Fine Arts

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General References    Top

Museums and Museum Sites Links to many Museums in the United States

American Art Museum Smithsonian

Artcyclopedia Fine Arts Search Engine

Art Teacher On the Net Ideas for teachers on the net

Art Education Curriculum Guides - A Canadian Resource but very informative.

Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford and A Lifetime of Color Art products and resources for creative individuals
from beginner to advanced

ArtsEdge - The National Arts and Education Information Network

dArt Links - The Internet Art Database

Ask Joan of Art - get your questions about American Art answered

PBS TeacherSource -  Arts and Literature PBS lessons and activities

Art History    Top

Art History Network One stop resource for Art History, Archeology and Architecture on the web.

Artists - Yahoo's guide to Art Masters

ArtImages for College Teaching - a royalty freeimage exchange for the educational community

Art History Resources on the Web

Art of the Middle Ages Links to Art of the Middle Ages

Ethnographica - Fine African Art, Oriental Carpets & Tribal Artifacts

Gateway to Art History - Compiled for Gardner's Art Through the Ages THIS IS A MUST SEE FOR ANY ART HISTORY STUDENT!!!!

Getty Provenance Index - provides access to multiple databases on the history of the ownership of works of art, gathered from sales catalogues, archival records, and museum files.

Getty Vocabulary Program for Art and Architecture Research Tools and Vocabulary Databases

Nixnet Midieval Art History Medieval Art Displays

University of Michigan's Mother of all Art History Links 

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Periods and Movements    Top 

Architecture - History of Western Architecture

Art Movements and Periods - a definition guide

World Wide Art Resources - Guide to Art Movements

Ancient Art - yahoo guide

Founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement An anthology of writings on interior design

Bauhaus - The Bahaus School Germany 1919-1931

Dadaism From "Dada Manifesto" [1918] and "Lecture on Dada" [1922],

International Dada Archive International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa Libraries

DaDa Online What is DaDa?

Expressionism - Webmuseum

Les Fauves - Art movement of the 20th Century

Islamic Art - Nour Foundation The Nasser D. Khalili Collection

Italian Futurism Definition and History

Futurism Manifestos and other resources

Harlem Renaissance - life. movement. creativity.

Hudson River School Painters over 1,000 images of Hudson River School Paintings

Impressionism - Webmuseum

The first Impressionists Show 1874 exhibit

NetSERF- The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources

Medieval Art medieval art links

Medieval Architechture medieval architechture links

Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts - Yahoo guide

WWW POP Art Index of Pop-Artists

Investigating the Renaissance Investigation in Art

La Renaissance - WebMuseum

National Gallery of Art - Italian Painting of the 15th Century

Northern Renaissance ArtWeb A collection of links for exploring the Renaissance of the North.

Rococo - French Art

Surrealism 1924-1940

Surrealism - Webmuseum

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Art Studio    Top

Art Studio Chalkboard - instruction in drawing and painting

Drawing Materials and Drawing Techniques Guide and Glossary

PaintersStudio.com - Site is dedicated to the study and use of artist's materials and techniques.

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Crafts    Top

Arts n Crafts - Activities for Pre-Schoolers

Activities with ELMERS Glue includes a teacher's lounge and suggested activities for kids

Crayola Creativity Central - you would be amazed at all the activities you can do using Crayolas

Idea Box's Craft Recipes - learn how to make your own clay, colored pasta and much more!

Idea Box's Crafts - Craft activities explained and marked as to age appropriateness

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Ceramics    Top

The CeramicsWeb databases of glaze recipes and material analyses, links to other sites, health and safety information

The Pottery Studio knowledge base for collectors, students and lovers of all kinds of pottery

Clay Art - Discussion by Subject

The World of Greek Vases An introduction to the Greek vases

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Performing Arts    Top

Performing Arts Yahoo links

Puppetry Homepage Tonda Traditional Japanese Bunraku Puppets

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Drama    Top

Playwrights Project List of Preformances

 

One Act Plays you can download

        Dramatic Exchange

        Catalog of One Act Plays
 

National Standards for Theatre Education

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Photography    Top

A History of Photography from its beginnings till the 1920s

American Photography - A Century of Images

America's First Look into the Camera - Library of Congress Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839 - 1864

American Museum of Photography Exhibit Guide

The Photography Collection of the Denver Public Library Gallery

Selected Civil War Photographs - Library of Congress

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