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The Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/
This web site has an extensive collection of artists with good information about them and examples of their work. There are also articles on theory and criticism, special "exhibits", and many useful links.

Art Studio Chalkboard
http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/
This is a tutorial Web site on the fundamentals of perspective, shading, and color. There are many online lessons for each area with clear examples and links to corresponding pieces of art to illustrate the points being made.

The @rtroom
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/
This web site is geared more to kids and has great resources such as art webquests, lessons on art history, art activities, galleries of children's works, quizzes, and more.

BBC Art for Kids
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/art/index.shtml
This web site from the BBC has tons of art resources for kids, including online activities and drawing tools, art history, how to lessons, a gallery of kids work, and more.

The Use of Visual Information in Art
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/art/
This web site teaches about how visual information is used in art. Sections include depth cues, interposition, relative height, relative size, linear perspective, texture gradient, impossible figures, and more.

@rt Links
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/archives/link-archives.html
Lots of art links, many of which are geared to younger children, but still lots for everyone. The links are organized into 10 categories which are Artists, Art Museums, World Art, Special Exhibits, Fun On-Line, Art Study, Kids Art, By Kids, Odds & Ends, and WebQuests.

Art on the Web
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb.html
This web site has more than 1,200 links to art-related sites, nicely organized into categories.

Art Weblinks
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/weblinks/artsedge.html
Collection of reviewed weblinks that address all aspects of the fine arts, including art.

Lesson Plans from EdSitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp
Huge collection of reviewed lesson plans from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Council of Great City Schools organized by subject area, grade level and national standards.

Lesson Plans from Artsedge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/artsedge.html
Collection of high-quality lesson plans that is continually increasing. These lesson plans address integrating fine arts into the curriculum and not how to teach various aspects of art.

ArtLex
http://www.artlex.com/
ArtLex is a dictionary of visual art covering more than 3,300 terms with pronumciation, diagrams, images, quotations, and links to additional resources.

Art Interactive
http://www.hmsg.si.edu/education/interactive.html
On this site you get to learn about four different types of sculpture, and then you get to make your own virtual sculpture online with the "Create a Sculpture" tool. The interactive tool lets you pick 3-D shapes, and then resize, rotate, move, color, and join them with others.

PC Art and Creativity downloads
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/_artandcreativity-index.html
This site has a very large collection of links to Art programs that you can download, including freeware, shareware, and demos. Click on a title to learn more about it.

The Web Gallery of Art
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/index.html
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800), currently containing over 11,000 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available. Guided tours, free postcard and other services are provided for the visitors.

Eyes on Art
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html
This web site has six online activities for art students, complete with teachers guide, instructions, questions, examples, links to needed resources, and more. The activities are You Choose, Artspeak 101, Double Visions, No Fear O' Eras, Your True View, and Eyes on Art Quiz.


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