Visual Arts Dictionary for artists, students and educators—art
production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education
You will find definitions of more than 3,100 terms, along with
numerous illustrations, pronunciation notes, great quotations, and links to
other resources on the Web.
A searchable guide to
museum-quality fine art on the Internet includes over 16,000 links to the works
of 6,000 different artists. Also includes direct links to museum internet sites
at
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/museums.html
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Mark
Harden’s Artchive is a searchable database of visual artists and art movements.
It is virtual art museum with galleries of Masters' works, art theory and
criticism
http://www.nmaa.si.edu/home.html
The
online branch of the Smithsonian devoted to U.S. artists from colonial to
modern times.
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/index.html
Helios photography online, includes
links to other photography sites
http://www.ou.edu/finearts/music/prideout/arthome.htm
This
site is a web-based course in integrated Arts and Humanities for secondary
school students. Each template follows the following matrix:
1.
Historical Information
2.
Topic Areas: History, Culture, Philosophy, Literature,
Architecture, Art, and Music
3.
Specific Study Areas: Persons, Forms, Styles, and Terms
http://sunsite.dk/cgfa CGFA (Carol Gerten's Fine Arts)
A comprehensive database of artists’ works and biographies Access
database by artist, timeframe, or nationality
http://www.thinker.org/index.html
Fine
Arts Museum of San Francisco, An Imagebase of 65,000
works of art
The
complete history of the discovery of Cinematography offers an illustrated
chronology of the development of motion pictures over a period of 2,500 years.
ArtMagick
is a virtual museum displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the
19th/20th centuries (e.g. Symbolist, Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelite,
Gothic/Romantic). This site places an emphasis on displaying works of art by
artists who have been forgotten or neglected in recent years.
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/index1.html
The
Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European
painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods
(1150-1750), currently containing over 5,000 reproductions. Biographies,
commentaries, guided tours are available.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/archweb_noframes.html
Architecture Web
Sites ...many architecture links arranged by broad topic
http://www.newsday.com/nd1/nygalmus.htm
New York—Manhattan, Brooklyn and
Queens— galleries and museums
http://www.newsday.com/nd1/ligalmus.htm
Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Newsday’s internet site lists
current museum and gallery exhibits. Information includes hours, admission
prices and addresses
This site provides an overview of the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collections on display. Click on an area of the museum floor plan and browse the works from that collection.
http://metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp
…interactive
“explore and learn” activities from the museum’s collection
The Louvre Museum, Paris, virtual tours of galleries available
Take a virtual trip to Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. See Rembrandt’s etchings and work of Albrecht Durer.
The Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org/onlineprojects/artsafari/index.html
Art Safari an adventure in looking for children and adults
Includes a wide range of activities including making “fantastic animals” on the computer
http://www.whitney.org/index.html
American Voices introduces art works from the Whitney’s Permanent Collection. The tour features the voices of notable artists, authors, and scholars as well as curators, all of whom bring multiple perspectives to the works.
The Solomom R. Guggenheim Museum
The Asia Society
The Brooklyn Museum
Museum for African Art
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org
The Jewish Museum
The Frick Collection
El Museo Del Barrio
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Institution, National Design Museum
WebExhibits.com...a collection of
interesting and exemplary Web-based exhibits
http://webexhibits.org/dir/a/index.html
Web-based exhibits in the creative arts including Visual arts, Performance & drama, Design arts, Art history, Literature, Folk & crafts, Conservation & science, Fashion, Cinema, Dance
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Museums_and_Exhibits
Yahoo’s directory of Museums and Exhibits
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Museums__Galleries__and_Centers/
Yahoo’s directory of Art Museums and Exhibits
http://www.wwar.com/
World wide art resources This interactive arts gateway will give you access to artists, museums, galleries, high quality art, art history, arts education, antiques, dance, theater,
A useful guide to over 33,000 museums worldwide
WWW Virtual Library : Museums
...links
to online exhibits, museum servers, and information about museums around the
world and in the United States http://www.icom.org/vlmp/usa.html
http://www.pbs.org/harmony/soundlounge/index.html
The sound lounge includes 6 interactive musical activities.
http://www.creatingmusic.com/index.html
. . .an evolving environment for
online music creation and exploration.
