Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Louis C. Tiffany
Louis C. Tiffany created fabulous mosaics, stained-glass windows, Favrile glass, lamps, enamels, ceramics, jewelry, metalwork, drawings and paintings. This site provides details on his life and work with wonderful images to explore.
Peabody Essex Museum
Peabody Essex Museum: Perfect Imbalance: Exploring Chinese Aesthetics
An exploration of Chinese Aesthetics. Includes images and descriptions of artifacts, the history of Chinese art, and lesson plans.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 5: 3 D Art
This fifth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of three-dimensional art. Students learn about sculpture and its history, government-funded art works, and controversy in art. They look at other types of 3-D...
University of Arizona
University of Arizona Press: Hohokam Indians of the Tucson Basin
A look at the Hohokam people, their predecessors in the Tucson Basin, and a description of the physical environment in which the Hohokam lived. Subsequent chapters detail their culture, lifestyle, and archaeological interpretations of...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries: Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites [Pdf]
An extremely detailed and comprehensive publication from the Smithsonian concerning the anthropology of the Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Native North American Art
The MFA's collection of Native American art traces its origins to the 1870s, when the Museum opened to the public. Includes Navajo weavings, Zuni Pueblo pottery, and Plains beadwork. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: The Fremont People
Learn about the Fremont people and make Fremont-style pottery.
University of Michigan
Univerisity of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World: Storage and Cooking
Pottery used for food storage and transportation of liquids offers insight into Egyptian daily life. See pictures of many different styles of pottery.
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World Greek Pottery
This resource presents a description of the pottery trade of ancient Greece and the areas they traded. It includes links to further information on related subjects.
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World Greek Pottery
This resource addresses all of the products that ancient Greeks traded. It describes how pottery was important not only as artwork but also to contain other traded goods.
Teach Pottery
Teach Pottery: Ceramics and Pottery
Loaded with teaching resources for anyone wanting to explore clay with their students. Includes six teaching units for the ceramics studio.
Other
Logan Museum of Anthropology: Hohokam
The focus of this museum site is the pottery of the Hohokam that can be seen on exhibit. There is a short descrption of the Hohokam culture along with the examples of the Hohokam Buff Ware.
Other
Native American Indian Art
This site provides illustrations and descriptions of Native American art and painting. Visual sampling of many Native American artists.
Other
Spode Exhibition Online | Spode Timeline 1733 1833
History, business, and pottery detailed in this Spode exhibit.
Other
Oral History Digital Collection
First-person narratives of northeastern Ohioans who have participated in, or closely observed events which have significantly affected both the state and nation.
The British Museum
The British Museum: Indus Valley
This interactive site offers students an online glossary, as well as a game of matching pieces of pottery, spending the day with the maker's son, and exploring the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Creative Canjos [Pdf]
Creative Canjos is an interdisciplinary unit that teaches American History through Folk Art and Folk Music. The students began the project in Art class. They were introduced to American Folk Art through a teacher made iMovie. The iMovie...
Other
Pbs Teachers: Harding Black (Master Potter): An American Treasure
Search a collection of lesson plans, written by Texas art educators, about San Antonio-based potter Harding Black. Each lesson corresponds to a video clip from a feature-length program about the artist. Topics covered include balance and...
Other
The New Orleans Museum of Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art features Faberge jewels and Louisiana art and decorative arts, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, and African art, along with paintings and photographs from Europe and America. Click on the highlights of the...
Smithsonian Institution
Archives of American Art: Digging for Clay
A selection of letters, writings, photographs, interviews and other primary sources documenting American artists working in clay.
ArgentinaXplora.com
Argentinaexplora.com: La Ceramica en Las Culturas Precolombinas
Spanish content; this article looks at prehispanic pottery and ceramic work from cultures in the region of Argentina.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Household Utensils and Materials
A fascinating look inside the home of a common Egyptian to see the utensils needed for running a household. Read about the containers, tools, pottery, and sewing tools.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Pottery
Pottery was used in Egypt across the ages. Read about the kinds of clay used, the foreign influences on the shapes of pottery, and the many uses of pottery.
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.