Middle School Art

General Resources

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
...an electronic exhibition catalog of the Bayly Art Museum at the University of Virginia

 ArtsEdNet
...an online service developed by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, supports the needs of the K-12 arts education community

Artsource.
.."a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture and original materials"

Internet for the Fine Arts
...a general listing of art sites for the fine arts

Internet Public Library: Arts
...the nonutilitarian arts, arts concerned primarily with the creation of beauty; this heading does not include performance.

 Native American Art
..." a collection of Native American artistic symbols portraying powerful people, powerful places and powerful objects."

World Art Treasures
...a collection of art from Egypt, China, Japan, India and Europe

 World Wide Arts Resources
...the "Largest Gateway to the Arts", over 500 arts categories.

Artists

African American Artists
...A searchable site by artist. Short biographies and photos of nearly 140 African American Artists.

Art History: Artists
...YAHOO!'s listing of artists' sites. Includes architects, collections, illustrators, painters, photographers, printmakers, and sculptors.

Art in South Africa
... A collection of sites. Biographies and a small gallery of artists works are available as well as information to art events and general galleries throughout South Africa.

 Surrealist Artists-Female
...biographical information from Whitney Chadwick's book Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement.

World of Escher
...M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist, most recognized for spatial illusions, impossible buildings, repeating geometric patterns (tessellations), and his incredible techniques in woodcutting and lithography.

Women Artists
... An electronic encyclopedia of world artists. Each biography is accompanied with a representative sampling of the artitst's work

Museums

The ASU Art Museum
...significant works from the permanent collection including Georgia O'Keefe, Latin American artists and Arizona artists

 French Arts
...links to museums, exhibitions, history, literature, music, theather, opera and festivals in the French Arts.

Louvre Museum
... contents: Treasures of The Louvre, Louvre Scrapbook, A short history of the Museum / A short history of the Building, Louvre Basics / Organization of the collections, Louvre Floor Plan

Metropolitan Museum of Art
...The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the largest and finest art museums in the world, includes more than two million works of art. This site is designed to give visitors an overview of the collections on display in the Museum's galleries.

National Museum of American Art
...Smithsonian's site with tours of exhibits, floor plans, etc.

Vatican Exhibit-Main Hall
...Welcome to the Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit.

Techniques

 African Art
.. an electronic exhibition catalog

Arts Education
... online services supporting arts education from Getty Educational Institute for the Arts

ArtShow
..Artists working in a variety of media demonstrate their techniques with step-by-step illustrations

Canada: Inuit Sculpture
..description and photographs of regional styles of Inuit Sculpture

Fascinating Folds: Japanese origami
...resource for ordering supplies and books for origami

Sculpture
...resources from the International Sculpture Center