Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Velasco, the Valley of Mexico
"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Roccoco to Realism
From the early 18th to the mid-19th century, dynamic transformations in European art mirrored turbulent political and social changes, including revolutions, imperial conquests, and the emergence of the modern industrial age....
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Democracy
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Smart History
Smarthistory: Ancient Near East: Cradle of Civilization
Smarthistory overview of the ancient Near East, deemed the Cradle of Civilization, providing details, maps and illustrations depicting the geography and complex history of the area of what is now modern day Iraq. With links to additional...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Blackface Minstrelsy in Modern America
This collection uses primary sources to explore blackface minstrelsy in modern America.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Visual Art During the Harlem Renaissance
This collection uses primary sources to explore visual art during the Harlem Renaissance.
Other
Open Unversity: The Modern Movement in Architecture
A compelling look at the roots and influence of modernism in architecture. With excellent biographies of the leading architects of the movement (e.g., Le Corbusier and Mies Van Der Rohe) and many, many examples of buildings that define...
Other
Knowledge of China: Universal Guide for Chinese Studies
A very comprehensive website about China, including history (from ancient to modern), arts (architecture, handicraft, living etc.), philosophy (daoism, confucianism, buddhism etc) and literature.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Japan: Images of a People
Students learn to view Japanese paintings, they make a screen, and they learn about the culture of Japan. There are three lesson plans and all allow all needed materials to be downloaded.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawings
Portraits in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery can be seen and understood with excellent gallery notes that also survey the history of portraiture in American art leading up to the modern period.
Other
Seattle Art Museum
The 23,000 objects in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum represent ancient to modern cultures. Areas include Asian Art, African Art, Northwest Coast Native American art, modern art, European painting, and decorative arts.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 6: Architecture and Design
In this sixth unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students learn about the history of architecture, including ancient Greek and Roman works. They will learn about Frank Lloyd Wright and about Islamic architecture. They will also look...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 5: 3 D Art
This fifth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of three-dimensional art. Students learn about sculpture and its history, government-funded art works, and controversy in art. They look at other types of 3-D...
National Library of France
National Library of France: Utopia : The Quest for the Ideal Society
An online exhibit examining the history of utopia as revealed through story and art. Organized into four sections, "Utopia" takes viewers on a visual tour of utopian society has it has been interpreted by the ancients, in the bible,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Henri Matisse: Dance 1
Features a comprehensive discussion by two art historians of Matisse's painting 'Dance 1', which is considered a Fauve masterpiece.
ArtLex
Art Lex: The Eight
Examples of work by a group of early Modernist painters known as "The Eight." Gives a brief history of the group.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Ashcan School
Many examples of work by the group of painters known as the "Ashcan School." Brief history of the group as well.
National Library of France
National Library of France: Heaven and Earth
Learn how art through the ages has been influenced by the Earth and the heavens. See paintings that attempted to explain the Earth's creation from a scientific standpoint, sacred architecture that provided a place to worship the heavens,...
Other
Nabu Museum (Lebanon)
This is the home page of the Nabu Museum in El-Heri, in Ras Al Shaqa', in the North of Lebanon. The museum houses both ancient and modern art. The site is available in both English and Arabic.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
The Museum of Modern Art offers a nice biography and a few images of this great Mexican photographer.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Futurism
The biography of the Art movement known as Futurism. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Magazine: Tattoos: The Ancient and Mysterious History
Follow this link to an article from "Smithsonian" magazine about a pervasive world cultural phenomenon--the art of tattooing. In the illustrated article, university researcher Joann Fletcher describes the significance of tattoos in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Church of Sao Francisco De Assis, Ouro Preto, Brazil
The church of Sao Francisco, with its curving geometries and lively ornamentation, stands in sharp contrast to traditional early modern Portuguese architecture which generally favored simple plans and exteriors. View pictures and read...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Olympics
A comprehensive learning module on the significance of the Olympics that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the...