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Using links to art museums around the world, students will investigate an artist's work or an art style as assigned by the teacher.
Gather information for your assigned topic and prepare a presentation to share the information with your classmates.
NOTE: Once you go to a site, click the Back Button to come back to this page.
General Rules:
1. Read all of the directions before you click.
2. Get permission from your teacher before clicking on other links that may appear.
3. Do not click on any advertisements that may be on sites you visit.
Click the assignment below and follow its directions OR follow the directions given by your teacher. NOTE to TEACHERS: You may decide to have students visit a museum by choosing one from RESOURCES.
Eyes on Art Quiz. Click here for an interactive quiz on art/artists.
This site may be worth a visit for foreign language students because the viewer can select from English, French, or Spanish captions. It does not do justice to the actual museum, though. There are panoramic virtual tours which give a "feel" for the museum without detail. The viewer must browse the collections as there is no index.
This site allows searching by artist, title, or keyword. That alone is worth a visit to see if a particular item is included. It does not include all aspects of the museum.
This site allows visitors to go up and down the gallery's halls and view works along the way. There is a floor plan from which the starting gallery may be selected. Virtual reality tours.
This is a very comprehensive collection with a good search index. Each piece has an information page.
Expanded Search includes above searches as well as medium used in the work
Index of American Design Includes watercolor renderings of American decorative art objects from the colonial period through the nineteenth century.
A collection of more than North Carolina art. There is a good search engine. There are many teacher's guides available with lesson plans. They come up when you search by topic. You can select the size of the art depending on whether you want speed or quality. Virtual reality tours available as well as "Shockwave" displays which allow the viewer to rotate sculptures for viewing.