Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Appreciate a Painting
Christine A. Elmore's curriculum unit designed "to facilitate her third-graders' enjoyment of and response to fine art." This unit can be applied to all age groups and provides an extensive background on art in general.
Yale University
Yale the Maya Culture of Mesoamerica
This lesson plan unit on Mayan culture focuses on Mayan art. It can be adapted to various grades and features classroom activities, student resources, a bibliography, and the like.
Library of Congress
Loc: Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective
A really cool site showing Satellite (Landsat 7) images of unique geographical and meteorological phenomena. Images show cloud formations to rainforest devastation.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Director's Choice
The director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum applies her analytical skills in explaining the formal and aesthetic qualities of her favorite American masterworks from the Smithsonian's collection of American art.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Explore Art, Photographs
A beautiful collection of photographs. Teachers and students can explore dozens of images done through a variety of photographic techniques. Clicking on the image will pull up a brief description of the work's history and content.
Other
Komar and Melamid: The Most and Least Wanted Paintings
See the most wanted and least wanted paintings based on an internet poll of countries around the world. Also includes other unique survey information such as America's favorite color.
Other
Ergonomics4 Schools: The Learning Zone: Aesthetics
The term 'aesthetics' concerns our senses and our responses to an object. If something is aesthetically pleasing to you, it is 'pleasurable' and you like it. If it is aesthetically displeasing to you, it is not pleasurable and you don't...
Other
Point of View
A personal site by Nita Leland that discusses point of view representation in creating artwork. It is a quick read - only one page, but the information provided will get you on your way!
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Tom Patti
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Tom Patti is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with perception and perception theory (which he studied with Rudolph Arnheim).
Museum Network (UK)
Wallace Collection: Material World: Mystery Objects
Choose from several mystery pictures to examine, pick what you think it could be, and then learn about the object.