| 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 |
Family
Ties
A few examples from an exhibition of children's and adults costumes from
China and Japan |
Heavens'
Embroidered Cloths:
One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles. A few examples from an exhibition. |
Lao
Textiles Revisited
Traditional and contemporary designs. |
| Guatemala |
Lonely
Planet's Guatemala
Find out about the country - quickly and easily |
Guatemalan
Textiles
Examples of greeting cards from Ethnic Arts site. |
Mayan
Weaving techniques
are described on this page from Colores
del Pueblo, which has several pages of examples of huipiles & cortes |
| India |
| Indian
textiles |
Paisley
designs
Basic information from Charles Sturt University NSW. |
| Masks |
African
Art Museum
Lists many tribes, each with their associated artwork, including many masks. |
African
Tribal Art
From the Rebirth Africa Rebirth
Africa Art Gallery a selection of masks. Visit the home page for more
African art links and information. |
Art
of the African Mask
A selection of background material plus pictures form this University of
Virginia site. |
| Artlex:
Masks |
Chinese
Opera Masks
Huge selection of pictures plus information about the meaning of the colours
used. |
Ethnic
Arts
The gallery offers examples of masks from Africa, Java, Borneo and Papua
New Guinea. |
Magical
Faces of Africa
Article plus a gallery of pictures. |
Masks
from Novica.com
Includes African, Balinese, South American and more. |
Masks
at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Part of the University of Oxford - historical information of a range of
masks plus some pictures. |
Noh
Masks
Commercial site |
Shape
Shifter - Mask Maker
Looking at the history of masks in terms of magic and religion. |
Venetian
Masks from Carta Alta
Commercial site for Venetian masks. In Italian, but just click on the pictures. |
| Navajo |
Marla
Mallet: Indian textiles
Collection of individual examples |
Navajo
Blankets.comNavajo
Women weavers
A n essay about the history of Navajo weaving, no pictures. |
Adobe
Gallery: Navajo textiles
A good selection |
Plus ...
in Yahoo, enter "navajo textiles" as your search
then select IMAGES from the tab selection offered. |
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| Art Periods & Movements |
| Renaissance |
| 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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