ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Caspar David Friedrich
Biography of German Romantic painter Caspar Friedrich, including pictures of some of his paintings.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Eighteenth Century European Dress
Explore fashion from the 1700's with the slideshow. Includes a discussion of popular styles, textiles and silhouettes.
Other
Louvre Museum: A Closer Look at an Ebony Cabinet
Media-rich module examines a highly ornate French-made cabinet from the seventeenth century. Accompanying commentaries and animations demonstrate skilled craftsmanship, decorative style, and unique combinations of materials. Additional...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: The Baroque Era
This site has a brief biography of the Baroque Era movement with links to hundreds of artists and images from different museums.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Jacques Louis David
Brief description of the Jacques-Louis David's life and artistic influences, with links to more information on six of David's works in the Getty's collection. Discusses the classical influences seen in the artist's work and his role in...
Other
Worcester Art Museum: Chapter House
On this website you can find a picture of a ceiling which has a quadripartite vault.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Nicolas Poussin
Provides a biography of Nicolas Poussin along with links to some of his works and other related information.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Impressionism
A large collection of artists who were considered Impressionists. Click on the links to get information on the artists and see examples of their paintings.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Masters of Marquetry in the 17th Century: Boulle
Marquetry is the art of creating intricate pictures and elaborate designs on furniture by skillfully cutting and fitting together thin pieces of domestic and exotic woods, horn, ivory, metal, shell, and other precious materials. While...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Manuscript Illuminators
Artcyclopedia maintains an impressive list of links related to known medieval European manuscript illuminators, from the 13th century to the 16th. Page includes links to museum sites and archives where images of illumination can be...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Trade Routes Between Europe & Asia During Antiquity
Long-distance trade played a major role in the cultural, religious, and artistic exchanges that took place between the major centers of civilization in Europe and Asia during antiquity. Some of these trade routes had been in use for...
Curated OER
Unesco: Belgium: Plantin Moretus House Workshops Museum Complex
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Masters of Marquetry Quiz
Test your knowledge of marquetry and its masters in the 17th and 18th centuries with this 10-problem quiz.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Masters of Marquetry in the 18th Century: Oeben, Roentgen, Abbiati
Marquetry designs were easily adapted to this new style by taking full advantage of the rich assortment of natural wood tones and the lively colors of dyed woods. One great marquetry master who dominated the middle of the 18th century in...