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ArtLex

Art Lex: Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art, which was a group of English artists which formed an association in 1848 to recapture the beauty and simplicity of the medieval world. Discusses the themes of their works, lists some...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The World Goes Pop

For Students 9th - 10th
The Pop movement spanned the globe at a time when countries were reeling not only from the mass production of cultural and consumer objects, but also from the fallout from WWII, conflicts like the Vietnam War, and the rise of Communism....
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 5: Posters That Pop [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
This magazine article discusses two artists LeRoy Neiman and Peter Max who use bright colors in their work and look as though they are real and capable of movement. Many of these painting have been made into posters and sold.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Ancient Art Influenced Modern Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The term modern art sounds like it means art that is popular now, but the style actually originated over 150 years ago and includes artists like Picasso, Matisse, and Gauguin. What's more ironic is that this movement they pioneered-...
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Other

Loyola Marymount University: Classicism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A broad site on this movement in the arts with references and links to many artists and philosophers.
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Martin Lawrence Galleries

Martin Lawrence Galleries: Erte Jewelry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of jewelry is more like art that you can wear. The artist is Erte and is better known as the man who inspired the entire Art Deco movement.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Guggenheim: Josef Albers

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a biography of Josef Albers and links to related topics.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Folk Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of the American Art movement Folk art. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Raphael and His Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
Born in Urbino in 1483, Raphael trained with his father and then the Umbrian artist, Perugino. From 1504/5 he worked in Florence where he was much influenced by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, learning from their depictions of the...
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English Club

English Club: History of Soul Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the history of soul music from its origins in gospel music, through Motown and Memphis Soul, to contemporary rhythm and blues. The site includes three videos: Sam Cooke singing "A Change is Gonna Come," from 1964, with images from...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: The Elements of Art: Line

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art-line-by analyzing types of lines used in various works of art to help students understand how artists use line to convey movement and mood. They will then create an abstract...
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Arizona State University

Chicana and Chicano Space: Inquiry

For Students 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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Other

Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit of representative art from the Harlem Renaissance.
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PBS

Pbs American Masters: Robert Rauschenberg: Reinventing Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Studying the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, we see a reflection of American culture. Click his name to a full biography and timeline.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Images, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article review examples of black protest in art by Claude Clark and Charles White. Links to images and supplemental resources are provided here as well.
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Other

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: Tom Thomson

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive biographical information on the life and works of Canadian landscape painter Tom Thomson, who drowned before he could become an official member of the Group of Seven.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: African American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Art Institute of Chicago's collection of African American art provides a rich introduction to over 100 years of noted achievements in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Ranging chronologically from the Civil War era to the Harlem...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Les Fauves

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief encyclopedia article from Wikipedia describing the Fauvism art movement and listing the artists associated with the movement.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Fauvism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.com provides information on the fauvism art movement with examples given of the primary artists and famous painting from that era.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Archibald J. Motley, Jr.: Nightlife

For Students 9th - 10th
Formal analysis of Archibald Motley's Nightlife explains the effect of the artist's use of color, line, and composition to suggest movement and energy
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Other

Centre Pompidou: The Object in 20th Century Art

For Students 9th - 10th
See how artists within various art movements and styles of the 20th century have portrayed objects in their art. Presents a vast array of work surrounding one theme.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Abstract Art for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Abstract Art movement and its major artist such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Baroque Art for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Baroque Art movement and its major artists such as Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and Velazquez on this site.