Art Lex: Action Painting

Site on history painting with several examples from different eras in art history. Each painting links to another website with further information.

This site from Artlex is a fantastic description of how movement is used in the creation of art. There are links to works of art in sculpture, painting and photography as well as focused interpretations of how different types of movement...

Students examine the influences and similarities between the New York School poets and Abstract Expressionist artists. They analyze paintings and poems, and write original poetry.

This Artlex website gives a detailed definition of Surrealism including its founder, influences, examples of this type of art, and its relationship to dadaism.

This page contains a definition for what "trompe l'oeil" is and provides numerous examples of paintings and artists that use this technique.

A description of what the Renaissance was with links to examples to a number of different paintings from that era.

Artlex.com surveys Roman art and artists with text and illustrated examples. Features include links to related terms, concepts, art examples, and the like.

This resource provides information about abstract expressionism, its leading practitioners (especially Pollock and de Kooning), and its place in American art during the period from 1940-76.

Examples of work by a group of early Modernist painters known as "The Eight." Gives a brief history of the group.

Many examples of work by the group of painters known as the "Ashcan School." Brief history of the group as well.