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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Georges Seurat: The Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
A full-featured exhibition of the drawings of nineteenth-century French master Georges Seurat. Includes upclose looks at the artist's sketchbooks-rare primary source documents-and details about his subject choices and working methods....
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British Library

British Library: The Leonardo Notebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Page through one of Leonardo's notebooks, in which he works out his observations about weights, measures, reflections, and similar material matters. Interesting examples of the master's characteristic "mirror writing" and of his...
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Other

Handprint: Watercolors (Paints, Techniques, and More)

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource for watercolorists that includes a clickable index of topics ranging from biographies and critiques of recognized masters of the art of watercolor to information on how the eye perceives light, on paper choices,...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Henri Matisse (1869 1954)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the modern master Henri Matisse (1869-1954). With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections: Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this is a set of 37 images with descriptions of works by Claude Monet (1840-1926). Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Jonathan Janson

Essential Vermeer

For Students 9th - 10th
The life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutch master Jan Vermeer (also known as Johannes Vermeer or Jan van der Meer) told in astonishing detail. Includes many excellent reproductions of his work and the latest news of...
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Drawing Society of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad discussion of Canadian art over the past 100 years. Describes the different artistic movements, styles, and eras and the artists associated with each. Includes the complete list of members and honourary members of the Drawing...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Holbein, Hans the Younger

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a biography of Hans Holbein the Younger with links to some of his works and to other artists of his time.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Caravaggio

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a biography of the great artist as well as a gallery of his works. Be sure to click the link at the bottom for more information.
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Other

Drawings of Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of high-quality scans of drawings by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. Includes anatomical drawings, mechanical drawings, studies for sculpted works, and an assortment of oddities.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Eyck, Jan Van

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from the Web Gallery of Art provides a biography of Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), the recognized master of Flemish art during the Renaissance. Site provides links to his work.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Scenes of American Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A stunning array of art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum depicting everyday life and work in America from American masters such as Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, and Paul Cadmus. Use the right navigation to click through over 60...
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Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of the HCB Foundation amasses a range of information about Cartier-Bresson, including a biography and examples of his work. An excellent starting point for any inquiry into the life and career of this French master.
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Other

Cincinnati Art Museum: Teacher Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The CAM highlights several of the master works found in their permanent collection. View such big names as Chagall and Van Gogh. Along with background on each artist and the artwork, there are cross-curricular connections and suggested...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: "The Dance Class" by Degas

For Students 9th - 10th
Information is provided about "The Dance Class," by Edgar Degas (1834-1917 CE), who is thought to have made the painting as a tribute to ballet master Jules Perrot.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Rembrandt [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art of Rembrandt. Includes a suggested art activity and simple art analysis questions.
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PBS

Pbs: Hans Hofmann for Teachers (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the lesson plans developed as complements to the PBS documentary "Hans Hofmann: Artist/Teacher, Teacher Artist." These classroom resources were designed to explore the influential theories of the artist.
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Other

James Wilson Morrice

For Students 9th - 10th
Included is a biography, chronology, slide show, and other images of the works of Canadian master painter, James Wilson Morrice.
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Caravaggio. The Crucifixion of St. Peter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a wonderful picture of the "Masterful" painting.
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Curated OER

Pbs: American Masters: Augustus Saint Gaudens: Portrait of the Artist

For Students 9th - 10th
Portrait of the artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
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Curated OER

Impressionist Master Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
An easy-to-read timeline/biography of Claude Monet, with many paintings and photographs of the artist. Content is aso available in French.
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California State University

Van Gogh Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Introduce the masters to young young scholars. This art lesson plan will have your 2nd graders singing the praises of Vincent van Gogh as they create their very own "Starry Night."
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro (1865 85)

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition brings together the work of two masters of the early modern period, Cezanne and Pissarro. Compares and contrasts their styles, choices of subject, techniques, and development, with interesting thematic pathways into the...
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New York Times

New York Times: Vincent Van Gogh: A Draftsman's Fist

For Students 9th - 10th
Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the New York Times, narrates a walk-through slideshow of an exhibition of Van Gogh's drawings mounted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005. Wonderful examples of Van Gogh's landscapes and...

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