Art Periods and Styles
Animation/Comics | Anime | Art by Country | Art History | Calligraphy | Cubism | Dada/Surrealism
Expressionism | Fantasy | Glass | Graffiti | Digital Technology | Impressionism | Art | Photography
Political/Courtroom Art | Prehistoric/Aboriginal Art | Printmaking | Religious | Sculpture | Ceramics
Crafts - Wood - Miscellaneous | Native American Art
Modern Art Study Guide
- [Archive] This PDF document lists and explains modern art styles as well as lists popular artists and a bibliography.
Animation Resources, a site devoted to restoration, appraisal, and sales of animation art.
Animation World Network, with an online magazine, gallery, and other resources.
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Online, the name says it all.
Cartoon America - An exhibit by the Library of Congress. Look through cartoon history!
Caricature Zone - Thousands of celebrity caricatures - fun things to do! Site is in English or French.
Cartoon Library and Museum - An Ohio State online library with a huge database of cartoonists.
Duck Webcomics - the webcomics community. Teachers will need to monitor this site. There are a few adult comic artists.
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists - A great site with work from all the great cartoonists.
Fascination St. Gallery, which sells and displays animation from WB, Disney, Hanna-Barbara, and others.
Garfield the Cat, with a virtual tour of the studio in Muncie, Indiana.
Guardians of the North - The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art. Have you heard of these distinctive Canadian superheroes: Johnny Canuck, Canada Jack, and the Northern Light? These superheroes have been promoting Canadian heroism and patriotism since the early 1900s.
Mad Magazine Art - [Archive] With many of your favorite Mad cartoons. You can find their new website for Mad Magazine online.
Mark Kistler's Online Cartoon Lessons - He hosted the Imagination Station on PBS in the 1990's. You can buy his most recent book, You Can Draw in 30 Days
here.
Mike Stanfill's Private Hand - A collection of great comics. While you're there, see his Flash animation.
Oh, Brother! - [Archive] A blog with cartoon activities geared to elementary and middle school age.
Political Cartoons - Daryl Cagles's Professional Cartoonists Index.
Van Eaton Galleries, an animation art gallery and resource center for the animation art collector and enthusiast.
Wonderful World of Animation Art, with art from Disney, Warner Bros., Flinstones, Tom and Jerry, and more.
here.
Advanced Anime 4.0 - [Archive] With galleries and forums.
Anime Artists Club - A forum on deviantART.
Anime Directory - [Archive] A collection of links on Yahoo.
Biglobe- [Archive] With a gallery of anime artists.
Colonyone Gallery- [Archive] With anime art by Eiji Keneda. To see the art, click on the small black boxes.
Hataraki Anime - A television anime cartoon. 「働きマン」公式サイト
Manga Volume - [Archive] Read manga magazines online for free.
ShowTime - With anime on Japanese television. ショウタイム
TV Tokyo's Anime Channel - See what anime is on TV in Japan.
American Art - Traditional Fine Arts Organization - largest, and most visited, free source of online information on American art. Dedicated to furthering education in American art through advocacy, publications and research.
Art Serve - Over 1.6 gbs of art and architecture from many periods.
Egypt - Papyrology Home Page, where you can see images of ancient Egyptian art and their heiroglyphics.
Egypt - Ancient Egypt - Classical African Civilization [Archive] - A view of Egypt as Black Africa. Site by Walter Moore
India - Art and folk art - links page.
Mexican Art and Folk Art - links page
Norwegian Art [Archive] - Lofoten Art on the Internet. Links to many Norwegian artists.
Pyrenees Art - Pre-historic art in France.
World Art Treasures, a large collection of art from Egypt, China, Japan, India, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.
Art History Resoutces - Site by Chris Witcombe - Sweet Briar College
Art History: ArtiFAQ 2100 - Student created site - chronicles art history past and present.
Art History - WWW Virtual Library Index [Archive]
Art in the Picture - Art history site created by Bruno Dillen
Curse of King Tut: Fact or Myth? [Archive] - Student created site - by students at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx under the direction of Steve Feld.
Learning about Leonardo - Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling? - [Archive] Student created site - presenting original music by Leonardo da Vinci. By students at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx under the direction of Steve Feld.
Mother of All Art and Art History Links - [Archive] Mother is now available courtesy of the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102 [Archive] - with many links to famous architects.
Calligraphy - Lettering - Book Arts
Arabic Calligraphy, and another link Arabic Calligraphy.com.
Calligraphy of the Masters, [Archive] with many calligraphers' work shown.
Calligraphy Qalam - An introduction to Arabic, Ottoman and Persian calligraphy.
Calligraphy Centre, a group of Artisans working in, promoting & teaching the Lettering Arts.
