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Collector's Guide: Batik as Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of batik art with links to galleries and artists.
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Jinta Desert Art: Aboriginal Iconography

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that shows Australian aboriginal icons and their meaning as related to the art. Site information and symbol paintings provided by Janet Long Nakamarra.
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Atelier Saint Andre: Byzantine Iconographers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site reveals the work of a living community of Byzantine iconographers--artists who create relgious paintings for the Eastern Orthodox Church. Features background information on their traditions, aesthetics, and techniques.
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Magic Lantern Castle Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
"Home of the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the history of the Magic Lantern." See the history and images of the magic lantern projector. A great historical site!
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Parker Middle School: Relief Sculpture

For Students 6th - 8th
This resource presents a general history and links to everything about relief sculpture. There are image examples and links to Greek, Ancient Roman, Egyptian and Chinese sites.
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Buddhist Artifacts the Support of Spiritual Realization

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by Tulku Thondup explaining the significance of Buddhist art in Tibet. This is an excerpt from a talk given at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1990. The basis is how the Buddhist devotees in Tibet use religious objects as tools...
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African Masks

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive site that gives information on the history and design of African Masks. There is a quiz to test your knowledge and a sample page of masks.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Selected Photographs From the Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A tour of nine of the collections' newer photographs from the National Gallery of Art. These are from 1936 and before from artists like Bill Brandt, Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Charles Sheeler, and more.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago Architects Oral History: Mary Ann E. Crawford

For Students 9th - 10th
This interview is by Betty J. Blum and the interviewee is Mary Ann Elizabeth Crawford (1901-1988 CE) who practiced architecture from 1941 into the 1980's. The entire transcript of the interview can be viewed here.
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Smithsonian Institution

Archives of American Arts: Oral History Interviews, Farm Security Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists over 400 oral history interviews from artists, administrators and others involved with the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930's and 40's.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief notes about the art movement Realism. Check this site out for more information, artist links and images.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Futurism

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of the Art movement known as Futurism. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Les Nabis Art Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of the French art movement Les Nabis. The more well-known artists include Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
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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 Quizz: Picasso (1)

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz on the life of Picasso. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way in incorporate technology in the artroom. One of the correct answers did not translate very well from the original French version. Proof...
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ArtQuizz

Art Quizz: Picasso (2)

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz on the life of Picasso. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way in incorporate technology in the artroom. One of the correct answers did not translate very well from the original French version. Proof...
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ArtQuizz

Art Quizz: Picasso (3)

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz on the life of Picasso. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way in incorporate technology in the artroom. One of the correct answers did not translate very well from the original French version. Proof...
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Article
Other

Art of Arabic Calligraphy: The Language and the Script

For Students 9th - 10th
A four part essay by Mamoun Sakkal regarding the history and use of the Arabic Alphabet. The site has intriguing articles about the evolution of the alphabet.
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Japanese Calligraphy by Graham Hawker

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site that gives a brief history of Japanese Calligraphy. The site offers online shopping, notes on Japanese Poetry and a short link on "What is Zen?"
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Sunny Hillside Antiques: Magic Lantern

For Students 9th - 10th
The site includes images from Magic Lantern slides, a little background on Nursery Lanterns and learning games and trivia information. Check out the links to other sites too!
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Moctezuma's Feather Crown

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the Copilli Queztalli crown. In addition, the group Yankuikanahuak is requesting that the crown be returned to Mexico.
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Flags of the World: Peruvian Coat of Arms and National Emblem

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical site with images of both the Peruvian Coat of Arms and the National Emblem.