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Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Pointillism
Artcyclopedia defines the term pointillism and illustrates it with the work of its practitioners.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Seurat and the Making of "La Grande Jatte"
Exhibition site about one of the most famous paintings in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Seurat and the Making of "La Grande Jatte" explains Seurat's interest in color and pointillism.
Ducksters
Ducksters: History: Pointillism Art for Kids
Kids learn about the Pointillism Art movement and its major artists such as Georges Seurat and Paul Signac on this site.
Quia
Quia: Art Movements Impressionism
Ten questions for students to answer by going on a scavenger hunt through various museum websites.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Dot to Dot Seurat
KinderArt shows how pointillism can be a very creative way to paint. It involves dots, color mixing and divisionism. Students will be enriched by this method created by Georges Seurat.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography: Georges Seurat Art for Kids
A site dedicated to about the biography of Georges Seurat, artist and painter of the Pointillism and Post-Impressionist art movement.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: "La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat
A short essay on Seurat's famous "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte." This essay discusses whether this painting is a statement in anti-impressionism or, in fact, a natural progression of the movement's ideas. Interesting...
Other
Art Republic: Neo Impressionism/pointillism
This site provides a description of the neo-impressionistic movement and mentions some of the more famous neo-impressionist painters.
New York Times
New York Times: George Seurat: The Drawings
A video slide show of George Seurat's drawings: "Woman Reading in the Studio," "Tree by a Road," "Lighthouse at Honfleur," "Pierre and Colombine," "Drawbridge," "The Ragpicker," "Antique Statue, Satyr With Goat," and others. Narrator...