Calligraphy, Lettering and Book Arts - Many Calligraphy and Artists Book Galleries - Visit the Children's Playground - Site by Cecilia Sharpley, Montrose, Victoria, Australia.
Cotton, Dan - A calligrapher, hand lettering artist, and graphic designer.
Japanese Calligraphy, a site with a few examples and explanation of the art. Work of Master Calligrapher Eri Takase. Find out more.
Society of Scribes and Illuminators - The Society, based in the UK, is one of the most well-established and respected calligraphy societies in the world.
Russell Akerman - British Studio Potter & Ceramic Artist. Traditional forms. Also see Echo of Deco slab formed functional ceramics by father and son team, Malcolm and Russell Akerman.
Clayton Bailey - Ceramics and robot assemblages. California artist.
Marie e.v.b Gibbons - Sculpture in clay and mixed media. From Colorado.
Dragana Jevtovic - Slip cast ceramics in three different decorating styles including African motifs of birds, feathers and geckos. Decorative utilitarian pieces. Dragana was born in Yugoslavia - now living in Cape Town, South Africa.
Kingsmill Studio Pottery - [Archive] With work by Canadian artist Bob Kingsmill.
Cheryl Tall - Ceramics sculptures and paintings. From California
Virginia Scotchie - A ceramic artist and area head of ceramics at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.
Taller de Artesania en Barro - [Archive] A pottery studio in Colima, Mexico.
Al Williams - AW Shadows - Unique wood carvings on barrels, boxes and more. Real family treasures! A real craftsman!
CMU Origami Club, the Carnegie Mellon University Origami Club
Doug Barker- Cool Timbers - [Archive] Wood wording with copper tooling Dragonfly Candle - Lamp with tooled butterfly - [Archive] Limited edition oil lamps with hand tooled copper reflectors
The Frankenstein Mail Art Exhibition, [Archive] where 185 people from 34 countries responded to an invitation to submit art and poetry on Frankenstein. These WWW pages showcase some of these submissions.
The Great Conflagration Galleries, [Archive] with paintings and lithographs of the great Chicago fire.
The Gundam Project [Archive], an information source for the popular Sci-Fi animation series, Mobile Suit Gundam. Great Japanese art.
Hein, John, with his artistic furniture.
Iron Inspired - A very unusual site with manhole cover and sewer art by Jason Brooks.
Photorealism - Painter Vladimir Sevcik was studying at the University of Fine Arts in Prague when he was expelled, in 1971, for showing photorealist paintings unacceptable to the Academy.
Sarah Al Abdali's Studio - A Saudi artist who uses collage, cut paper, and other medium. See the video here.
Shakespeare Illustrated, explores nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of Shakespeare's plays and their influences on one another.
Billie Ruth Sudduth - Basketmaker living in the North Carolina mountains. Her baskets are inspired by traditional Shaker and Appalachian styles - and also show connection to math. Read more about her on Mint Museum site.
UCLA Laboratory for New Media [Archive], a site devoted to creative expression.
U. S. Army Combat Art, where artists on the U. S. Army Combat Art Team IV (Samuel Alexander, Burdell Moody, Daniel Lopez and Ronald Wilson) have paintings and sketches of the action in Vietnam.
Viking Art - [Archive] More on Viking Art
Cubism - From Artcyclopedia
Cubism Gallery Asada - An excellent gallery of Cubism art.
Cubistic.com [Archive] - Cubistic art - links, images and free information on Cubism and Cubistic painters (Picasso, Braque etc)
Cusimano, [Archive] a collection of metaphysical and surreal artists.
Dada - Artcyclopedia
DADA - [Archive] Online presentation from National Gallery of Art
Surrealism - Artcyclopedia
Digital Art - Computer Graphics - Technology
ACM SIGGRAPH is dedicated to the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. ACM SIGGRAPH is extremely interested in supporting both Computer Graphics education and the use of Computer Graphics in education. Check out the Online Gallery and Artists Portfolios. You might find the Education Resource Projects of interest. See also the Student Gallery.
Digital Art Museum - Offers opportunities for the presentation of digital art from all digital artists, and provides a forum for critical dialogue between emerging and established artists and their audiences. Several artists featured.
Serdar Camlica - Surreal 3d artworks - from Istanbul, Turkey. 3-D rendering and photography.
Fred Casselman - Place is called Earth Echo, a gallery of peace, love, and light on the internet. Many digital mandala images.
Milan Dobrojevic - Fractals - [Archive] Digital artist from Belgrade
Robert J. Krawczyk - See his Art of Spirolaterals - First encountered while investigating space curves and fractals in Abelson. See also Hilbert's Building Blocks. Artist from Chicago, Illinois.
