At the companion website for the BBC series "Simon Schama's Power of Art," hosted by Columbia University professor Simon Schama, find insightful analysis of eight artistic masterworks, each of which represents a turning point in history....

Organizational homepage for the International Child Art Foundation, which fosters creativity and empathy through art and art appreciation.

Creative play with a purpose! Information, from the National Endowment for the Arts, to encourage and guide your children in understanding and appreciating the arts. Learn how to engage them in arts of all sorts: writing, dance, music,...

A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.

A landing page for a course on African art found in regions and in individual countries.

Course covering why art matters, elements of art, and principles of composition.

History of the development of cinema, painting, theater, music, and dance--for kids. Visitors can explore how music is mixed, listen to radio, and watch the making of animated cartoons, among many other activities.

Marvin Bartel, Ed.D., provides useful handouts for critiquing artwork and for assessing students' abilities to write and discuss art intelligently.

Age-appropriate art activities designed to foster the imaginative powers and arts awareness of your children, ages 3 to 8.

A full-featured exploration of Rembrandt's "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch," better known as "The Night Watch." Learn who is in the painting, the symbols in it, what makes "The Night Watch" innovative,...

A course on looking at American history through art. Should be cross-checked against smarthistory.org.

Brief information explaining of how artists capture conflict through their art.

Information about the role of memory in art including how some artists try to stay accurate to the memory while others try to change it or even destroy it in some way.

Brief information explaining the use of art as commentary to lend the artist a voice to challenge social or national issues.

Brief information and a video [0:30] asking the question, "Why is art important?"

The Art Gallery of New South Wales developed this website to accompany an exhibition of Pissarro mounted by the museum in late 2005. The site contains an interesting, although limited, mix of photographs of the artist and reproductions...

Provides a brief description of each stage of art criticism using music as an example: description, analysis, interpretation, and judgement.

Listen to the music of Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, and Vivaldi. Link from this page to related information, such as biographies of these composers, commentary on their works, and educational activities that test your knowledge and...

Brief information about global modernisms in Asian art.

Take One Picture equips primary classroom teachers to use artwork as cross-curricular learning resources. The program has an archive of pictures and reports on how the pictures were used in classes to broaden understanding in multiple...

A museum located at the University of Montana-Missoula whose mission is to engage the school's community in the appreciation of arts and culture. Their permanent collection includes works from a variety of media. They also include an...

Brief information explaining how artists create internal conflict through their works.

Learn why the human form is central to the understanding and appreciation of Greek art by considering nineteen works linked together in a thematic trail. Pieces can be enlarged for closer inspection, and description windows can be opened...

Printed images of the major architectural monuments and sculptures of ancient Rome spread knowledge of classical antiquity throughout Europe. The "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (the "Mirror of Roman Magnificence") represents a...