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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Color Saturation

For Students 3rd - 5th
Lively, vivid colors can add pizzazz and turn a dull photo into a work of art. Learn how changing the saturation levels of the colors in your photo can really make it pop.
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Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Bring the Troops Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated example of a poster produced by anti-Vietnam War activists serves as a useful resource for analyzing poster art as a form of protest.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 44: Compositional Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young music students rarely see or, better still, hear a connection between the different types of scales, modes, intervals and other compositional techniques such as meter, tonality, and form used in both traditional 'Art' music and...
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Other

Kick Arse art.com: Entrance to Green. [1970]

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic site with a picture of Richard Anuszkiewicz's 1970 painting "Entrance to Green."
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Brief History of Graffiti

For Students 9th - 10th
Spray-painted subway cars, tagged bridges, mural-covered walls- graffiti pops up boldly throughout our cities. And it turns out: it's nothing new. Graffiti has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised...
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Paul Simon

For Students 9th - 10th
Along with Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon was part of one of the most popular bands of the 1960's. Still popular today, read about his career in this biography from PBS.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Larry Rivers

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains several links to museums, galleries, and other sites related to Larry River's famous art works.
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Mark Harden's Artchive

The Artchive Jasper Johns

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides access to 29 images of work by American artist Jasper Johns. Popup ads must be exited before you can see the image.
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Jasper Johns

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS profiles the life and work of the artist Jasper Johns.
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Other

Keith Haring Foundation: Dance Party

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A lesson plan for Grade 5 where they look at Keith Haring's Dance series and create a poster based on it.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Warhol, Marilyn Diptych

For Students 9th - 10th
Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe Diptych invites the viewer to consider the consequences of the increasing role of mass media images in our everyday lives. View pictures and read about his techniques and influences in this essay.
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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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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Cracked Easter Egg

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cartoon of a boy popping out of a cracked Easter egg.
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Other

Fondation Beyeler: Andy Warhol: Series and Singles

For Students 9th - 10th
See the six different studios where Warhol worked in the city of New York and get a glimpse of the work he produced at each location.
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Martin Lawrence Galleries

Martin Lawrence Galleries: Andy Warhol

For Students 9th - 10th
Loaded with great images of Warhol's screen prints. Includes favorites such as Marilyn Monroe, Uncle Sam, and Mick Jagger. Also has a short biography.
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Other

David Hockney

For Students 9th - 10th
Whether you are familiar with his paintings or his photograph collages you are sure to enjoy seeing them here on his official website. Many colorful images and an illustrated biography make this a place to visit if you want to learn more...
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Quia

Quia: Art and Egypt

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A ten question exercise asking students to choose the correct form of a noun within the context of a sentence. Explanations for incorrect answers are provided and a point summary is displayed when the exercise is finished.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: History of Optical Illusions

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the philosophers and scientists who studied optical illusions and some of the techniques used to create the illusions.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Gladys Knight (B. 1944)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the life and career of Motown's leading lady of soul, Gladys Knight. Along with the family music group "the Pips", she had numerous hits that reached the top of R&B and pop music charts.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: I Want You Fdr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how this poster made and why it was issued by the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Human Geography: Cultural Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
AP Human Geography course learning module on cultural patterns explores characteristics and diffusion of culture, including folk, pop and art.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Chaplin as Count

For Students 9th - 10th
Poster of Charlie Chaplin used for advertising his films. Read the text about Chaplin's influence on film and entertainment.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Dylan

For Students 9th - 10th
See an iconic poster of Bob Dylan, created by Milton Glaser, and read about its style.
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Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Poster as Portraiture: Victory Begins at Home!

For Students 9th - 10th
A poster featuring Admiral "Bull" Halsey in an industrial incentive poster, urging workers to do their part for victory in World War II.

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