Teaching Tolerance
One Word Posters
Students explore the universal themes they find in the complete set of One World Posters, including art, history, literature and music.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Themes in Literature
This tutorial focuses on common themes in literature, beginning with a slide show discussing 11 different, common themes and literary examples. This is followed by a 11-minute YouTube video with students acting out common themes in...
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Pacific Asia Museum: Animals in Japanese Art
A rich-media site that explores animals, both real and imaginary, as a central theme in Japanese paintings and prints. Learn about the traditions and techniques of Japanese painting and prints and see examples of work created by Japanese...
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Tudor Art and Artists
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show of charts showing Tudor art, artists, themes and techniques, portraits, and art skills.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Benin: Kings and Rituals: Court Arts From Nigeria
Learn about the history of the royal art of the Benin Kingdom in Africa. An overview of the art is provided and with further explanation given according to themes. View maps and selected works of art. A video, charts, glossary, and a...
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Whitney Museum of American Art: Georgia O'keefe: Abstraction
Find a full-featured analysis of an abstract work by Georgia O'Keeffe that communicates many key elements of her art, such as her use of color, the inspiration she found in nature, and her approach to abstraction. Includes insightful...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Places
An educational website exploring the theme of "place" in artwork. How does "place" inspire one? How is it represented and why? What do we learn about places from art? You can find some answers here.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence Anxiety and Myth
From the landing page of a past exhibit introduction, use links to learn about Edvard Munch and the themes in his work. View selected works and the tools and techniques he used to create his art. A chronology of his life and additional...
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Nevada Museum of Art
The collection of the Nevada Museum of Art emphasizes the themes of the environment and the West, in categories of historical survey, work ethic, the Great Basin, contemporary art, and the altered landscape photographs. Each category is...
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Looking at Art: Rembrandt Self Portrait
From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this is a learning exercise called Looking at Art which deals with the theme of portraits using the example of Rembrandt's self-portrait, 1629.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Tour: Winslow Homer Watercolors: Themes and Styles
A survey of Homer's watercolors in the collection of the National Gallery of Art considers his technique and choice of subject. With links to a biography of the artist and to information about his work in other media.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: The Gates of Paradise
This online exhibit showcases one of Florence's most well known art treasures, The Gates of Paradise. These relief panels decorate the entrance to Grace Cathedral. See detailed images of the panels that are on display in Chicago and...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: American Art: Edward Hopper: The Long Leg (1935)
A short description of the painting, The Long Leg, by Edward Hopper, which shows a sailboat moving peacefully through the waves at the seaside. Sailing was a favored theme in Hopper's work.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: American Art: George Caleb Bingham: In a Quandary (1851)
A brief narrative of the content of the painting, In a Quandary, by George Caleb Bingham, which shows boatmen on the Mississippi River relaxing at a game of cards. Boatmen such as these were one of Bingham's main themes.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: American Art: Mary Cassatt: Breakfast in Bed (1897)
Breakfast in Bed, painted by Mary Cassatt, shows a mother embracing her young daughter while lying in bed. The theme of motherhood, found in many of Cassatt's works, is noted in this brief article.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk
Internationally known artist Arthur Szyk detailed illustrations of Jewish themes. During WWII, he drew numerous cartoons and cariacatures of Nazi Germany.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Manet and the Sea
An impressive investigation into one artist's lifetime fascination with the sea. Find information on the seascape paintings of French artist Edouard Manet and a gallery of Manet's at-sea and seaside paintings where you can hear and read...
National Library of France
National Library of France: The Unknown Sea
An image-rich exposition of visual art that takes the sea as its a theme. Mythology, fantasy, mapmaking, and the history of sailing and marine exploration are all investigated as are fears about the ocean's power, puzzling beliefs about...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1993 to commemorate Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". With a short detailed passage about the plot and themes in the novel.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Educational Insights: The Headless Horseman
An interactive demonstration that reveals the literary content of John Quidor's painting The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane. Roll over elements in Quidor's painting to find connections to Washington Irving's tale of the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Purpose
This slideshow lesson focuses on purpose; it defines purpose and lists the two main purposes of all writing: to educate (didactic text meaning to inform and instruct) or to entertain (imaginative text). The purpose could also be art for...
The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Arctic Peoples of North America
Learn about the art of the native Americans of the Arctic region in this overview of their art with a selection of relevant objects each with it's own detailed object description.
The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Native North America
Learn about the art of native North Americans in this overview descriptions with accompanying image gallery with a detailed description of each piece.
Literacy Head
Literacyhead: Writing Prompts: Images to Give Writers Ideas
Narrative images to encourage writers to write by exploring the themes and details of the art works.