| :: Art :: |
 These are divided into sections, see Index on left.
For example:
if looking for Antoni Gaudi look
in Artists
if looking for movements or periods see art history, e.g. Expressionism
see Textiles |
AccessArt
Some interesting ideas but mainly for teachers & Year 12+ students. Fairly new though, so worth following. |
AHDS Visual Arts
Registration required to access the image database - ask your art teacher. |
Art-and-Artist
Particularly Romantic and Impressionist artists. |
The Artchive
Excellent, user friendly portal. Check out the Art Links. |
Artcyclopedia
Excellent. User friendly, good links, good content. Useful monthly feature or article. |
ArtEducation & ArtAdventures
Interesting projects and study topics plus games |
Artlex
Visual arts dictionary. Good starting point for research. Offers useful links. |
Catgallery
A feline view of some famous paintings. Although in Italian, you have no need to understand the text! |
Eyes on Art
Online art appreciation 'lessons'. Very useful for older students. |
Fine Art History Quick Reference
Search by artist, style or country. BUT the idiots listed the artists under their FIRST names so you have to look carefully - unless e.g. you know it is Piet Mondrian. |
Web Museum, Paris
Excellent - especially its Famous Artworks sections, which you can access via Artist Index or Theme. |
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Francis Bacon 1909-1992
• Francis
Bacon Image Gallery
Excellent - looks at his work in chronological order - also has biographical
and thematic information.
• Humanities
Web : Francis Bacon
Biographical info. and selected images. |
Clarice Cliff
• Clarice
Cliff Collectors Club
A commercial site but useful pictures of her work. Location keeps changing
so apologies
if this is a red herring! |
Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519
• Museum of Science: da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor & Artist
Excellent - clear and useful. Offers multimedia too.
• Thinkquest:
Leonardo da Vinci: Man of Both Worlds
offers 3 entry levels: Novice, Intermediary and Advanced. Excellent collection
of thumbnail sketches, particularly in the Advanced Level, except the Artwork
ones - these pictures are best accessed through WebGallery or Artchive. |
Antoni Gaudi 1852 - 1926
• Antonio Gaudi: Great Buildings
has detailed information on four buildings.
• Gaudi
Central
has detailed descriptions of his work and a brief biography
• Gaudi 2002
is the official page celebrating the 150th anniversary of Antoni Gaudi.
Includes images and background information on the architect and his work.
Masses of information! |
Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944
• Art-Prints-and-Posters.com
has an excellent selection of pictures and posters.
• CGFA:
BiographyWeb
Museum
has biographical information plus a good selection of images. |
Paul Klee 1879 - 1940
• Art-Prints-and-Posters.com
has an excellent selection of images.
• Web
Museum
Biographical information. |
Gustav Klimt
Art-Prints-and-Poster.com 25
pages of images! |
Tamara de Lempicka
• Art-Prints-and-Posters.com
images from Art-and-Posters.com
• CGFA
A good selection of pictures with a link to her biography |
Roy Lichtenstein
• Artchive
A brief outline from Artchive with some images.
• Art-Prints-and-Posters.com
has 2 pages of images from Art-and-Posters.com
• Humanities Web
useful biography and major works from the Humanities Web. |
Michelangelo 1475-1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564
is an accessible, user friendly site. |
Edvard Munch
Art-Prints-and-Posters.com 3 pages of images from Art-and-Posters.com |
Georgia O'Keeffe
• CGFA
has biographical information plus a good selection of images.
• Georgia O'Keeffe
Online Gallery
is an unofficial site listing many / most of her works. Use the list on
the left to access the pictures.
• Georgia
O'Keeffe
This personal, non-commercial site has very
good biographical information. |
Robert Rauschenberg
• Artchive images
• Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Guggenheim
Collection
New York
• National
Museum of Art
Washington, DC |
Andy Warhol
• Artchive
has useful biographical info. and images.
