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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Edgar Degas

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia maintains an impressive list of links to museum sites and archives where images of Degas's work can be viewed. The museum sites, especially, often include curatorial commentaries about exhibited works to aid understanding...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Giorgio De Chirico: Greek/italian Surrealist Painter

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains several links to Giorgio de Chirico's famous paintings.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Edward Hopper, American Scene Painter, 1882 1967

For Students 9th - 10th
You'll find Hopper's famous paintings in museums and galleries across the U.S. and around the world.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Art Nouveau

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia gives a brief overview of what Art Nouveau is. Also it contains a chronological listing of Art Nouveau artists with links to find out more about each artist.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Robert Indiana

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia contains several links related to Robert Indiana's artworks.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: High Renaissance Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological listing of artists from the High Renaissance. This list covers the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Works of art and biographies available with each name.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Gustave Courbet

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia offers to Museums and Galleries on the internet that exhibit art work. On this page you will find links to Gustave Courbet. Many of Courbet's paintings contain nudes and may not be appropriate for grades 5-7.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Karel Appel: Dutch Abstract Expressionist Painter

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains several links to Karel Appel's famous paintings.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Morris Louis: American Abstract Expressionist Painter

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are links to Louis Morris' famous paintings from galleries and museums around the world.
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Website
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Mathematics of Cartography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can there be a connection between map making and math? Explore the mathematics of cartography in this resource that integrates web-based instruction, mathematical problem solving, geometry, history, and art. Interesting information and...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Beauty & Happiness: How Do We Define Beauty?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How do we define beauty?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
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University of Pennsylvania

Penn Library: Books of Hours

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains information about the Book of Hours: a private prayer book, liturgies or calendar. "In Books of Hours are preserved some of the finest works of medieval art." Seven Book of Hours with descriptions are shown. Though...
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Website
Other

Exploradome: Exploradome

For Teachers 1st - 9th
The Exploradome is an interactive discovery museum of science. This museum is aimed at all ages from 4 years to adults.
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Website
Other

My studios.com: Lavinia Fontana (1552 1614)

For Students 9th - 10th
A general, easy to read, biography with links to two art images.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Yaxchilan Lintels 24 & 25 From Structure 23 & Structures 33 & 40

For Students 9th - 10th
Yaxchilan is host to an impressive number of structures and monuments-over 100-and is especially famous for its high-quality relief carvings. Specifically the lintels exemplify the skilled carving of Maya artists at Yaxchilan-and the...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Magic Mirror Paint

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Magic Mirror Paint is an online art activity that allows users to create their own magic mirror masterpiece! With a huge pallet of colors and lots of fun tools, the only limit is your own imagination!
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Key Points

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information explaining how artists use their art to challenge and critique the world around them.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Welcome to Tate on Khan Academy

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information about Tate art galleries and the materials they have available through Khan Academy.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Big Question: Why Is Art Important?

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information and a video [0:30] asking the question, "Why is art important?"
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Big Question: What Have We Learned?

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information and extended thinking questions about art.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Raising of the Widow's Son From the Dead (Magdeburg Panel)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Magdeburg Panel is one of a group of sixteen ivory plaques depicting a cycle of scenes from the Life of Christ. The original set, numbering forty or fifty, decorated a large piece of church furniture in Magdeburg Cathedral.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Goddess of White Umbrella: Buddhist Deity Ushnisha Sitatapatra

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goddess of the White Umbrella (the Buddhist deity Ushnisha-sitatapatra) is one of many powerful female deities. She manifests her power with her thousand heads, arms, and legs. She has eyes on the palms of each of her hands and soles...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara

For Students 9th - 10th
A mandala is a schematic diagram that portrays the sacred environment of a particular deity. The mandala is used by practitioners as a guideline for meditation. It helps people visualize the way in which they will restructure the world...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

For Students 9th - 10th
The main image in this painting is Avalokiteshvara (1), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He is the principle patron deity of Tibet. He sits on a lotus throne upon a lunar disc. This god takes many forms, such as the Dalai Lamas of Tibet,...