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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Eakins: John Biglin in a Single Scull [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of an Eakins work in watercolor on one of the artist's favorite themes: athletes in motion.
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Other

Jake Biddington: Surrealism

For Students 9th - 10th
Jake Biddington's resource with art terminology definitions, an art gallery, and more! This page is a biography on surrealism and has hyper-links to artists and images.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Romanticism in Dresden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides an exerpt regarding the Romantic movement in Germany. The information that is presented is medium in length and worth checking out on the subject.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Robert Rauschenberg

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of American painter Robert Rauschenberg. His works helped inspire the Pop art movement.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Marcel Duchamp

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of French-American painter Marcel Duchamp whose work is associated with Cubism and the Dada movement.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Pablo Picasso Biography

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore this brief biography of Pablo Picasso, well-known painter of the Cubist movement.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Guggenheim: Donald Judd

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a biography of Donald Judd. Includes links to related topics.
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Other

Biddington's: Abstract Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a definition of Abstract Expressionism, some of the artists involved in the movement, and what they were trying to achieve.
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Other

The Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a comprehensive overview of expressionism in art, literature, and music.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces art movement of Cubism. Defines Cubism and the three phases as well as examples of artists and their works. Provides related links.
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Other

Centre Pompidou: Great Figures of Modern Art: Surrealist Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource about surrealism discusses its origins and includes a chronology of the movement, a glossary of surrealist terms, and reviews of major surrealist artists: De Chirico, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Joan Mir, Ren Magritte, Salvador...
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Other

Louvre Museum: A Closer Look at the Titeux Dancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Media-rich module examines a terracotta figurine that embodies many characteristics of classical Greek sculpture. Expert commentary accompanied by animated overlays demonstrate details of the composition that give it harmony, balance,...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Camille Pissarro, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Gallery of Art provides a tour of the leading artists of the post-impressionist movement: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cezanne.
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Abstract Expressionist New York

For Students 9th - 10th
Blockbuster exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art underscores the relationship between New York City and the explosion of creative activity among the artists who lived there in the postwar period. Learn why New York became the center of...
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Other

Isfahan: An Animation Inspired by Persian Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
View a wonderfully intricate animated film [3:00] inspired by different places of worship centered in and around the Iranian city of Isfahan. Created by a digital artist/architectural illustrator based in Spain, the film is accompanied...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Magic Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological list of artists associated with the Magic Realism movement, with links to famous works and biographies.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Austria: City of Graz Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg

For Students 9th - 10th
The City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs and the cultural and artistic role...
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Other

Art Uk: Andy Warhol (1928 1982)

For Students 9th - 10th
This website features Andy Warhol with links to his art, to multiple biographies, and stories.
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Other

Alien Travel Guide: Cubism

For Students 3rd - 8th
A student-written description of cubism that discusses the originators of the movement (Picasso and Braque), techniques of cubism, and "feel." Includes a reproduction of a cubist sculpture by Picasso.
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Arizona State University

Asu: Chicana and Chicano Space

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provided by Arizona State University, this website is a comprehensive thematic, inquiry-based art education resource. Includes two interdisciplinary units of lessons.
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Arizona State University

Chicana and Chicano Space: Protest and Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Part of a larger website provided by Arizona State University on Chicano art, this learning is focused on "Protest and Persuasion," in art, particularly in printmaking or making murals. Includes lessons, sample work, and more.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Learning the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan introduces learners to the blues. The origin and development of the blues is explored as well as its distinctive structure.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Surrealism

For Students 9th - 10th
This Artlex website gives a detailed definition of Surrealism including its founder, influences, examples of this type of art, and its relationship to dadaism.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Will H. Bradley

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Will H. Bradley is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work. Bradley was also directly influenced by both the Art Nouveau movement and...