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Art Activities

Art Room: Designed with kids in mind (ages 8 and up); a learning environment for exploring the world of art

Art Safari: This site prompts kids to explore paintings and sculptures from the Museum of Modern Art. A series of questions guides children to write about what they see. Then, kids are encouraged create and submit their own art- elementary level

CRAFTS for KIDS: Links to sites which contain all types of crafts

Joseph Wu's Origami Page: Learn the art of paper folding; diagrams; color photographs

Guide to Art for Kids: Links to valuable art sites for kids

KinderArt: Crafts for Kids

KinderCrafts: Craft projects for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school pupils

 Paint Pictures Online: An online paint program

Sanford's ArtEdventures with Carmine Chameleon: Interactive games to teach art to kids age 8 and older; Cartoon characters have adventures which introduce great artists and their masterpieces

Scribbles: A kids' art site; create and showcase art; learn about artists and art; enter art contest; try the coloring book, and MORE

SmARTkids: Uses Flash technology to offer kids and adults new ways of learning about art. Four main areas of the site each give a different way to think and learn about art: The Art Detective, Think and Share, and Art Speak.


Artists

The Salvador Dali Museum: Digital reproductions of some of his masterpieces; learn about Dali himself

Famous Artworks Exhibition

Paintings Exhibition: Artists, Glossary of Painting Styles; Short biographies of the artists, and images of their paintings

Leonardo Home Page: Devoted to Leonardo da Vinci; learn about this fascinating scientist, inventor, and artist

Andy Warhol Museum: View examples of the artist's work

Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling?


Art History

Timeline of art History: From the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Provides an overview of the history of art as illustrated and represented in the Museum's collection; An important reference and research tool for anyone interested in studying art history and related subjects such as archaeology, anthropology, and history


Art Lessons

Draw Cartoons with Uncle Fred: Cartoon drawing lessons

Incredible Art Department: Art Room that displays art; art stuff; lessons; cartoons; art site of the week

Imagination Station: Learn to draw in 3-D

Learn How to Draw with Gary Har: Learn how to draw cartoons


Art Museums

Art History Research Center: Considered the best research tool for art historical research and other arts research

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: 65,00 works of art in a digital database, the LARGEST collection of SEARCHABLE art on the web

The Louvre: Take a virtual trip to Paris and visit the Louvre; famous images of several of the world's greatest works of art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Education Section: Educational experiences with images of works of art; kids' section; looking at art; exhibits; resources

National Gallery of Art: Houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present - SEARCHABLE by artist, title

National Gallery of Art for Kids

National Museum of American Art: Information about the museum and its collections -- images and captions, brief texts, in-depth feature articles, research databases, and even sound and video footage

National Museum of African Art: Information about the museum and its collections -- images and captions, brief texts

Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking: Internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology; a remarkable collection of over 10,000 watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts

Sackler and Freer Galleries: Information about the museum and its collection of Asian art

Virtual Ceramics Exhibit: An exhibition of contemporary ceramics utilizing the with brief photos of the selected work

WebMuseum: Bienvenue: Famous paintings and artwork; one of the largest digital collections of famous paintings


Art Links

Art Links: Lots of links to art sites on the internet

World Wide Arts Resources: Best collection of art-related links to museums, galleries, exhibitions, artists, and more


Free Clip Art
*Please note that when searching for clip art, it is possible to find clip art that might not be appropriate for school research projects (for example beer and wine clip art), but I felt I could not eliminate these sites, as they offer hundreds of pieces of clip art that are valuable for school research projects!

The Clip Art Directory
Classroom Clipart
Icon Bazaar
Clip Art Connection Archive
FreeGraphics.com
Museum of Web Art

Create Your Own Professional Logos

CoolText: Create customized graphics and logos!

Flaming Text: Create graphics and customized logos like a pro in just seconds!


Free Photographs

The Amazing Picture Machine: Searchable index of Internet photographs will help you find images for projects

FreeFoto.Com: FreeFoto.com is one of the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet.- SEARCHABLE by topic

Fotosearch Stock Photos: Find the Perfect Photo Fast!™ The best online search engine for stock photo images, digital illustrations and artwork, map clipart, picture clip art, and stock footage clips.- SEARCHABLE by topic

Pics4Learning: THOUSANDS of donated images for teachers and students to use in projects and reports - SEARCHABLE by topic

Pictures Theme Page: A set of links to web sites that have their own searchable collections of pictures, offer a search engine for finding pictures, or provide a metalist of links to photographs of a particular type


 

ENCYCLOPEDIA SITE to Help in Your Research

*Use this encyclopedia site to find summaries about individual artists or topics related to art.

Artcyclopedia: A Guide to Museum - Quality Art on the Internet


...that the most valuable painting was said to be the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci?
...that this painting use to hang in King Francis's bedroom, the king of France?
...that a form of art for the ancient Chinese included carving beautiful bronze vessels in which they cooked sacrifice food for their dead ancestors?
...that some of the oldest known paintings are paintings in caves done by Spanish and Indians?
...that the Greeks were probably the most artistic people in world history?
...that Christianity was a big part of all paintings?
...that a time existed in painting called the Renaissance? The word means rebirth. The rebirth that was brought back was ancient art.
...that the greatest artists during that time period were: Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo Buonarroti; and Raphael?
... that Michelangelo was a sculptor and painter? One of his greatest projects was painting scenes from the Old Testament on the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in Rome.
...that the center of European art moved to France in the late 1800's?
...when it moved to France another time period was born? It was called Impressionists. This means to work outdoors and paint with colors of nature and light.
...that the leader in the impressionistic form of art was Claude Monet?
...that Impressionists began a new freedom in art because they began to experiment with different art forms?
...that Picasso was the leader in abstract art, but also learned many different forms?
...that many new art forms developed after World War II, including Pop Art.
...that some of the leaders in Pop Art movement were Roy Lichtenstein, and Winslow Homer.

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