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Nbmaa/ Grant Wood/ Sentimental Ballad
Grant Wood's artwork "Sentimental Ballad" is shown and a brief overview of highlights of the artist's work with the film industry.
Curated OER
Harcourt School Publishers: Strange Combinations
Using the paintings of Gauguin, van Gogh, Kandinsky, Morisot, and others, site explores the different ways artists use color and shape to create feelings of tension and uneasiness. A good introductory lesson in analyzing and...
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Jerry Yang
From an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal are these two hedcuts by two different artists of Jerry Yang, developer of Yahoo. Included is a brief chronology of his business.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Jean Petitot (1607 1691)
A portrait of Jean Petitot from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Washington Post: Chuck Close
Follow the evolution and creative process of the monumental work done by artist Chuck Close.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: Postmodernism: Short Stories: James Joyce
This is a lesson from a unit on Postmodernism; it focuses on James Joyce, his life and works including the short story "Araby," which is offered in a PDF link for students to read. A link is also provided to a more in-depth biography of...
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Titian
Link to images of his most famous paintings and his biography.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Literature 1900 1950
Explore key literary works of the early 20th- century with these articles.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Exploring Identity
Examine how writers have explored identity - through the prisms of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality - in the modern world.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Capturing and Creating the Modern
Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.
Louvre Museum
Louvre Museum: Imaginary Exhibition: Jean Honore Fragonard
Site that includes biographical information about renown French Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard. A portrait of the artist is also depicted.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Michelangelo and His Early Drawings
Michelangelo's drawings offer a unique insight into how the artist worked and thought. They are beautiful artworks in their own right but also provide a crucial link between his work as a sculptor, painter and architect. Michelangelo was...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Georgia O'keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction
The online arm of an exhibition staged in 2007, "Circling around Abstraction" showcases dozens of O'Keeffe's modernist works. View details about her career, her interest in abstraction, and a chronological selection of her paintings and...
Other
Frederic Remington
This site contains a biography on artist Frederic Remington. Also includes a copy of his "Self Portrait on a Horse".
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Albrecht Durer
Early biographical information about his family, images of his self-portraits, his travels, his influences, and his career as an artist. Many links to photos and other sites.
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Image
This site from WebMuseum contains a summary on the life of artist Paul Gauguin. Also includes images of some of his most famous work. Links are provided to view paintings of many other artists.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Joseph Stella
Joseph Stella is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a very brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Raphaelle Peale
Raphaelle Peale is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: James Joyce Lesson Plans
Lesson plans, handouts, and other resources for teaching James Joyce's Dubliners and other works to young scholars.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Leonardo Da Vinci
A superb online collection of Leonardo's art. View many of his masterworks at this site, along with drawings, paintings, and inventions. Each reproduction includes a short commentary. A detailed biography is included, with embedded links...
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Thomas Eakins
A concise biographical sketch that examines the contributions of realist painter and Pennsylvania native, Thomas Eakins.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: M. C. Escher
This resource provides a very informative biography as well as a gallery with 15 pictures of great Escher art.
Other
West Valley College: The Italian High Renaissance
The site from the West Valley College briefly surveys several pieces of artwork from the Italian High Renaissance including those from Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.