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Student Work

Artists

Our web links will lead you to fascinating sites to find contemporary and ancient art, artists bios, art movements, ancient ruins and archeological sites. Check out the 'fun and games'. You'll find some challenging visual puzzles to play with.

American Museums

The Isabell Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston) 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) 5,000 years of Art

The Museum of Fine Arts  (Boston) 

MoMA /The Museum of Modern Art (New York)

The National Gallery of Art (Wash. D.C.) 

Solomon Guggenheim Museum  New York, Soho, Berlin, Bilbao, Venice

Smithsonian Institute  (Wash. D.C.) 

The NMNH Virtual Tour  Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). 

The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) http://www.whitney.org/

General  Art Reference

ArtLex - dictionary of visual art
A Visual Arts Dictionary for artists and students in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education. You will find definitions of more than 3,100 terms here along with numerous illustrations, pronunciation notes, great quotations, and links to other resources on the Web.  NOTE: Names of artists and titles of works are noted only within articles about terms. They are not listed as terms themselves. http://artlex.com/ 

 
WebMuseum: Bienvenue!   WebMuseum network delivering over 10 million documents world-wide. TIP: go to Famous Paintings

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
 

ARTSEDGE: For Students ARTSEDGE    KENNEDY-CENTER Thematic Links Student Research Pages are collections of annotated links grouped along a thematic line, providing accurate information for students.

Web Spotlight - For Students links to the section of ARTSEDGE's Web Spotlight that features links for students, primarily K-8.
 
 



Student Work Links

ARTSEDGE: For StudentsWeb Spotlight - By Students links to the section ARTSEDGE's Web Spotlight that features sites primarily showcasing student created artwork and stories.

Artists

Escher

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ws/edu.html  --- scroll to world of  Escher
 
Image Galleries & Exhibitions (Getty ArtsEdNet) ArtsEdNet Image Galleries & Exhibitions 
ArtsEdNet's virtual exhibition, which includes all the art that appears on the Web site, as well as artworks from featured programs.
University of Minnesota Libraries - Fine Arts Library    FINE ARTS COLLECTION Wilson Library * offers a selected list of some useful art sites and their addresses on the World Wide Web. 
 

Fiber Artists

Creative Fibre, the New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society.  brings together spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers, flax workers, felters, crocheters, free form fibre artists and all other people involved in the use of fibre.  Return to Top of Page
 
 

Art From Other Cultures

Pre-Historic Art

The NMNH Virtual Tour exhibits at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).  The Museum displays treasures of nature and of humankind. 

Egyptian Art

The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology: The University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology home page
 

The NMNH Virtual Tour  Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). 

Greek Art

EMBASSY OF GREECE: Archaeological site THE ISLANDS OF GREECE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
 

The NMNH Virtual Tour  Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). 
 

Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology This document collects links to internet resources of interest to classicists and Mediterranean archaeologists. This site is maintained on a workstation provided by the Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan.
 

Perseus Lookup Tool  Arts and Archeology: Perseus Project, Tufts University 

Asian Art

Sharjah Islamic Museum - Museum Information
Sharjah Islamic Museum - Islamic China & Pottery Hall

Native Art of the Americas

Pre-Historic Artifacts of Anguilla- Anguilla Local News  The Anguilla National Trust has a fantastic collection of Amerindian artifacts, many over 1000 years old.
 

 Maya Art and Books: preHispanic archaeology and ancient artifacts of Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras
 

Jaguar God of the Underworld clay figure, Maya art in Mexico, CICOM_5_big
 

vgalleries  Totem Poles of BC , Northwest Coast Art, First Nations Basketry, The Archaeology of Britain, Ceramic figures of Central and South America. Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
 

Untitled BUENAS DIAS AMIGOS      BIENVENIDOS  to the wonderful realm of Latin American Archaeology. Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
 

The NMNH Virtual Tour  Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).
 

Informational Links on Southwest Indian Art    list of links to sites that we consider the best sources of information on the art of the Native Americans of the Southwest    http://www.penfieldgallery.com/links.html
 

Native American Archaeology Resources on the Internet 

Indian Art

The NMNH Virtual Tour  Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)

African Art

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning   An Electronic Exhibition Catalogue, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
 

AFRICA: THE ART OF A CONTINENT  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Fun and Games

sodaplay the online toy where you can build and play with things made out of masses, springs and muscles.

 

 

COLORCUBE Home Page This website features color puzzles, downloadable screensavers, a color playground and resources to help you learn about three-dimensional color. 

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