Curated OER
Action/Reaction: Art and Politics
Students examine three images that were responses to social and political turmoil World War I and II. In this political art lesson, students analyze and discuss the example art. Students create a word poem, a collage, and their own...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Fernand Leger
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Leger's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
PBS
Art21: Louise Bourgeois
A great site by PBS that features a biography on the artist and links to art work, videos clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages. In all, a very informative site.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Fernand Leger
This presentation has an extensive image archive features thumbnails and full-screen images of several paintings by this French Cubist.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Personified Sculpture
After learning about Fernand Leger's sculpture, students will learn basic concepts of modern dance, create their own movements, select sounds or music, and combine all of these in a modern dance performance.
Tate
Tate Online I Map: "Still Life With a Beer Mug" by Fernand Leger
This resource provides "Still Life with a Beer Mug" by French cubist painter Fernand Leger. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
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.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Edge and Outline
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson plan is on edge and outline and the artwork studied is Fernand Leger's Divers on a Black Background. The animation...
Other
They, the People
Contains a lengthy description of Fernand Leger's works and their possible meanings, with some biographical details.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Fernand Leger
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Fernand Leger.