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.

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.

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...

A wonderful site describing Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," a mural he created for the 1937 World's Fair. The resource examines the civil war raging in Picasso's homeland of Spain and the frustration he felt toward the violence taking place...

Chava Wolf is a Holocaust survivor whose paintings and poetry can be used to study the difficult subject of the Holocaust. Young scholars will analyze her art and gain an understanding of art related concepts as well as her experience...

Since 2007, ArtWorks in Cincinnati, Ohio, has created more than 180 murals on walls in and around the city. With this site, you can take an armchair tour of the murals, which celebrate the history and culture of the area.

As part of the Legacy Project's study of various artists, this site highlights the life of Pablo Picasso in a brief but factual biographical sketch. Links are also given to pictures of three of his most famous works: Guernica, Weeping...

This resource provides the "The Uncertainty of the Poet" by Giorgio de Chirico. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provides an excellent resource on the topic.

View the religious artwork of Rocio Heredia at this website. Included on the site are six galleries of her work, along with a biography and interview with the artist herself.

This 4-day lesson plan asks students to explore artistic points of view, explore the elements and principals that contribute to mood, and discuss social themes that were prevalent during the Harlem Renaissance. The 4-day process involves...

When teaching about an event such as the Holocaust, using varying teaching methods helps to bring a deeper understanding of the human victims of this atrocity. Students will read seven poems pertaining to the Holocaust, view artwork...

Online version of "No Child's Play," an exhibit on display at Yad Vashem Museum. It highlights the toys, games, artwork, diaries, poems, and personal stories of children during the Holocaust.

Exhibition of art nouveau artwork, glass, jewelry, decorative designs, furniture and furnishings, and architecture.

This site from the John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery is a great sight with thumbnails of John Sargent's artworks including the "Madame Gautreau" and "Madame X" portraits. Provides links to websites with more information on the pictures...

Take a tour through the Louvre and discover examples of art depicting daily life in ancient Egypt during the time of the pharoahs. Read descriptions of the scenes and click to learn more about the details of the artwork itself. A very...

An excellent, detailed biography of Durer, with extensive links to his works and contemporaries. This site not only details his artwork, but also his contributions as a mathematician.

This resource provides the painting "Opened by Customs" by dadaist painter Kurt Schwitters. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.

Part of a virtual exhibit by the Library of Congress, this site details the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the newly freed slaves. It contains photographs of artwork and a map from the period.

The University of North Carolina museum's site offers articles, videos, artwork, crafts, music, and histories of Native Americans.

Through these teaching ideas, students are encouraged to explore William Blake's innovative approach to creating and displaying his poetry, developing their understanding of the multi-talented individual whose poems and artwork continue...

Read a biography of the American sculptor and painter, George Segal, and view photos of many of his artworks.

Christine A. Elmore's curriculum unit designed "to facilitate her third-graders' enjoyment of and response to fine art." This unit can be applied to all age groups and provides an extensive background on art in general.

Two sixty minute lessons are presented in this site which examines Emily Carr's paintings of the culture of the First Nations.

Students are instructed in looking at landscape from multiple viewpoints using the works of Emily Carr.