James Michael Lawrence - See his work on Minnesota Arts. James work is rich in imagery. You will find high quality digital images to inspire on the Minnesota Artists site (site takes a while to load - be patient - well worth the wait!). James wants students to be inspired by his work.
Fred Leavitt - Fine art, photography and web design. See his creation series. Mr Leavitt currently lives in, and works out of, Sebring, Florida.
Mark Millstein - Kite forms - Ink Jet prints on Oriental papers. Millstein is a professor at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Scott Piers Digital Art - Abstract art. High definition digital art. Chicago artist.
Minnesota Arts Collection of Digital Art and Computer Art - Collection curated by James Michael Lawrence.
Siegfried Schreck - Non-objective art English version. Work brings Kandinsky to mind.
Woody Gallery - [Archive] Many fun images of "Woody" the mannequin. Select images appropriate for your students. I like this Woody art parody "Marat" and "Thinking Outside the Box." [Archive] Artist uses Bryce and Poser.
Expressionism - One of the main currents of art in the later 19th and 20th centuries.
Expressionism - Artcyclopedia
The Fantastic in Art and Fiction - Images from Cornell University's Rare Manuscript Collection.
Dale Chihuly - Perhaps the most famous glass artist.
Glass Art Society- whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance education, to promote the appreciation and development of the glass arts.
Anti-Graffiti Web Page, see the other viewpoint about graffiti art.
Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall, a site with graffiti art. This is a great resource for graffiti art. Warning!! Teachers must review this site before they let students view these pages. This art is street art and has the potential for scenes not appropriate to students.
Graffiti Verite
, a documentary that explores the eclectic world of hip hop and the urban graffiti artist. This is one of a series of movies. You can also buy or rent
it.
Nevercrew - The site features paintings, street art, and graffiti. Their blog shows everything they do and their news on graffiti and street art.
Access Art: Impressionist - Thanks to such pioneering donors as Mrs. Potter Palmer and Frederic Clay Bartlett, The Art Institute of Chicago houses one of the largest and most significant collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world. Includes twelve images from the collection with detailed information. Lesson plans and glossary included.
Impressionism - A major movement, first in painting and later in music, that developed chiefly in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Impressionism - Artcyclopedia Post-Impressionism
The Florence Art Guide, a wonderful site of the art capital of the world.
Gallerie dell'Accademia - In Florence, Italy. See also the unofficial site.
Italian Art and Museums - Artcyclopedia's page.
Uffizi Gallery - A famous gallery in Florence, Italy. See also the unofficial site.
The Vatican Museums - There's all kinds of art and history in these museums.
Lewis & Clark - This IAD thematic lesson has many Native American links near the bottom of the lesson.
Ansel Adams - One of the most famous photographers. Was known for his landscape pictures in national parks.
Chang, Aaron - A photographer in Solana Beach, California.
Digital Photography Exhibit [Archive] - An international juried exhibit exploring new work created by artists who work with cameras and computers.
Erickson, Dale, a nature and wildlife photographer.
Fortier, Edmund - [Archive] Black and white photographs of Africa from 1900 to 1910 - From Centre Edmund Fortier. (some images for mature students - teachers should preview)
Glover, David - Fine art photography - images of the storm strewn California coast. Big Sur, Monterey, and Carmel, coastline. Close to the water, lots of motion, mostly during stormy weather at sunset. Special galleries include Carmel River mouth and Monterey’s Cannery Row.
Lamson, Susan - PhotoImpressions. Photographs are digitally rendered using Photoshop, painter, and Kai Soap - from Richmond, USA Be sure to see the Farmers' Market!
Lepage, Jean-Francois Photography [Archive]
Lost Trails - The Herodotus project which is a serialized translation of Herodotus along with extensive photography of many of the locations mentioned in the book so that a student of history can explore these sites in photographs while reading the text. Photographs by Shane Solow.
Herman Krieger - Photo Essays by Herman Krieger. Slice of American life - Humorous photographs of churches.
Mason, Teri - Photographer - Austin Texas. She loves working with children and new and expectant mothers. Brides and weddings are another favorite. At one time, Teri helped me with IAD and her work was appreciated.
McCurry, Steve - This artist's work has been featured in most national magazines, including National Geographic.
McNulty, Pat - Fine Art Photography Picture Gallery- You will see a variety of pictures here including free screensavers and wallpaper.
Mukerjee, Mala, a photographer from India.
Perry, Chris, a wildlife/nature/landscape/astro photographer in Minnesota.
Peterson, Moose- A well known wildlife photographer.
Photo.net - With photographers, photos of the week and photographer directory.
Art Sinsabaugh Photographs - Landscape photography and more. Site from Indiana University Art Museum.
Woolcock, Bob - With amateur photography from Vietnam, Porsches, and more.
