Resources: Curriculum Resources - Art

A Brush with Wildlife

Carl Rungius, one of America's finest wildlife artists, was fascinated with composition throughout his career. What can we learn from him as we make our own compositions? Introduce yourself to the animated principles of art, then create your own composition and submit it to the Critique Gallery for review!

ArtLex

Here you will find definitions of more than 3,100 art terms here, along with illustrations, pronunciation notes, quotations, and links to other resources on the Web.

Ceramics Web

The SDSU CeramicsWeb is an experimental web site for ceramics. It includes a such things as databases of glaze recipes and material analyses, links to other ceramics web sites, health and safety information, and a variety of educational materials related to ceramics.

Cesar E. Chavez: Model Curriculum and Resources for Teachers

Information provided on these Web pages is a standards-based model curriculum on the life and work of Cesar E. Chavez. The curriculum is provided for grades Kindergarten through 12, with biographies, pictures, audio clips, video clips, and other resources provided to help teachers prepare lessons for this California State holiday.

J. Paul Getty

The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarship, and conservation.

Making Paper Resources

This is a list of some great resources for helping students learn about Manufacturing in Ohio - with a focus on making paper. Links for making your own paper in the classroom, links to resources about paper manufacturing and general manufacturing resources can help teachers meet the Academic Content Standards for Science, Economics and Technology.

National Art Education Association (NAEA)

The NAEA site for educators from every level of art instruction, as well as arts administration and museum education.

Smithsonian: American Art

Resources for students and teachers.

The Little Artist

Great free stuff for your classroom....

The National Gallery of Art Online

Features a number online tours of collections from the national Gallery of Art. Be sure to take a look at the sites Teacher Exchange section (http://www.nga.gov/education/teachers.htm) to find interdisciplinary curriculum materials.

Art History Links for Research and Enjoyment

Art Links for research and enjoyment.

Art History Network Home Page

Topics include: Artists, Civilizations, Historical Eras.

ArtCyclopedia

We have compiled a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. We have started out by covering the biggest and best sites around, and have links for most well-known artists to keep you surfing for hours. Update February/2002: We have now indexed 1200 arts sites, and offer more than 32,000 links to an estimated 100,000 works by 7,500 renowned artists.

ArtSource

ArtSource is a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc. This site is intended to be selective, rather than comprehensive.

Edsitement

Edsitement brings together the best of the humanities on the web. It is a constantly growing collection of the most valuable online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages. EDSITEment is a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI WorldCom, and the National Trust for the Humanities.

Link-O-Pedia: Art History

Links to several sites about Art History.

Yahoo: Arts>Art History>Periods and Movements

Yahoo's UK and Ireland Dirctory of links to Art History Periods and Movements.