All you need to do is read the simple directions and start clicking!
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Many Meanings of Michelangelo's Statue of David
We typically experience classic works of art in a museum, stripped of their original contexts, but that serene setting can belie a tumultuous history. Take Michelangelo's statue of David: devised as a religious symbol, adopted as a...
National Library of France
National Library of France: Heaven and Earth
Learn how art through the ages has been influenced by the Earth and the heavens. See paintings that attempted to explain the Earth's creation from a scientific standpoint, sacred architecture that provided a place to worship the heavens,...
Other
The William Blake Archive
This site, which is provided by the The William Blake Archive, gives a discussion of Blake's life as a double artist and his inspiration for both his art and poems. Users will find images of the original pages for many of Blake's...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America, 1789 1820: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards historical documents, literary texts, and works of art thematically organized with notes and discussion questions....
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Two Functions or Not Two Functions:
Students create original artwork using all functions and conics studied throughout the course. Lines and absolute values, conic sections and whatever else they can stick in a y= are combined with some calculator tricks to make works of...
US National Archives
Nara: Paintings of the American Revolution
The selected pictures listed are among the audiovisual holdings of the National Archives that relate to the American Revolution. They are photographic copies of works of art. The dates and mediums of the originals and the names of the...
Other
The Comic Book Project
This art-based literacy program works to increase student proficiency through writing, designing, and publishing an original comic book. You can particpate by paying a small fee per student.