Artist Biographies

All Famous Artists.com: Features some of the famous artists who have shaped the history of art. The primary focus is on famous artists, painters and photographers.

Famous Artists - Master Index: Over 1000+ Artist's biographies listed alphabetically; Listings of Artists by Century and by Nationality

Famous Artists and Master Artists: The Famous Artists category includes a selection of master artists from the history of art. They include popular artists that have been written about extensively and are established famous artists. Includes famous painters, photographers, illustrators, and sculptors.

Web Museum: Famous Artists: Biographies of Famous Artists; Artists are listed alphabetically

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Art Dictionary

Art Dictionary: More than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references

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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

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Artist's Gallery

 Famous Artists' Gallery:  A virtual fine art gallery featuring works by famous artists such as Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Andre Derain, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet and MORE

CGFI:  A superb virtual art gallery with alphabetical listings of 100s of artists' work - Searchable by artist's name, nationality, or time frame

Painter Gallery: Various art website links as well as seascapes, landscapes, airbrush, acrylics, contemporary, illustration, realism - any famous painter and his works can be found here!

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Art Links

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

Fine Art Links from the Internet Public Library

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

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Art Lessons and Activities for All Ages

Animate Your World: An interactive experience that's a blast for kids to use! But it's also a powerful tool, giving students everything they need to learn about cartoon animation and then create their very own animated stories.

Architect Studio: With Frank Lloyd Wright as your guide design a house online—and then touring it in 3D.

Art Attack: A nice list of art projects from this British television show with easy to find supplies

Art Junction: A safe and structured virtual environment within which teachers and students can pursue artistic and educational goals.

Artist's Toolkit: An EXCELLENT site that uses interactive activities to learn about the principles of line, color, and shape as tools to build works of art

A Pintar Art Detective: An online game about art history and art composition (designed for 4th-graders and up)

Carmine's Landscape Adventure: Learn about art while having fun.

Crayola.com: Over 1,000 craft and coloring pages for kids

 Draw Cartoons with Uncle Fred: Cartoon drawing lessons

 DLTK's Crafts for Kids: A variety of fun, printable children's crafts, coloring pages and MORE

First Palette: Find free crafts and art lesson plans for kids of all ages.

A Lifetime of Color: Explore the world of art and artists through an interactive timeline and glossary and learn about the color wheel, elements and principles of art. Interactive games for teachers and students. In these fun and educational activities, you'll discover how great artists made their famous works—while learning tips and techniques for creating your own art! --and MORE

Incredible Art Department: Art Room that displays art; art stuff; lessons; cartoons;

Imagination Factory: Learn creative ways to recycle by making art. The lessons and activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mache, marbling, and crafts.

Imagination Station: Learn to draw in 3-D

Inside Art: An interactive site that explores a painting from the inside out

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

World Myths and Legends in Art: LThrouighout history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends and have given them visual form; Explore myths and legends from around the world with great works of art

Mr. Picasso Head Create your very own Mr. PicassoHead masterpiece.

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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

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Art History Timeline

Art History Timeline: From the Metropolitan Museum of Art - An EXCELLENT site that traces the history of art from it very beginnings; facts, information, graphics - and MORE

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Free Clip Art

All Free Clip Art	Classroom Clip Art	lcon Bazaar
Clip Art Connection	Free Graphics.com	Museum of Web Art
Clip Art Directory	Google Images

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Create Your Own Professional Logos

CoolText: Create customized graphics and logos!

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

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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

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Photography

American Museum of Photography

Time and Life Pictures: This site's content is from the finest photojournalists, documenting past and present political and cultural events, as well as celebrities and the American experience.

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Art Encyclopedia for 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

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...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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