An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on linear perspective and it explores this a work by Camille Pissarro. The animation shows vanishing point, linear...

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on positive and negative space, and the artwork studied is from Katharina Fritsch.

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is complementary colors and the artwork studied is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's "Seated Woman." The animation demonstrates...

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on the color wheel and it studies both primary and secondary colors using Grace Hartigan's "Billboard." The...

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on warm and cool colors and works are studied from both Van Gogh and Joan Mitchell. The animation shows the...

An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on types of lines and the artwork studied is Franz Marc's Tiger. The animation shows the arrangement of the lines.

This online dictionary of art terms from Artlex is a valuable tool. The composition page explains how the term is used in the world of art. There are related links and works of art to explore.

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.

This site from Artlex is a lesson plan for a secondary level graphic design class designed by Michael Delahunt. There are many projects including: Designing a poster; Altering a photo; Photoshop Tricks; studying Logos; Designing logos;...

A definition of composition with other terms and how they relate to composition. This site shows an example and also explains the terms provided.

In this lesson, students will form cubes and discuss their attributes including edges, faces, vertices, and angles. Media resources and teacher materials are included.

Find a classroom-ready annotated slideshow and lesson plans designed to introduce students to fundamental architectural concepts and to improve their skills in recognizing the structural components of architecture. Slideshow uses...

This site is a personal reflection on judging art from both a layperson and professional point of view.

The property includes nine gardens in as many provinces. They exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that evolved and adapted to different climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the times of...