Considering using Robert Cormier's young adult novel, Tunes for Bears to Dance to for book circles or as a whole-class anchor text? Check out this overview of the key concepts and issues raised by the novel.

Young writers complete a timed persuasive writing assignment in which they argue for a club they would like to see established at school, and are then provided with real student samples of responses. 

Brief biographical profiles of famous Germans recognized worldwide in the arts, military, movies, politics, sciences, and sports.

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, presents this short biography, a photographic portrait of the artist and an example painting with a map to its exhibit location in the museum, by the...

The biography of the German Bauhaus school founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.

This resource provides a biography of Hans Holbein the Younger with links to some of his works and to other artists of his time.

Centered in Germany and the Netherlands during 1400 and 1500s, the northern European tradition of Gothic Art was greatly affected by the technical and philosophical advancements of the Renaissance in Italy. While less concerned with...

Biographical summary of the life and career of Jean Hans Arp, a German-French sculptor, and painter known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.

Part of a comprehensive site giving biographical information on Pliny. It takes a look at the famous historian as a child, an officer, scholar, and a procurator, this page is about his encyclopedia, Natural History. Several of the books,...

German-American sculptor C. Paul Jennewein is represented here by a copy of "Greek Dance" which he created in 1926, and "Coral" from 1915-20.

Links to Anselm Kiefer's artworks at museums and galleries around the world.

This site explains the details of the famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by German artist Leutze.

This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.

Describes Hitler's experiences during his years in Vienna after his mother's death, including his friendship with August Kubizek, his time living in a men's home where he supported himself by selling his art to Jewish shops, the...

ArtCyclopedia's complete list of textile artists from the 17th century to the present day. There are links to the artists' biography and works.