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Louvre Museum: A Closer Look at an Ebony Cabinet

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada: Romeo Beaudry, Producer (1882 1932)

For Students 9th - 10th
Romeo Beaudry and Herbert Berliner were prominent producers of Quebecois music in the early days of recorded music. Through their efforts, many French Canadian artists were able to develop careers as musicians. Many of the songs they...
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All About Henri Matisse

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the post-impressionist French painter Henri Matisse in this web-page devoted exclusively to the artist.
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Tate

Tate Online I Map: "Still Life With a Beer Mug" by Fernand Leger

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Bagadoo: Max Jacob a Quimper

For Students 9th - 10th
A presentation of the famous artist and his relationship with his hometown.(Won 1st prize in a college-on-the-web contest.) English available from homepage.
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Historiographie Du Xi Xe Siecle. Hippolyte Taine

For Students 9th - 10th
An anthology of historical, philosophical, artistic analysis from Taine's works, all in French.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Alberto Giacometti

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides direct links to Giacometti's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Constantin Brancusi

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides direct links to Brancusi's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Raoul Dufy

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Dufy's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Jean Dubuffet

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Dubuffet's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Henri Rousseau

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Rousseau's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Georges Seurat: The Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
A full-featured exhibition of the drawings of nineteenth-century French master Georges Seurat. Includes upclose looks at the artist's sketchbooks-rare primary source documents-and details about his subject choices and working methods....
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
Artlex's complete description of artists of the Romanticism movement There are samples of the artists' work, descriptions of the work and an explanation of why this movement exists.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Manet and the Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a preview to a live exhibit in Chicago, these pages explore the theme of seascape as perceived in the late 19th century. Includes a great deal about Manet and other artists of the period plus plenty of images of famous works.
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro (1865 85)

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition brings together the work of two masters of the early modern period, Cezanne and Pissarro. Compares and contrasts their styles, choices of subject, techniques, and development, with interesting thematic pathways into the...
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Musee D'orsay: Gustave Courbet (1819 1877): A Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, "Gustave Courbet (1819-1877): A Biography" is presented with a breakdown of major periods of the artists life and examples of paintings from each period.
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Louvre Museum: Thematic Mini Sites: Ingres, 1780 1867

For Students 9th - 10th
Retrospective, with full-color reproductions of Ingres's masterworks, including the "Grande Odalisque," traces the major episodes in the painter's artistic career.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Neoclassicism

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Neoclassicism in Europe during the latter half of the 18th century. Explore the artwork of 13 artists and descriptive paragraphs.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Jean Antoine Watteau

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of 18th-century French rococo artist, Jean-Antoine Watteau.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Georges Seurat

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical highlights of the life and career of French post-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Paul Gauguin

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Jean Hans Arp

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of Jean Hans Arp, a German-French sculptor, and painter known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Yves Tanguy

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Yves Tanguy, French surrealist painter.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Henri Matisse

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account highlights the life and career of French Post-Impressionist painter Henri Matisse.