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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Still Life With Two Lemons by Claesz
Webpage describing Still Life with Two Lemons, a painting by Pieter Claesz from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote...
Tate
Tate Online I Map: "Still Life With a Beer Mug" by Fernand Leger
This resource provides "Still Life with a Beer Mug" by French cubist painter Fernand Leger. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Still Life Painting [Pdf]
A look at the history of still-life painting through a printable catalog of multiple example works of art. Images are accompanied by descriptions and detailed examinations of their elements, meanings, and context.
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Columbus Museum of Art: Curator's View: Picasso Cubist Still Life
See the cubist still life painting 'Still Life with Compote and Glass' by Pablo Picasso, in this Curator's View series description and image from the Columbua Museum of Art.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Dutch Still Life [Pdf]
A kid-friendly printable packet that walks you through the "what's" and the "why's" of a Dutch food still-life painting. Also includes a fun cookie recipe!
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Chronological Listing of Still Life Painters
ArtCyclopedia's complete list of still life painters from the 16th thru the 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: In Focus: Still Life
Enter the J. Paul Getty Museum to visit the exhibition, Still Life. This exhibition takes a new look at still life by examining the genre as portrayed in photography. Many examples from the 19th, 20th, and even 21st centuries are shown,...
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Abc: Landscape and Still Life
With this resource, students will explore how the illusion of depth is created by artists on a flat surface. By examining both a still life and a landscape, students will learn about foreground, middleground, background, and overlapping...
Harold D. Underdown
An Agent's Advice on Selling/ Publishing Your Artwork
An artist's representative presents basic steps and tips to selling or publishing your artwork as illustrations for books. Written primarily for children's literature, but may also apply to other genres as well.
Other
The Worldwide Art Gallery: Still Life
This site has a basic description of still-life art with several famous examples from great painters.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Still Life
This website provides a definition of still-life as well as many examples of still-lifes and artists who painted them. Includes links to related topics in art such as modeling, texture, and picture.
Other
Museum of New Zealand: Similar Artworks by John Singleton Copley
View two seated portraits by John Singleton Copley, which are suitable for comparing and contrasting similar artworks. Accompanying caption begins the analysis for you.
University of Chicago
Oriental Institute: The Striding Lion Puzzle (Artwork From Ancient Babylon)
Try and put together a scrambled picture of a striding lion which is artwork from Ancient Babylon.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: William M. Harnett
View nineteenth-century American trompe o'eil still life "For Sunday's Dinner" by William Harnett, with context and analysis.
Other
Art Inspired Writing
This resource maintains a gallery of artwork created for the magazine by children from all around the world.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Still Life With a Ginger Jar and Eggplants
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Still Life With Apples and a Pot of Primroses
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.
Smithsonian Institution
Nm Af A: Audible Artworks: Selected African Musical Instruments
Five traditional African musical instruments are highlighted at this Smithsonian site: two types of drums, the thumb piano (mucapata), harp, and whistles. Includes historical facts about the instruments.
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Oklahoma State Senate: Senate Artworks: Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr.
A portrait and brief biographical information about Oklahoma native, Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. The biographical information was current in 2004, the date of the dedication of the portrait.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Virtues of Memory Six Decades of Holocaust Survivors' Creativity
Take a virtual tour of artwork created by survivors' of the Holocaust. It is so imporant to preserve the memories of this time either through written word, music, or art. Select an artist to read a short biography and view examples of...
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Wichita Art Museum
The focus at the Wichita Art Museum is on American art: American Character, American Still Life Traditions, American West, American Paradise, Americans Abroad, American City, American Continent, Independent American Visions, and Triumph...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Teacher's Guide for the Exhibition "Virtues of Memory"
Many survivors chose to release their feelings about the Holocaust through art. This artwork can be used in the classroom to create a more vivid way of understanding the Holocaust. Students will analyze and interpret some of this artwork...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Places
An educational website exploring the theme of "place" in artwork. How does "place" inspire one? How is it represented and why? What do we learn about places from art? You can find some answers here.
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Mitsubishi Public Affairs Committee: A Collection of Illustrated Diaries
Browse through a colorful gallery of children's artwork created for an Asian's children's literacy festival. Visitors can not only explore works that share similar subjects but they can view all works submitted by children from one...
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