Artists

African-American Artists in the Visual Arts
A database for a historic perspective on black visual artists.
Apache art
American Indian, photos, storytelling.
Carol Gerten's Fine Art
A virtual gallery of famous paintings complete with biographies of the artists.
Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
Various Renaissance artists.
Knowledgefarm
Good resources site for the arts.
Walkers show case
Showcase gallery’ allows schools to display children’s stories, poetry, drawings and even sporting and musical achievements.
Women Artists in History
Women artists in history from medieval to 20th century artists.
World Artist Directory
Details on artists and styles and a range of lesson activities.

Galleries

Art Safari
Gives children an introduction to the museum and its collections.
Chateau of Versailles
The official guide to the Chateau of Versailles.
The Fluxus Indian Museum - Coon Rapids, Iowa
Fluxus indians historical archives discovered in Iowa in 1984. Suitable for A-Level.
The Louvre, Paris
The official site of the Louvre museum.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Useful for supportive material for project work.
MUVA - Virtual Museum of Arts, El Pais
An interactive virtual gallery with an interesting navigation system.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
Shows the work of women artists form many periods throughout art history.
Silahis art
Provides gallery space for artists and crafts people to display their work. Silahis, a Filipino word, meaning a ray of Sunshine.
The Tate Gallery
The Tate Gallery national collections of British art and international modern art.
The Web Gallery of Art
A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture between 1200 and 1700.
WebMuseum,Paris
Famous artists and a themes section covering 1280 to the present day.
World Museums/Galleries
A collection of web services connected with museums around the world.

General

AccessArt
Online visual art educational workshops.
Artchive: Theory and Criticism
Art history writings from the greatest writers on art.
Art History Resources on the Web
Extensive and comprehensive list of sites that are conveniently arranged into art history periods.
ArtisanCam
BETT award winning and two times BAFTA nominated FREE arts education website. Introduces key stage 2 & 3 schoolchildren and their teachers to the world of contemporary visual art in fun and exciting ways.
Colourcube
An educational toy, useful for teaching colour theory and the concepts of RGB and CMYK colour systems.
Eyes On Art
Assemble your own gallery from a selection of. Suitable for Key Stage Three and Four.
Wadsworth Art
For teachers dealing with the history of art for specialists and non-specialists.
Inside Art
Interesting site for true escapists. This site is ideal for 10 year olds upwards.
National Curriculum for Art
National Curriculum requirements for art at all key stages.
National Society for Education in Art & Design
Bookshop you can order from an extensive catalogue of books about art education.
Online Glossary
Theory and criticism for the visual arts from Okanagan University, Canada.

Photography

George Eastman House
Useful timeline of historical photographic events as well as showing the Eastman photography collections.
A History of Photography by Dr. Robert Leggat
Comprehensive history of photography from its very beginnings to the 1920s.
Oatmeal Box Pin Hole Photography by Stewart Lewis Woodruff
Good for an introduction to the photographic process, suitable for Key Stages 3 and 4.
The Penultimate Pinhole Page by John Malcolm
Pinhole photography, its history and theory.



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