• Art-Prints-and-Posters.com
offers 8 pages of images! |
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| :: World Art :: |
Ethnic
Arts
Features a variety of multicultural designs - including Aboriginal art, African,
Guatemalan textiles etc Well worth a look. |
| Aboriginal art of Australia |
Aboriginal
Arts
Examples of greeting cards from Ethnic Arts site. |
| Ethnic
Art's Aboriginal Greeting Cards |
| :: Africa - see also Masks section
:: |
African
Textiles Gallery
A commercial site but some good examples |
Afrocentric
A HUGE selection from the commercial art.com site. |
Artchive
Brief but clear introduction followed by some good examples. |
Artlex
: African Art
Very good selection of images. |
Houston's
Museum of Fine Art
A selection of sculptures and gold objects. |
North
Carolina Museum of Art
The African Gallery contains many works of African art from the 19th and
20th centuries. |
Traditional
African Arts
Includes masks, textiles, jewellery etc |
| :: Asia :: |
Art
of Japan
An excellent overview of Japanese origami, architecture, gardens, paintings
and sculpture. A Thinkquest site. |
Asian
Art
Another huge selection from art.com. |
AsianArt.com
The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia |
| :: Guatemala :: |
Lonely
Planet's Guatemala
Find out about the country - quickly and easily |
| :: Art History - periods & movements
:: |
| Artchive's Italian
Renaissance & Northern
Renaissance pages for individual artists. |
| Artcyclopedia's Early
Renaissance & High
Renaissance pages are excellent - user friendly, good links,
good content. |
Web
Gallery of Art
R eally useful for individual artists. You can also 'tour' famous places
or themes. |
Renaissance
Connection
Animated presentation of life in Renaissance times. Worth a look. |
Renaissance
Very good background information site offering some interactive activities.
It also gives some useful links within the main sections.
Detailed overview divided into 7 sections:
1. Introduction
2. Out of the Middle Ages.
3. Exploration & Trade
4. Printing & Thinking
5. Symmetry, Shape & Size
6. Focus on Florence
7. Related Resources - I've gone through these and added the
best/most useful ones to this list. |
Renaissance:
Life in Elizabethan England
For a taste of life in the Renaissance, dip into this site. It has some fascinating
information plus useful links. |
The
Galileo Project
A although a university site, it is quite accessible, particularly the information
offered in the section 'Galileo's Biography'. |
WebMuseum,
Paris: La Renaissance
Comprehensive. |
| :: Expressionism :: |
Artcyclopedia
Chronology with sample images. Excellent. |
Artlex
Theory and images. |
Fine
Art
References to artists like: Bacon, Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Edvard Munch, |
Web
Museum, Paris
Useful information about the theory / movement. |
| :: Symbolism :: |
Stonehorse
Atelier:
Visual and Literary Arts of the Symbolists gives brief biographies and examples
of famous works of artists such as Gustav Klimt and GF Watts. |
Art-Prints-and-Posters.com
A selection of artists' images. |
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| :: Galleries & Museums :: |
The
Lighthouse
Scotland's centre for architecture, design and the city of Glasgow. |
Le
Louvre
Primarily an advert for the Palace & Museum, it also has useful 'selected
works' in its collection section. |
National
Gallery
“ The National Gallery's permanent collection spans the period from about
1250 to 1900 and consists of Western European paintings.” |
Pompidou
Centre
Modern arts centre in Paris. |
Tate
Gallery
“The Tate holds the national collection of British art from 1500 and of
international modern art.”
See also: Tate
Britain: British Art from 1500
Tate
Modern: International Modern and Contemporary Art |
Victoria & Albert
Museum
"the world's greatest museum of applied and decorative arts". |
Web
Gallery of Art
Really useful! As well as a fairly simple index, you can 'tour' famous places
or themes. |
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| :: Art Games :: |
Art
Safari from the Museum of Modern Art
Explore famous paintings, create your own artwork on paper or computer -
fantastic animals is good fun! |
A
Pintura: Art Detective
Can you play detective and solve the mystery? |
Inside
Art
Help the hero/ine to escape from the painting! |
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