Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Arms and Armor
Illustrated essay addresses some common misconceptions and answers some frequently asked questions about knights and the armor that they wore.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Metkids: Time Machine
Pick a time period, place, and idea, then hop in the time machine and explore the museum.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Special Topics in Art History: Seeing America
A course on looking at American history through art. Should be cross-checked against smarthistory.org.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Making of Athenian Painted Ceramic Vases
In this article, we'll examine the process used for making decorated vases in the region of Attica-dominated by the city of Athens and its environs-during the Archaic and Classical periods. Making decorated vases involved several steps:...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Abakanowicz on the Roof
"On the Roof" refers to the location of her art. This installation artist has found a home on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Thematic Essays: Architecture in Ancient Greece
Short thematic essay on the architecture of ancient Greece touches on a number of different aspects of Greek architecture, including the Greek architectural orders, the role of the architect, the quarrying of stone, and building practices.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Lascaux (Ca. 15,000 b.c.)
An illustrated explanation of the earliest artistic representations attributable to human hands found in caves at Lascaux, France.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Chauvet Cave (Ca. 30,000 b.c.)
A short, illustrated article about the prehistoric cave paintings found in a cave in southern France.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Empires of the Western Sudan: Songhai Empire
This site provides a brief article about the Songhai Empire, the last major empire of the western Sudan.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art: Elizabethan England
Examples and explanatory notes of Tudor art, armor, and decorative objects from the Metropolitan's collections.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Birth of Islam
Illustrated essay explains, in a few short paragraphs, the significance of Muhammad, the Koran, and Mecca as central to the origin of the Islamic faith.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Shinto
Short illustrated essay about Shinto.
Curated OER
A View on Cities: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)