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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago: Revealing Picasso

For Students 9th - 10th
Using new technology related to examining artwork, The Art Institute of Chicago was able to uncover unknown details about one of Picasso's most famous works, "The Old Guitarist." Fascinating discoveries and technological processes make...
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Other

Tout Fait: The Marcel Duchamp Studies Online Journal

For Students 9th - 10th
Online publication dedicated to Marcel Duchamp. There are sections dedicated to music, art, literature, notes, interviews and more.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Cubism/art Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives brief history of the cubism movement listing artists of the period and the evolved. envolved. Lists other movements such as Purism, Futurism, Orphism, Orphism, and a chronological listing of cubist artists, with links to those...
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Kinder Art

Kinderart: Daydreaming With Marc Chagall

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
The goal of this lesson plan is to explore the concepts of surrealism and early cubism that Chagall portrayed in his work. Students will create works of art inspired by artist Marc Chagall's painting I and the Village.
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BBC

Bbc: Simon Schama's Power of Art: Picasso

For Students 9th - 10th
From the BBC's documentary series on art "Simon Schama's Power of Art", this is the web-page synopsis version of the program on the Spanish master modernist painter Pablo Picasso.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Paul Cezanne

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMuseum's page on artist Paul Cezanne contains links to a biography, which details his life and gives examples and information on his works; a critique of him and his works; an examination of the themes of his works; and many pictures...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Paul Klee

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of artist Paul Klee whose paintings combine surrealism, cubism, and abstract styles. Examines "The Golden Fish" and Klee's representation of fear and death in his work. Also features examination of "Ad Parnassum."
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Juan Gris

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of the Juan Gris. Includes a picture gallery of his main works.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Malevich Kasimir

For Students 9th - 10th
This site was created by The Web Museum, about the Russian painter and designer, Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935 CE). Provides information about his life, examples of his work, and a few links to more information.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Paul Cezanne

For Students 9th - 10th
This website is an interesting biography on Paul Cezanne, the French painter whose works evolved from one style into another. Links to related sites included.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Art Nouveau

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Exhibitions: Picasso Guitars: 1912 14

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition focuses on two cubist works by Picasso that showcase the artist's incessant inventiveness with traditional media and found objects.
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Other

Columbus Museum of Art: Curator's View: Picasso Cubist Still Life

For Students 9th - 10th
See the cubist still life painting 'Still Life with Compote and Glass' by Pablo Picasso, in this Curator's View series description and image from the Columbua Museum of Art.
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Other

Ask Art: Max Weber

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides links to many different topics surrounding the artist, Max Weber.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold: Charles Demuth

For Students 9th - 10th
View a picture of Charles Demuth's painting "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold," and read how it was inspired by his friendship with poet William Carlos Williams and his poem "The Great Figure."
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Esphyr Slobodkina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographical information on Esphyr Slobodkina, a Cubist artist whose sphere of influence included children's books. The online exhibit includes images and descriptions of several of her works.
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Cool Fire Technology

Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods

For Students 9th - 10th
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Eleanor De Laittre

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Eleanor De Laittre is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her variety of paintings, some (if not most) of which were influenced by Cubism.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Analytic Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
In this essay, a professor explains Cubism to his class using a cold cup of coffee.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mondrian, Composition With Red, Blue, and Yellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Piet Mondrian's painting, "Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow", is a collection of rectilinear forms, squares, and rectangles defined by vertical and horizontal lines. His style is called Neo-Plasticism or "The New Plastic Painting"....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cubism and Its Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge on the impact of Cubism.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Gertrude Stein

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to several interesting photos of Gertrude Stein.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Stuart Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by WebMuseum, gives a short biography of the artist Stuart Davis and a gallery of 12 of his works.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Picasso and Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from WebMuseum gives a brief, but accurate, description and history of cubism.