. . .web site for the New York Philharmonic
http://www.nyphilkids.org/index.html
New York Philharmonic Kidzone with many interactive activities—meet conductors, soloists, learn about and create instruments,
Celebrating Duke Ellingtton, a collaborative site by the National Museum of American History, Kennedy Center’s Artsedge and Music Educators National Conference
http://www.dellington.org/lessons/lesson00.html
includes interactive lessons based on listening to Ellington’s music
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Metropolitan Opera
New York City Opera
New York City Ballet
http://www.newyorkmall.com/lincolncenter.html
New York Mall includes links to
Metropolitan Opera
New York City Opera
New York Philharmonic
American Ballet Theatre
New York City Ballet
Jazz at Lincoln Center
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Film Society of Lincoln Center
http://www.abt.org/dictionary/index.html
American Ballet Theatre’s Online Directory includes an online dictionary of dance terms with video demonstrations of dance positions and movements.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/
Explore the creative process of
movie making from the screenwriter's words to the editor's final cut. Write
your own dialogue for a scene or put yourself in a producer's shoes by managing
the production of a film. Includes excellent links.
The Smithsonian American Art
Museum created the New Media Learning Environments project to make the museum's
collection and other resources available online.
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/education/kids/cappy/main.html
Bottlecaps to Brushes- Kids Corner, the Smithsonian American Art Museum's interactive art room for children, with activities kids can do at home.
http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/
The Brooklyn Expedition Web site
is a collaborative project of the Brooklyn Children's Museum, the Brooklyn
Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Public Library. Kids can explore the Brooklyn
Children's Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Public Library
all in one website!
http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/latin/Default.htm
explore
the arts and culture of Latin America
http://www.nga.gov
National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
Adventures with Art, activities and projects for kids
http://www.SeattleArtMuseum.org
http://www.SeattleArtMuseum.org/kids/default.htm
http://www.SeattleArtMuseum.org/Exhibitions/DI/default.htm
Create your own personal online art exhibit. Guides students through the process of creating an art exhibit from the museum’s collection. It also provides and opportunity for students to learn about the curatorial process and visually analyze and interpret the artwork.
With a click of your mouse, take a trip to Paris and learn why this kind of painting was so shocking when it first hit the scene.
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html
@rt Room, Includes many ideas for
creating and learning about art; a site for Elementary school age kids and
their parents
VISUAL ART
Smithsonian Institute, National
Museum of African Art
Celebrates the rich visual
tradition and diverse cultures of Africa to foster an appreciation for African
art
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm
African Americans in the Visual Arts
http://www.asianart.com/index.html
Resources and links to Asian Art collections
NativeTech : Native American
Technology and Art
...detailed background on the
history, development (and instruction)s of Native American art and crafts
includes links to related sites
http://www.pathfinder.com/photo/index.html
Time Life Photo Sight
...a presentation of photographs
and photo essays from Time's extensive photo collection
SCIENCE
This page contains links to public
museums worldwide with a strong emphasis on interactive
science education.
Web site of the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
http://www.osc.on.ca/JustFun/InteractiveZone/izonepages/menu.htm
The Ontario Science Center with interactive activity demonstrating subtractive and additive primary colors (at colour play).
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History’s web site for kids
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. It provides collection-based research and learning for greater public understanding and appreciation of the world in which we live.
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/ua/default.htm
An underground adventure
The Tech, Museum of Innovation
http://www.thetech.org/hyper/satellite/
…build a satellite
The Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
America's Story from America's Library! A fun site for America’s kids and families. Discover the stories of America’s past —Meet Amazing Americans, Jump back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play, and See, Hear and Sing
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/activity/index.html
Activities
from American Memory, Library of Congress
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.Americanhistory.si.edu
National Museum of American History
http://www.wnet.org/archive/tenement
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
The National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian
Institution
The Virtual Smithsonian
http://www.ellisisland.org/ellis.html
The Ellis Island Immigration Museum
http://216.157.9.6/civilrights/main.htm
The National Civil Rights Museum mission is to assist the public in understanding the lessons of the Civil Rights Movement and its impact and influence on human rights movements worldwide. Web site includes a multimedia tour of the museum’s exhibits