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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collection Tours: Jewelry Highlights

For Students 9th - 10th
From the online collection tours of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; this is a 35 piece slideshow of highlights from the museum's jewelry collection which spans over 4,000 years beginning with Egyptian works. Scroll down to the tour of...
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Bright Hub Education: Two Dimensional Art Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
You don't have to be a trained artist to create beautiful two and three-dimensional art projects with your preschoolers. Many simple activities, such as painting and coloring, can be modified to include sensory elements to increase...
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National Museum of Women in the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
The permanent collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Images of artwork, biographies and profiles are all available, organized by century. You can search for a particular female artist as well.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Sculpture & 3 D Design Unit

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtLex provides a unit of lessons dealing with three-dimensional design. A quiz with questions on sculpture, art criticism, and qualities of art is included, centering on the sculpture "Vaquero" by Luis Jimenez. There are links to the...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Cederquist

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Cederquist is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work in teaching three-dimensional art. Cederquist also worked with sculpture...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Egyptian Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Ancient Egyptian art must be viewed from the standpoint of the ancient Egyptians to understand it. This article discusses the purpose of Ancient Egyptian art and includes pictures.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shapes Into Sculptures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will identify 2- and 3-dimensional shapes as well as create shape drawings and sculptures. Teacher materials are available.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Me in 3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this lesson, students will collect images of three objects that interest them or define who they are. Students will use photo references of these things to create fimo sculptures.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Look for the Symbol in the Sculpture

For Students 3rd - 8th
This websites answers the question, "What is a Symbol?" Click on the sculptures for a description of the symbols in each work.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Wax Crayon Mosaics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Through this lesson, young scholars will learn how to use crayons to make three-dimensional mosaic designs.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Leonardo Da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection focuses on Leonardo's sculpture, which, because none of his sculptural works have either survived or were executed, are realized through preparatory drawings and the three-dimensional works of related artists....
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Tech4Learning

Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Carving

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dozens of useful photos of various carvings from around the world! A useful reference in an art or history class. Browse through the examples, then click to enlarge.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shape Mobile

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, students will create a shape mobile of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes made from geometric shapes.
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Other

Imagin on Fun and Games: Create a Crane [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow these simple directions for making a three-dimensional crane out of paper.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Abakanowicz on the Roof

For Students 9th - 10th
"On the Roof" refers to the location of her art. This installation artist has found a home on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Roy Lichtenstein on the Roof

For Students 9th - 10th
A web exhibit focused on Lichtenstein's sculptures on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Features images of large bronze and aluminum sculptures.
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Tech4Learning

Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Sculpture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dozens of useful photos of various sculptures from around the world! A useful reference in an art or history class. Browse through the examples, then click to enlarge.
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Curated OER

Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice images of outdoor scupture by five different artists including Mark di Suvero. Various mediums were used such as steel, concrete, granite, and bronze.
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Arizona State University

Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to help young scholars understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
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Arizona State University

Arts Work: Communicating Feelings Through Shape & Color

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan to help students understand the use of symbols and images to express their feelings through their artwork. A great lesson plan to boost students' self esteem. Has a link to a site with examples of Kandinsky's work.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Jan Van Eyck

For Students 9th - 10th
This online gallery contains copies of many van Eyck paintings. Also includes a link to view his biography. A good source for reports and papers.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara

For Students 9th - 10th
A mandala is a schematic diagram that portrays the sacred environment of a particular deity. The mandala is used by practitioners as a guideline for meditation. It helps people visualize the way in which they will restructure the world...
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EL Education

El Education: Get Bent

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This book was created by seniors at High Tech High in San Diego, California. During this three-month long project, teams of students created a chair with a bend or curve and a lamp of their own design. Following the completion of this...

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