My Learning
My Learning: Self Image
Explore the many different ways to create a self-portrait by looking at four artists who each take a different approach.
Other
Velazquez: Las Meninas
This site is an inventive look at the world of Velazquez through his painting, Las Meninas.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: John Singleton Copely
This site lists museums, galleries, image archives, and web sites online which exhibit John Singleton Copely's art. A few periodical articles are also included.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Portrait
A very good website on portraits and portraiture. Provides a good defintition of portrait and several examples of portraits from different eras and cultures in history. Includes many quotes by artists concerning their attitudes towards...
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: John Singleton Copley
This resource from the CGFA and Carol Gerten-Jackson features images and a biography of American artist John Singleton Copley. The images are thumbnails of his paintings, which can be accessed for larger pictures.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Girl With a Pearl Earring
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides some detailed information and an image of Vermeer's famous portrait of a mysterious young girl. Click to see a Vermeer biography.
EL Education
El Education: Willie Mays Poster
A colored pencil portrait of Willie Mays created by a 6th grade student at Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. This original artwork provides exemplary work to which other students may aspire.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arrangement of Flesh Colour and Black
Resource provides a painting "Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret," description and history of the painting.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Susan Walker Morse
View an image of the portrait "Susan Walker Morse-The Muse." Includes descriptions and other information.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Robert Brackman
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Robert Brackman is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with portraits and still lifes.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Art Picasso
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews some characteristics of Picasso's style of painting and invites students to draw their own Picasso portrait! It includes some Activote questions and some excellent websites for...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: "George Washington" by Edward Savage
This is Edward Savage's portrait of George Washington, as well as some information on the painting.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Hood Museum of Art
Designed by architect Charles Moore, the Hood Museum of Art has a permanent collection ranging from Ancient and Asian to Modern and Contemporary Art. Of special note are American portrait paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries,...
The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery,london: Ite About 'Elias Ashmole'
This painting by John Riley is a portrait of Elias Ashmole, the founder of the Ashmolean Museum. Learn a little bit about the museum, the painting, and the patron.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Revolutionary War: Portraits: James Hull
The National Park Service has posted portraits of people that lived in the the early history of the English colonies, including General William Hull. Here you will find a description of the history of his portrait as well as a brief...
The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery, London: Ite: 'Madame De Pompadour at Her Tambour Frame'
See an example of how one teacher used the painting of Madame de Pompadour in her classroom to develop a lesson for a personal still life.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Raphael
Enlarged image from Olga's Gallery of Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi
Other
Nbmaa/ Grant Wood/ Sentimental Ballad
Grant Wood's artwork "Sentimental Ballad" is shown and a brief overview of highlights of the artist's work with the film industry.