How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...

A dictionary entry for Islam and Islamic art with numerous illustrations of representative works in all media, including architecture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and manuscripts. Includes useful cross-references to related terms and...

Artlex.com surveys Roman art and artists with text and illustrated examples. Features include links to related terms, concepts, art examples, and the like.

Artlex--meaning "art words"--describes a type of mixed-media sculpture known as assemblage with text and illustrated examples. Access to other art terms available.

Read about the role of sign and signage in art. Includes a quote from philosopher Albert Camus and links to related topics.

This page contains a definition for "frottage." Read about what it is, when it was first introduced, and view an example of a piece of art that uses the frottage technique.

Definition of "art" according to ArtLex, a dictionary of art terms. Includes links to other important terms, as well as a long list of quotations defining "art."

Features much biographical information on Montreal born painter James Wilson Morrice. Often praised by art critics, his works were shown internationally and was a great influence on many other Canadian painters.

This online dictionary of art terms from Artlex is a valuable tool. Line is on the Li page. Just scroll down to Line and read a definition with links or look at a sample works of art by Rembrandt or Richard Long. There are quotes by...

This online dictionary of art from Artlex provides terms is a valuable tool. Shape is on the Sg-Sh page. Just scroll down to Shape and read a definition with links to other important terms.

An entry that defines museums and details their cultural significance, from the ArtLex dictionary of art. Includes links to major museums around the world, pictures of museums famous for their architecture, and other related information.

An architectural modeling lesson that first demonstrates how architects combine forms to create buildings and then provides instructions for building architectural models. Includes links to architectural terms and to useful illustrations...

A brief but effective definition of the Principle of Design known as Variety. There are links to other terms within the definition as well as quotations useful to the topic.

This site from the ArtLex Art Dictionary contains definitions for "mat," "matt,", and "matte" as they apply to art. The last definition given in the bunch is the one for "matte."

This article discusses reasons and suggestions for teaching the language arts curriculum through playing games including dictionary races and alphabetical order races, Mad Libs, punctuation games, crossword puzzle, word searches and...

Online article describing the life of Hugues Pommier who was a priest, missionary, painter, and portraitist. He spent much of his life in New France serving parishes and painting religious art.

This page contains a brief definition for "impasto" and provides some examples of paintings made with impasto technique.

This page contains a definition for what "glossy" means as it applies to art. Some examples of glossy objects are listed.

This resource provides comprehensive biographical information on the life and works of Francois Malepart De Beaucourt.

Comprehensive biographical information on the life and works of Canadian landscape painter Tom Thomson, who drowned before he could become an official member of the Group of Seven.

A strong vocabulary, both written and spoken, requires more than a dictionary. In fact, it requires an educational commitment to overcoming four obstacles: the size of the task (the number of words students need to learn is exceedingly...