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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Thomas Gainsborough

For Students 9th - 10th
Olga gives you many Gainsborough works, including "Mrs. Siddons". You can also link to a bio page on the site.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: The Love Letter by Jan Vermeer

For Students 9th - 10th
A great Web Gallery of Art site for information on Vermeer's painting "The Love Letter." Click the links for a picture of the painting, notes about the painting, and a study of what Vermeer was trying to accomplish through the painting.
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Classical Net

Classical Net: Johann David Heinichen

For Students 9th - 10th
A very interesting page outlining the life of composer Johann David Heinichen. This site includes his biography, a list of his compositions and links to some of his recorded music.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Claude Lorrain, "Pastoral Landscape"

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art gives you Claude Lorrain, "Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna". Here you can find a brief discription of the painting and a reproduction of the work.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: European Art: Jonathan Buttal: The Blue Boy (C 1770)

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of Thomas Gainsborough's eighteenth-century portrait, "The Blue Boy." Accompanied by a brief description.
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Other

Hildegard Publishing Company: Rosa Giacinta Badalla

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides biographical information about Rosa Giacinta Badalla, a composer of the Early Baroque Period.
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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona Univ.: Symmetrical Binary Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Northern Arizona University contains the meanings of the symmetrical binary principle in Bach's music and several other composers of this period.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Classical Composers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains music and biographical information about many classical composers. Information about the Baroque Era, Classical Era, Romantic Era, and 20th Century Era is also included....
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Other

Jeb Foundation: The Dizzying Grandeur of Rococo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation provides a brief overview of the Rococo Period. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
The Catholic Encyclopedia site gives you a rather extensive biography on Nicolas Poussin. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Thomas Gainsborough

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an excellent depiction of the artist's life. Includes his influences and a photo of one of his greatest paintings, "The Blue Boy."
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: George Frideric Handel Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Brief biographical sketch of German-born British composer, George Frideric Handel.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Belgium: Plantin Moretus House Workshops Museum Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bartolome Esteban Murillo

For Students 9th - 10th
(1618-1682) Spanish painter of the Baroque period best known for his religious works.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Johann Sebastian Bach

For Students 3rd - 8th
Useful biographical information about the famous composer, Johann Sebastian Bach.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: French Art & Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll to the middle of the page for two brief paragraphs on French Baroque architecture during the 17th century. It mentions the leading architects during this time period and their accomplishments.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Belarus: Mir Castle Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
The construction of this castle began at the end of the 15th century, in Gothic style. It was subsequently extended and reconstructed, first in the Renaissance and then in the Baroque style. After being abandoned for nearly a century and...

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