Zincone, Ronald - An astrophotographer. He has man images of night skies here. He grants art teachers permission to use his photos.
Zone Zero, a Top 100 website from The Net magazine.
Socio-Political Art - See art by Kevin Bourgeois and Anthony Freda.
Court Artist, with art by courtroom artists.
The Narrator - The Narrator is the arts & social justice blog of the NY Writers Coalition.
Paleolithic Cave Art, the Chauvet Cave in the Ardeche Region of France.
Rock Art Links - With Petroglyphs. This site has links to sites all over the world.
World Rock Art [Archive] - With links and literature on art created on rocks.
Contemporary Printmakers - A collection by The Old Print Shop.
Fairfield, Dea - An artist who specializes in nature woodcuts.
World Printmakers Artists and Their Work - [Archive] Most are printmaking artists - some are not.
Early Christian Art, with art from the early ages. It includes architecture from around the world.
Sacred Art Gallery - They have a religious art gallery with reproductions and commissions.
Al Williams - AW Shadows - Unique wood carvings on barrels, boxes and more. Real family treasures!
Arthur Ganson - Kinetic Sculptures - Machines. Several with online video. Arthur is from Stoneham, MA
Carpenter, Richard - A sculptor who creates from pine needles.
Cary Lathan Weigand - Beautiful earthenware figures - with inspiration from Asian philosophies and Shamanism - focusing on awareness of mind, spirit, and environment.
Chasens, Caril - [Archive] A Canadian artist with very unique wood sculptures.
Dale Roberts - Sculptor from British Columbia, Canada. Alabaster and mixed media installations and sculpture
Dan Torpey's Automata: Fun, whimsical moving works of art. A little sculpture - plus invention - plus lots of imagination! I like Can Pigs Fly?
Elizabeth Berrien - Wire Sculpture - See Teaching pages and Workshops. California artist.
Eric Ehlenberger - Virtual art gallery of luminous art: sculpture and art installations by Eric Ehlenberger that incorporate neon light. Abstract and non-objective forms - wall mounts, floor sculpture, more. Geometric and organic. New Orleans artist. See also Glass Light Art Gallery.
Francisco Zúñiga (1912-1998) Latin American Sculptor - Figurative work for mature students. Born in Costa Rica - worked in Mexico. Site also has drawings and paintings.
Heidi Maiers - Portrait Sculptor - Portraiture in bronze and clay. Artist now living in Arizona.
Jacqueline Rush Lee - An artist who works with used books that are transformed into sculpture.
James R. Morrison Sr. - [Archive] Metal Sculpture inspired by ancient civilizations. Designed for walls and floors. Now working in California.
Joe Pogan Sculpture - Metal animal sculptures from found objects. Joe is from Oregon.
Lewis Goldstein Art and Design - Figurative Sculpture and dolls. Complete with tutorials for sculpting a Child doll's head and a caricature of an African woman.
Miller, Richard - Life size bronze figures, bronze relief and portrait busts. From Pontiac, Michigan.
Modo Gallery (Now Foundry) - Check out ceramic sculpture by Anita Fields - American Indian artist.
Nicario Jinénez - Art of the Andes - Contemporary artist - maker of Retablos - sophisticated art in the form of portable boxes filled with brightly colored figurines arranged into intricate narrative scenes. Nicario now lives in Florida.
Philippe Faraut - PCF Studios. Portraits and figurative sculpture. Excellent instructional book - Portrait Sculpting Anatomy & Expression in Clay by Philippe & Charisse Faraut.
Ralph Prata - [Archive] Concrete relief sculptures - carved and cast. Hand painted mats add a striking frame. Abstract works inspired by music. Work shows influence from tribal cultures. New York artist.
Scultori Italiani, a large collection of Italian sculpture.
Tom Haney - Figurative sculptures - Articulated Artwork from Atlanta, Georgia. Maker of one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted automata and other works of modern folk art. Carved wood -mixed media assemblages. Be sure and view the newest additions - Six new work on his site! Watch the short videos, too.
Wakan, Elias - Sculptor from British Columbia. Sculpture is inspired by an appreciation of geometric forms. Sculptures in wood.
Walter S. Arnold Virtual Sculpture Page - View the work in the Gallery section, where you can see Fireplaces, Gargoyles and other sculpture. Visit the Resources pages to learn how stone is quarried and carved.
Animation/Comics | Anime | Art by Country | Art History | Calligraphy | Cubism | Dada/Surrealism
Expressionism | Fantasy | Glass | Graffiti | Digital Technology | Impressionism | Art | Photography
Political/Courtroom Art | Prehistoric/Aboriginal Art | Printmaking | Religious | Sculpture | Ceramics
