Wherefore Art Thou, Art?

How do artists create the illusion of depth and distance on a flat surface? Young landscape painters explore techniques like color saturation and detail placement that create atmospheric perspective.

The homepage of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, chiefly known for its impressive collection of Asian art, provides a variety of ways to access its collections and special exhibitions: through interactive virtual exhibitions, show...

Artists working in different media often explore the same themes—to model how these same themes weave their way through different forms of artistic expression, scholars analyze images by Dorothea Lange, identifying key themes in her...

Connect art to social issues with a extended inquiry project. Individuals or small groups select a social issue and a type of art to explore. They complete a KWL chart for both the social issue and the art strand and take time to create...

The long-term installation, "The Dinner Party" by Judy Chicago is on view in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, in the Brooklyn Museum. On this page you can learn about the installation with an imgae of it and a description of...

The 2007 long-term exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, "Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection" is presented here with selected works from the exhibit, a description of the show and sections with audio clips,...

Take a visual tour of "American Identities; A New Look," an exhibit of American fine and decorative art from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.

"Basquiat" was a 2005 exhibition of over 100 works by the American master painter Jean Michel Basquiat at the Brooklyn Museum. This page shows selected works from the exhibit and includes an interactive segment on the exhibit.

The long-term exhibition, "Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses" was on view at the Brooklyn Museum in 2007. This page includes selected works from the exhibit and a teachers link.

The long-term installation, "Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity" is on view at the Brooklyn Museum. This page takes you on a visual, descriptive and virtual tour of the exhibit and selected works from the exhibit.