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My Data = My Mondrian
Take a minute and fill out the short questionaire about yourself. The computer converts your data into a personalized painting-- Mondrian style. Everyone will want to try this again and again!
New York Times
New York Times: The One and Only Jackson Pollock
An informative slideshow about the life, work, and significance of Jackson Pollock narrated by art critic Michael Kimmelman of the "New York Times." Great insight coupled with great images.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Jackson Pollock
A biographical sketch of Jackson Pollock, along with examples of his work, links to related terms, and analysis of selected action paintings.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Max Bill: Tripartite Unity
Image and description of the sculpture Tripartite Unity by Swiss artist Max Bill.
Goshen College
Bird Ritual
This opening art exercise, although intended to increase art fluency, would be a great motivation for a lesson on Brancusi's "Bird in Space."
PBS
Pbs American Masters: Robert Rauschenberg: Reinventing Art
Studying the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, we see a reflection of American culture. Click his name to a full biography and timeline.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Pop Art
Wikipedia offers information on this art genre and the artists of the pop art artistic movement. Includes hyperlinks to the different artists.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Jackson Pollock
A NewsHour interview with Kirk Varnedoe, curator of painting at the Museum of Modern Art, on the life, work, and influence of Jackson Pollock. The interview revolves around Pollock's breakthrough drip paintings and is interspersed with...
Other
Jackson Pollack Splatter Paint Application
Create your own Jackson Pollock drip painting without the mess at this site from artist and video game designer Miltos Manetas. Click and drag to transform a blank screen into an action painting of your own creation.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Voices Against Conformity
The decade of the 1950s was kown for conformity. There was an undercurrent of rebellion, especially among younger Americans. Read about the Beat Generation, alternative literature, rebellion in art, and treatment of those who were not...
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim: Vasily Kandinsky
A biography from the Guggenheim of Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944 CE).
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Critic: Cubi Xii by David Smith
Resource about the sculpture Cubi XII by David Smith. Includes an image of the sculpture, a suggested art activity in text and audio, links for more information about the sculpture and artist as well as a link to "Do More", a place to...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Critic: Harlow Family Group by Henry Moore
Resource about the sculpture Harlow Family Group by Henry Moore. Includes an image of the sculpture, a suggested art activity in text and audio, links for more information about the sculpture and artist as well as a link to "Do More", a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Oppenheim, Object
How much do you know about Object by Meret Oppenheim? Find out by answering this three-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Hans Hofmann
Biographical account covers the life and career of Hans Hofmann, German-American abstract expressionist painter.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Piet Mondrian
Biographical summary of the life and career of Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter best known for his abstract paintings made from squares and rectangles.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky
Here you will find a chronological account of the life and work of Russian artist Lazar Markovich Lissitzky-better known as El Lissitzky.
Other
Fondation Beyeler: Mark Rothko
This resource presents a wide variety of Rothko's work available for viewing, individually or hanging on a virtual museum wall. It also includes a biographical note of the artist's life.
Other
National Gallery of Art: Against the Grain the Woodcuts of Helen Frankenthaler
A collection of 43 woodcuts that echo the same expressionistic style as Frankenthaler's more well known paintings.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Jasper Johns
Short biographical sketch of American painter Jaspar Johns, whose work is associated with the "Pop Art" of the sixties.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Henry Moore
Biographical account covers the life and career of British sculptor, Henry Moore.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Henry Moore Biography
Useful biographical information and interesting facts about English sculptor, Henry Moore.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Painting Critic: The Large Blue Horses by Franz Marc
A close look at the Expressionist style of artist Franz Marc and his painting, The Large Blue Horses. Provides a short biography of the artist, questions about the painting for students to answer, and an activity where they compare and...