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Spainarts: Ribera, Jose De

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Spainarts. Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
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Kentucky Educational Television

Kentucky Educational Television: Kentuckians in the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles of Kentuckians involved with the arts provides information about arts-related jobs and pursuits. Positions covered range from professors and graphic designers to cartoonists and sculptors.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Carracci

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information about the life and work of three Bolognese painters: Agostino Carracci (1557-1602 CE), Annibale Carracci (1560-1609 CE), and Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619 CE). Provides links to other artists that influenced...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Inside a Cartoonist's World

For Students 9th - 10th
From cave drawings to the Sunday paper, artists have been visualizing ideas- cartoons- for centuries. New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly walks us through the many stages every cartoon goes through, starting with an idea and turning into...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Whistler, James Abbott Mc Neill

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of Whistler's career with links to his contemporaries. Several of Whistler's pieces of art are available for viewing.
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Arizona State University

Asu: Jose Guadalupe Posada: Calavera Revolucionaria

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on a single Posada work, "Calavera Revolucionaria." This web page also includes a link to a Posada biography.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Monstrous Craws & Character Flaws

For Students 9th - 10th
This Library of Congress exhibition overview shows a representative example of cartoons and caricatures from the late 18th century to present time.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: M. C. Escher

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a very informative biography as well as a gallery with 15 pictures of great Escher art.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: m.c. Escher

For Students 9th - 10th
An awesome review of the M.C. Escher exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. There are 24 images of Escher's works here out of the 330 that the National Gallery has on hand. There is also a biography on Escher that is very useful.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rockwell Kent

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Rockwell Kent is described here along with information on his contributions to art through painting, graphic art, and writing. His graphic art included poster design.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Enrique Chagoya

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Enrique Chagoya is described here along with information on his contributions to art through graphic design and illustration.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ivan Chermayeff

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Ivan Chermayeff is described here along with information on his contributions to art through graphic design.
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Handout
Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Alphonse Marie Mucha

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Alphonse Marie Mucha, Czech painter, and graphic artist during the Art Nouveau period.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Max Beckmann

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of German expressionist painter and graphic artist, Max Beckmann.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Pixel Puzzle: Why Video Game Characters Look Better Today

For Students 3rd - 5th
Video games today look better than video games from the 80's, this is because now the number of pixels, or dots on the screen, used to represent video game objects has greatly increased. In the 80's, Mario was no more than 16 pixels tall...
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University of Michigan

Symbolism in Visual Images

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief essay on visual symbolism in literature and art. Provides examples and nice images. Shows that visual images can have the same type of symbolism as literary works.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Visual Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about various careers in the visual arts, including the nature of the work, working conditions, employment options, training, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
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Brown University

Brown University Library: Lincolniana at Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital archive of newspapers, objects, graphics, letters, and similar resources that document Lincoln's life and legacy. Browse the collection to find newspaper reports of Lincoln's assassination, badges of mourning worn at his funeral,...
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Curated OER

The Mc Michael Canadian Art Collection: Edwin Holgate

For Students 9th - 10th
Canadian portrait painter from Montreal, teacher, and graphic artist, Edwin Holgate (1892-1977) was instrumental in the founding of the Canadian Society of Graphic Artists. He was invited to join the Group of Seven in 1930.
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Curated OER

Image

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site provides information about the life and artwork of German painter and graphic artist, Hans Baldung Grien (1485-1545 CE). Gives examples of his work, with descriptions, and links to much more information.
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Curated OER

Image

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site provides information about the life and artwork of German painter and graphic artist, Hans Baldung Grien (1485-1545 CE). Gives examples of his work, with descriptions, and links to much more information.
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Curated OER

Image

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site provides information about the life and artwork of German painter and graphic artist, Hans Baldung Grien (1485-1545 CE). Gives examples of his work, with descriptions, and links to much more information.
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Curated OER

Image

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site provides information about the life and artwork of German painter and graphic artist, Hans Baldung Grien (1485-1545 CE). Gives examples of his work, with descriptions, and links to much more information.
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Curated OER

Image

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site provides information about the life and artwork of German painter and graphic artist, Hans Baldung Grien (1485-1545 CE). Gives examples of his work, with descriptions, and links to much more information.