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Art Resources |
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Art Museums |
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| Art at Loggia | Links to all the major art museums in the world |
| Art Institute of Chicago | The Art Institute of Chicago with links to collections and exhibits |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Modern American Portrait Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery |
| Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian's museum of international modern and contemporary art |
| Louvre Museum | High quality photographs of the museum's most famous works |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Metropolitan Museum of Art - 5000 years of art |
| Museum of Science Multimedia Zone | Using the work of Leonardo da Vinci, this site provides interactive links to perspective, vanishing point, and Sfumato |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | Hundreds of images and virtual exhibits from this museum |
| Virtual Library Museum | Links to almost every museum in the world |
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Art Resources |
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| A Lifetime of Color | Create art, complete art activities, study art, find art lesson plans |
| Apples 4 the Teacher | Interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject |
| An Artistic Exploration into the Human Face and Figure | Touches on every aspect related to art featuring people |
| Art Edventures | Interactive online games for every grade level; support materials |
| Art Cade | Learn about world artists by playing this interactive game |
| Art Detective | Web adventure about art history and art composition |
| Art Window | Awesome collection of lessons and examples for the high school art class |
| Artcyclopedia | Search or browse through 7,500 artists; links directly to their works in hundreds of museum sites and image archives worldwide |
| Articulation | Learn about the elements of art, principles of design, art vocabulary and more |
| ArtLex | An art term dictionary |
| Art Teacher on the Net | Find supplies, free projects, art history modules, lesson plans |
| ArtsEdge | The National Arts and Education Network; quality teaching materials and professional resources |
| ArtsEdNet | Getty's Art Education site; lesson plans; curriculum ideas; activities |
| Artist's Toolkit | Each section( Line, Color, Space, Shape, Balance, Movement/Rhythm) allows students to watch animated demonstrations, view examples, and create their own; includes an encyclopedia of Visual Elements (line, shape, color, space, and texture) and Visual Principles (balance, emphasis, movement/ rhythm) |
| A Brush with Wildlife | Art principles are shown with dramatic graphics and innovative sound effects; tutorial gives students practice using each principle and guides them in creating a composition |
| Crayola | Provides a searchable database of lessons and artwork |
| eChalk optical illusions | Interactive optical illusions |
| Exploratorium's Online Exhibits | Online exhibits that display various optical illusions |
| Exploring Linear Perspective | Brief history of perspective and interactive vocabulary |
| Exploring Perspective | See how great artists work with perspective |
| Eyes on Art | Students make their own art gallery while learning about several areas of art |
| Fake or Foto | Test you ability to determine real photos from those created by computer graphics; Show the power computer graphics |
| Incredible High School Art Lesson Plans | Art resources for high school teachers |
| Mr. Picasso Head | Students can create their own Picasso style persona and submit it to the Mr. Picasso Head gallery |
| National Gallery of Art - NGAKids Homepage | An interactive site that includes activities from various areas of art |
| National Geographic Education | Offers several education sites including Geography Action!; My Wonderful World; National Geographic Bee; The JASON Project; maps; photos; news; audio/video |
| Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena | 75 interactive examples of optical illusions |
| Perspective Drawing | Step-by-step instructions for basic one-point are presented on this site |
| Timeline of Art History | A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection |
| What is a Print | Interactive site that shows how a print is made |
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Artists |
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| Biographies of Famous Artists | 75 of the most famous painters and sculptors |
| Enchanted Learning Art And Artists | Famous artists and their work; paint the masters' work online or print black line masters |
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Color Theory |
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| Color, Contrast and Dimension in News Design | Interactive online guide that explains color theory |
| Color Matters | Web site designed to explore how color affects our world |
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