Read about an art project in which an artist is using his own tears and a microscope to create works of art.

The title of Courbet's painting "The Artist's Studio; A real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life" contains a contradiction: the words "real" and "allegory" have opposing meanings. Is it possible that Courbet is...

Instead of stapling posters advertising goods with contact information to power poles around town, a clever artist has presented a new spin on posters to spread something else around Toronto. Get the story here.

As part of an extensive research effort by the J. Paul Getty Museum into the design and construction of the polychrome sculpture Saint Gines de la Jara, researchers made an important distinction in identifying not just the artist who...

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this website provides an online version of an exhibition heralding the works of famous African-American artists.

A detailed account of the artist's life is given here. Click on the link at the top of the page to view one of her paintings.

This site features a bio on female American Impressionist artist Mary Cassatt and her artwork.

Kellie Hanna writes on Mary Cassatt, who is known as an Impressionist.

Information on the role that inspiration plays in creating art, with discussion around where artists find sources of inspiration.

This site from Bet - Nahrain contains a good sized article entitled, "Assyrian Art and Artist." Interesting and somewhat in-depth, this article is worth checking out on the subject.

Paintings that celebrated St. Joseph as a youthful, caring father skyrocketed to popularity during the 16th and 17th centuries, both in Spain and throughout the Spanish Empire. This particular painting of the lively, vigorous St. Joseph...

This site introduces Herrad of Landsberg, along with other medieval composers.

Interesting general discussion of Canadian art and artists between 1920-1950 that was a new generation of painters than before the First World War. Gives biographical information on a variety of different painters with examples of their...

Newshour with Jim Lehrer, a nightly news broadcast on PBS, offers a wealth of material on Romare Bearden. Content includes the NewsHour report, a gallery of his artwork, extended interviews with the artist, and a companion lesson plan.

A media-rich examination of Leonardo's work that includes a timeline of the artist's life, animations of his drawings that attempt to unlock something of the genius in his thinking, up-close details from his notebooks, thematic looks at...

De Stijl (The Style)was a post-World War I artistic style. Learn about the major artists, read essays about the style and its importance, and view images of important representatives of the style.

In depth site including comparisons, contrasts, form, style and artistic conventions. Great research site!

Article explores the influence of jazz on African American literature from the early history of jazz, noted jazz artists, the black-white tensions within jazz, to its literary influence after World War II.

This site explores the violent tendencies of the great artist Caravaggio and how this affected him, his life, and his art.

Course handout discusses the complexities of the artistic and philosophical movements of Modernism.

An excellent biography with links to several Kollwitz works including a self-portrait.

An intriguing site on the life and works of British artist George Romney. There are links to further biographies of important people in his life, including Emma Hart, Sir William Hamilton, and Lord Nelson, and how their lives intermingled.

Information on the life and discography of blues artist Lucille Bogan, also known as Bessie Jackson. Includes audio samples.

The falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Grafton Tyler Brown depicts the Grand Canyon, the one found at Yellowstone in Wyoming. Grafton Brown was one of the first African-American artists to depict scenes of the West. View...