PBS
Pbs: Arts
The home on the web for arts-related content that airs on PBS stations. You can link to the program sites of long-running arts broadcasts, sample special exhibitions, and investigate what the network is airing or has recently aired on...
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Media Arts
Take a one-minute tour through the history of media arts. Examine a variety of media forms and be a media critic. Visit the Media Studio and learn about movie soundtracks, animation, and creating a storyboard. Meet different artists as...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Photography Word Bank [Pdf]
Twenty-three words are included in this photography vocabulary word bank. Most terms are relevant to both photography and other forms of visual art.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Ambiguous Pictures/abstract Art
In this lesson students will use art, writing, and technology to explore abstract art. Students will use digital cameras to take extreme close up shots of objects that will resemble abstract art.
Other
Native American Indian Art
This site provides illustrations and descriptions of Native American art and painting. Visual sampling of many Native American artists.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pedro E. Guerrero Photography Workshop
This media gallery contains video clips from the American Masters and VOCES co-presentation of Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey. The videos are intended for use in a beginner's photography workshop. See the support materials...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Selected Photographs From the Collection
A tour of nine of the collections' newer photographs from the National Gallery of Art. These are from 1936 and before from artists like Bill Brandt, Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Charles Sheeler, and more.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Double Vision
Pablo's Picasso's La Toilette is a loving portrait of Fernande Olivier, as well as a study in opposites and a reference to the history of art. In this lesson, students will discover the many levels of content in the painting through...
Read Works
Read Works: Art and Artists What Is an Artist?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining what an artist is. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Common Faces the Art of the Daguerreotypes
This site provides information on the daguerreotype process and other aspects of daguerreotype along with visual examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Exploring Photographs
Learn the apprecation and analysis of photography as an art form.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Images as Messages
After reviewing samples of photography that send messages to views, students will consider something in their own lives that could be captured by art and used to illustrate a meaningful message.
Other
Pictures of the Year
For over 63 years POI has offered photographers to submit their images to be judged on an international level. It also provides an archive of incredible images for all to see.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Exploring Photographs Quiz
Test your knowledge about looking closely at photographs.
Other
Graphic Greats: Photo Treatment
This resource presents an article about the use of photos in documents.