Curated OER
Museum of Modern Art: Picasso: Themes and Variations: Frugal Repast
Print by Picasso, 1904.
Other
National Galleries of Scotland
The website of the National Galleries of Scotland is the collective online home of half a dozen Scotland-based galleries and art venues. From this page you can jump to information about the current, past, and future exhibitions of each...
Other
Art Wing of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Israel Museum's Art Wing exhibits examples of works from its collections of modern, contemporary, and Israeli paintings, prints, and photography.
Other
Baltimore Museum of Art
More than 85,000 works of art comprise the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, including American paintings and decorative arts, especially period rooms from Maryland historic homes and miniature rooms, sculpture gardens with...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Malvina Hoffman
Malvina Hoffman in is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of her life. Her works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: Cai Guo Qiang, Traveler
Go to the online interactive and experience modern Asian art by Cai Guo-Qiang. Read an interview with the installation artist, see a short video on how he makes his art, and see pictures of his work in progress.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Thelonious Monk
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1995 to commemorate Thelonious monk, one of the founders of modern jazz. With a short biographical passage.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1998 to commemorate Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, completed by the famous architect in 1910. With a short detailed passage of the critically acclaimed piece of modern architecture.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University: Block Museum of Art: Design in the Age of Darwin
Image gallery of utilitarian and decorative objects in the style of the arts and crafts and art deco movements, including pieces designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris, and Louis Sullivan.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is featured here, with background on the painting that conveys its emotional content.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Exhibitions: Picasso Guitars: 1912 14
Exhibition focuses on two cubist works by Picasso that showcase the artist's incessant inventiveness with traditional media and found objects.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma Exhibit: Chuck Close
A brief introduction to the work of photorealist painter Chuck Close. Includes visual examples of his work, including the recognizable "Big Self-Portrait".
Curated OER
Museum of Modern Art: Exhibitions: Picasso Guitars: 1912 14: Installation
A cubist installation by Picasso.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Abstract Expressionism?
If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, "My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true? Could anyone create one of Jackson...
Mark Harden's Artchive
The Artchive: The Girl With the Green Eyes
The Artchive excerpts information from a publication of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) about Henri Matisse's painting "The Girl with the Green Eyes."
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Beyond Geometry: Monochrome, Defined
Term monochrome, used in art, is defined.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Esphyr Slobodkina
This site provides biographical information on Esphyr Slobodkina, a Cubist artist whose sphere of influence included children's books. The online exhibit includes images and descriptions of several of her works.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Wassily Kandinsky
ibiblio.com provides many examples of Kandinsky's work. You can click on the pictures to enlarge them. This site also includes a biography of Kandinsky.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Pablo Picasso: Three Musicians
This site has a beautiful image and description of this famous work by Picasso.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Military Camp Jacket
How was this jacket used? The military camp jacket (jinbaori) was worn over a suit of "modern equipment" or tosei gusoku armor. Though some jackets had sleeves, many were sleeveless vests like this one. The camp jacket offered protection...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is South Asia?
What are often thought of as "Indian" art and culture spread not only throughout the modern nation of India but also through Pakistan and Bangladesh. This huge area was never politically unified except under British colonial rule...
Curated OER
New York Times: The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago
Annotated slideshow reviews the design of an addition to the the Art Institute of Chicago designed by Renzo Piano. Exterior and interior views convey all of the essential characteristics of Piano's work.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Hood Museum of Art
Designed by architect Charles Moore, the Hood Museum of Art has a permanent collection ranging from Ancient and Asian to Modern and Contemporary Art. Of special note are American portrait paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries,...
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: El Poder De La Palabra
Space dedicated to prose, where you can find numerous Spanish literary passages, as well as author biographies and pictures. You can also read about art (organized by countries, periods, museums), music (organized by countries, periods,...