Webography
Museums and Exhibitions
A
Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait
Gallery
An online exhibition of portraits that
explore
the lives of people in America’s past. Includes a
Teacher’s
Guide.
Fine
Arts Museum of San Francisco
Search results yield several images by
Katsushika
Hokusai and brief descriptions of the artwork.
Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden
An art education packet for teachers to
use with
students based on artists creating animal sculptures.
J.
Paul Getty Museum
Images and descriptions of 16 ritual
vessels
dating from 2300 B.C. to 1550 A.D.
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
Image and description of a ritual food
cauldron
from the Chinese Shanxi dynasty, dating from 500-450 B.C.
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Images and descriptions of 49 objects
of Asian
Art, ranging from Indian to Japan and including both
ritual and
utilitarian objects.
Michael
C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Image and description of an 15th/16th
century
South American ritual watering vessel from the Inca
civilization.
Museum
of Contemporary
Art, Chicago
Online collection shows a sample of 150
works
of contemporary art.
Museum of
Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles
Online collection contains many works
of contemporary
art.
Museum of
Photographic
Arts
Permanent collections and current
exhibits at
the Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA.
San Diego Visual Arts Network
The San Diego Visual Arts Network hosts lesson plans for teens on art and fashion.
Singular
Forms (Sometimes Repeated) Exhibit at the Guggenheim
Museum
Highlights from the Singular Forms
(Sometimes
Repeated) Exhibit show excellent examples of minimalist
art and
include brief descriptions.
This Teacher
Resource supports the Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated)
and
includes discussion questions, extension activities and
additional
resources to use with five of the pieces from the
exhibition.
Smithsonian
Institution Library
Presents images and descriptions of
works displayed
for an exhibition of Edward Curtis’ work at The
Smithsonian
Institute.
Smithsonian
Institution
A short description of and
bibliographical resource
for Chinese bronze objects.
Smithsonian
Institution
A short description of and
bibliographical resource
for Chinese ceramic objects.
Tate
Gallery Online
Description of minimalism, its
qualities, and
influences. Includes a few images.
Van
Gogh Museum
Permanent Collection has many images of
Van Gogh
self-portraits, as well as brief descriptions of each.
Worcester
Art Museum
Image and description of a ritual wine
vessel
from the Chinese Shang dynasty.
