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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Featured Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers links to sample works of over 50 artists including, but not limited to, Expressionists.
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Handout
CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Grant Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
CGFA provides five paintings in this online gallery: "American Gothic", "Stone City", "Self-Portrait", "Daughters of the Revolution", and "Return from Bohemia". Images only, with the briefest of information about title, date, medium, and...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan: The American Flag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson from the (9-11-01) PBS, "America Responds," series where learners examine the history, importance, and pride associated with the American Flag. This lesson engages students in discussion and a variety of "patriotic" activities...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Advertising in Schools

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Should companies be allowed to advertise in schools? For this lesson, young scholars examine this question, evaluating whether corporate advertising in the school setting is appropriate. The lesson is presented uses an integrated...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Be an Adbuster

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Through an integrated approach from PBS, students examine the messages conveyed in print advertisements. Using parody, students are asked to alter the message of an ad to present a different or opposite point of view. Lesson may be more...
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Other

Electric Gallery: Abstract Realism Collections

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes the works of many realist artists. However, these paintings are more modern "abstract realism" rather than 19th century pieces.
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Website
Other

Lyme Art: American Impressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief history of the American Impressionists who painted in Lyme, Connecticut.
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Website
Other

Richard R. Gandy Gallery of Realist Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A gallery by Richard R. Gandy of Classical Realist art. Includes a good list of artists and has good images and information about works of art.
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Website
Other

The Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a comprehensive overview of expressionism in art, literature, and music.
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Other

Periodo Altomedioevale E Romanico

For Students 9th - 10th
View all of the many pictures representing Romanesque art forms. Descriptions are in English and Italian.
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Handout
Other

Boglewood Group: Giovanni Bellini

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes Giovanni Bellini's life, his works, and his relations with other artists of his time.
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Handout
Other

1st Muse: Hellenistic Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from 1st Muse discusses the start of Hellenistic art, and the places in which it was formed.
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Website
Other

M.c. Escher Pages

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site offers a brief biography and links to more extensive ones, some examples of the artist's works, and an extensive array of links to other Escher sites.
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Handout
Other

World of Escher: Escher Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the World of Escher site, this page contains an in depth chronology of Escher's life.
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Website
Other

Musees De France: David Louis,

For Students 9th - 10th
View the work "The Oath of Horatii" by Jacques Louis David. Learn about the features of the painting, as well as information regarding it's history and residence.
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Website
Other

Biddington's: Abstract Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a definition of Abstract Expressionism, some of the artists involved in the movement, and what they were trying to achieve.
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Article
Other

James' Art Nouveau Section

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a brief overview of Art Nouveau as well as several Art Nouveau links.
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Mark Harden's Artchive

The Artchive: Art Nouveau

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt taken from "The Bulfinch Guide to Art History". These paragraphs describe Art Nouveau and give a little history.
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Website
Other

Alison's Wonderland: Tour of Forbidden City

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is a gallery of pictures with text, kind of like a tour. There are many good pictures and explanations about the Forbidden City. Follow the "tour" by clicking NEXT under the pictures.
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Unit Plan
Other

Porta Lde Arte: Educacion Artistica

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an educational portal which contains learning activities in the area of visual arts for high school age students.
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Article
Other

Chicago Public Art Group: Techniques of Community Murals

For Students 9th - 10th
Street murals in California, and the cultural influences on these murals are presented here. Murals dating back to the 1970s are examined as well as mural techniques.
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Activity
Other

Isaac Asimov's Foundations Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers art work centered around the futuristic world created by Asimov (1920-1992 CE) and continued by several other sci-fi writers.
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Handout
Other

Art in Context: Paul Jenkins Reference Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links related to Paul Jenkins' art work. Various Links are categorized by "contact information", "Galleries and Dealers", Cataloged Past Exhibitions" and "Images"
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Website
Other

Teach Art at Home: Free

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site provides links to free art lessons, art projects, and art for academics available to users.