Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Vincent Van Gogh
These articles and the corresponding slideshow on the works of Vincent van Gogh offer an in-depth background on his works and their inspirations.
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Clark Art Institute: Like Breath on Glass
View an exciting exhibit of paintings using the "painting softly" approach by such well known twentieth century artists such as James Whistler, George Inness, William Chase, and others.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Edward Hopper Exhibition Brochure [Pdf]
From the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., this is the exhibition PDF of the brochure for the Edward Hopper Exhibition that runs through January of 2008.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: "Hide and Seek" by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
A short lesson for students where they click on parts of a painting to learn more. Several pages of info about textures, reflections, and brushstrokes.
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Rhode Island College: About Edward Mitchell Bannister
This site provides a detailed biography of the famous African American artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister.
Tate
Tate: "The Uncertainty of the Poet" by Giorgio De Chirico
This resource provides the "The Uncertainty of the Poet" by Giorgio de Chirico. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provides an excellent resource on the topic.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Johannes Vermeer's "Woman Holding a Balance"
A complete analysis of this famous Baroque painting. The artist's technique, composition, and intentions are fully broken down for you. Really helps you to understand the painting and appreciate it more. Includes an artist biography and...
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Musee D'orsay: Auguste Renoir, Dance at Le Moulin De La Galette
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the French Impressionist painting "Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette" by Auguste Renoir.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections: Claude Monet
From the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this is a set of 37 images with descriptions of works by Claude Monet (1840-1926). Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Romare Bearden Foundation
Site provides not only a biography of this great African-American artist, but many beautiful images of his work. At this site you can use "Bearden in the Classroom," for teaching ideas across grade levels. A great place to explore!
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Giorgione
This art museum site offers an enlarged image of "The Tempest."
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Andrea Mantegna: Works Viewable on the Internet
Site that links you to the artwork of Andrea Mantegna at various exhibits, museums, and galleries.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Magic Realism
A chronological list of artists associated with the Magic Realism movement, with links to famous works and biographies.
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Leonardo Da Vinci the Complete Works
View over 100 of Leonardo's paintings, drawings, and inventions. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Georges Seurat
The WebMuseum offers a biography of Georges Seurat (1859-1891 CE), known for his creation of the Pointillism technique of 19th century neo-impressionist painting. Content includes numerous samples of his work, as well as full...
The National Gallery (UK)
The National Gallery: The Beginner's Guide to Impressionism
The National Gallery: The Beginner's Guide to Impressionism
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Pandora's Box
Young scholars will be introduced to the Greek myth of Pandora by critically analyzing Odilon Redon's painting Pandora. They will then create their own box with both two- and three-dimensional symbols that represent an emotion to be...
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The Paintings From Boscotrecase
A art history article on a series of wall paintings belonging to the "Third Style" found in a villa near Pompeii that may have belonged to the daughter of Augustus. There are five sections, the section entitled "The Painter in Roman Art"...
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: James Morrice
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.
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Frans Hals Museum
The official website of the Frans Hals Museum, features facts and works by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch painters, including portraits, still-lifes, genre paintings, and landscapes. The collection, however, focuses on the work...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Business, Making of African American Identity: V. 2
A painting and an appeal that explore the role business played in black uplift in nineteenth-century America. This resource focuses on the work of Edward Bannister (1828-1901), one of the leading black painters of the nineteenth century.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Progress: The Meaning of the Machine: Human Machines
An excerpt from efficiency expert Frederick Winslow Taylor's The Principles of Scientific Management that describes how to make a human work like a machine; painter Thomas Anshutz's The Ironworkers' Noontime that suggests the cost of...
BBC
Bbc: Simon Schama's Power of Art: Picasso
From the BBC's documentary series on art "Simon Schama's Power of Art", this is the web-page synopsis version of the program on the Spanish master modernist painter Pablo Picasso.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Sisley, Alfred
Overview of impressionist French painter, Alfred Sisley. Links to fellow impressionist, Edouard Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Monet, and Bazille. A gallery of his work is included with selected insights. Great links are provided to...
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