University of California
University of California: Art, Geometry and Abstract Sculpture
This resource gives many examples of how math and geometry are used by visual artists to create abstract sculpures.
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend
A great resource for anyone studying the art of Louise Nevelson. Includes a biography, images, and video commentary about her impact on the art world.
Goshen College
Bird Ritual
This opening art exercise, although intended to increase art fluency, would be a great motivation for a lesson on Brancusi's "Bird in Space."
Other
Calder Foundation
A comprehensive site with a biography, time line, and images. The text in this site is suitable for older students, but the pictures and images will be loved by all.
Other
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Located in Lincoln, NE. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden web site resources highlight its collection of American art. Find examples of 19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism,...
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: Alexander Calder
From the PBS series, American Masters, this is the biography, a video, and related links for the American abrstract expressionist sculptor Alexander Calder.