Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Michelangelo and His Early Drawings
Michelangelo's drawings offer a unique insight into how the artist worked and thought. They are beautiful artworks in their own right but also provide a crucial link between his work as a sculptor, painter and architect. Michelangelo was...
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Composition With Red, Yellow and Blue Image
This site from the WebMuseum contains an image of the famous painting "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue" by Piet Mondrian.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Raphael
Detailed biography on the famous Italian painter Raphael who lived during the high Italian Renaissance. Discusses his influences by other artists, his works, and links to images of them.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Thomas Eakins
This Ibiblio.org site contains a summary on the life of artist Thomas Eakins. Also includes images of some of his most famous work.
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The Legacy Project: Pablo Picasso
As part of the Legacy Project's study of various artists, this site highlights the life of Pablo Picasso in a brief but factual biographical sketch. Links are also given to pictures of three of his most famous works: Guernica, Weeping...
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The Legacy Project: Max Beckmann
As part of the Legacy Project's study of various artists, this site highlights the life of Max Beckmann in a brief but factual biographical sketch. Links are also given to pictures of two of his most famous works: Bird's Hell and The Night.
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The Legacy Project: Max Ernst
As part of the Legacy Project's study of various artists, this site highlights the life of Max Ernst in a brief but factual biographical sketch. Links are also given to pictures of three of his most famous works: Apatrides (The...
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Scrapbookpages.com: The City of Nurnberg
This site from the Scrapbookpages.com provides information about Nurnberg, the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Famous people who lived and worked in Nurnberg (e.g., the artist Albrecht Durer) are...
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Spanish arts.com: Murillo
SpanishArts.com offers paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
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Spanish arts.com: Diego Velazquez De Silva
SpanishArts.com offers paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: The Holy Family
This site from the Web Gallery of Art provides a digitized image of this famous painting by Michelangelo. Includes some notes on the background of the painting and the artist's style. A link to a page containing a biography about...
British Library
British Library: International Dunhuang Project
This area is designed for students learning about Silk Road people, culture, history, art, religion and language. Nowadays, we know much about life on the Silk Road thanks to archaeologists and explorers. The objects people leave behind...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Memory and Imagination, Frank Day
This resource explores the life and works of Maidu Indian artist, Frank Day. Read brief biographical details and view images with descriptions of his most famous works.
New York Times
New York Times: Robert Smithson: Earth Art
An audio slideshow about artist Robert Smithson narrated by New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman. The slideshow, which illustrates many of Smithson's drawings and works of scuplture, including his famous "Spiral Jetty," coincides...
Library of Congress
Loc: Abraham Lincoln Art Gallery
This historic American Civil War Photo Archive is presented as a free public service by the Abraham Lincoln Art Gallery and artist sculptor James J. Nance and provides a free online download of thirty-five famous Abraham Lincoln Civil...
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Smith College Museum of Art
Located in Northampton, MA. A world-famous collection spanning an impressive 4,500 years. Ranked among the finest college or University museums in this country, it has become a wonderful collection of works by the leading artists of...
The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery, London: Raphael 'The Madonna of the Pinks'
Read about this famous painting by Raphael. You can also read about the artist and how the museum acquired it. Take a look too at other paintings depicting the Madonna and child.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Rhode Island
"Did you know that Rhode Island has more artists per person than any state in the country?" "Who was Samuel Slater and what is he famous for?" These questions and more are addressed at America's Story site for Rhode Island.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum: Nicholas Hilliard: Young Man Among Roses
Short essay about one of Hilliard's most famous miniatures (Robert Deveraux, second Earl of Essex?) examines the artist's influences, Tudor symbolism, Elizabeth's relationship with the subject of the portrait, and the romantic ideals of...
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Khan Academy: Yaxchilan Lintels 24 & 25 From Structure 23 & Structures 33 & 40
Yaxchilan is host to an impressive number of structures and monuments-over 100-and is especially famous for its high-quality relief carvings. Specifically the lintels exemplify the skilled carving of Maya artists at Yaxchilan-and the...
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Khan Academy: Studies for the Battle of Cascina and the Creation of Adam
The Battle of Cascina was a famous fourteenth-century victory over Pisa. Michelangelo's Bathers depicted the Florentine army hurriedly preparing for battle after a dip in the river. Michelangelo's drawing caused a sensation because of...
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Maria Martinez Biography
Read about Maria Martinez and her amazing life accomplishments as a Native American potter. Includes fantastic pictures of both her and her work.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Mary Cassatt
A concise biographical sketch that examines the life and contributions of nineteenth century impressionist and Pennsylvania native, Mary Cassatt.
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Spanish arts.com: The Museum of "El Prado"
Enter the largest art gallery in the world, the museum of "El Prado." Click on sculpture, drawing and coin exhibits. Peruse through exhibits online and be enriched by the captivating works of art.
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