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Art & Photography

Below you'll find various websites with a plethora of information about art, artists, and photography.

• Art History Resources on the Web
  Comprehensive index to art history information on the Web.
  
  
• History of Comic Art
  History and evolution of the comic art form, from paleolithic cave paintings to the X-Men.

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• Calder Foundation
  Information about the artist, his work, and the Foundation.
  
  
• M. C. Escher
  The collection at the National Portrait Gallery.
  
  
• Frida Kahlo
  Includes brief biography, links to images of some of her paintings, and a bibliography.
  
  
• Joan Miro
  Images of the Spanish painter's works, plus a brief biography.
  
  
• Diego Rivera
  Web museum featuring the Mexican painter's works as well as biographical information.

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• A. Pintura: Art Detective
  Try to solve the case of "Grandpa's Painting" and at the same time, learn about elements of art such as color, line, shape, and style.
  
  
• ArtCyclopedia
  The Guide to Great Art on the Internet.
  
  
• ArtEdventures: A Lifetime of Color
  Discover how great artists made their famous works and learn techniques for creating your own art.
  
  
• Art Junction
  A collaborative art space for teachers and students.
  
  
• ArtLex Art Dictionary
  Definitions of thousands of art-related terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.
  
  
• AskART: The Artists' Bluebook
  A recognized site about American artists.

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• Art Safari
  Go on safari at the Museum of Modern Art and explore their collection of sculptures and paintings.
  
  
• Explore & Learn
  Activities related to the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
  
  
• Heard Museum
  Works of the traditional cultures of the Greater Southwest.
  
  
• The Louvre
  Information about the museum in Paris, France: its history, collections and exhibits. Take a virtual tour. Search and view their collections online.
  
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Images of works of art and descriptions of educational opportunities.
  
  
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  Extensive permanent collection.
  
  
• National Gallery of Art
  Search the collection by either artist, subject, or expanded search. Site includes educational resources for teachers and students. Information on Teen and Family programs.
  
  
• National Museum of African Art
  A variety of information on and images of African cultures.
  
  
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
  Dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists.
  
  
• Native Americans
  Important Native Americans are featured in this online exhibit from the National Portrait Gallery.
  
  
• Sculpture Garden
  Walk through the National Gallery of Art's sculpture garden.
  
  
• Web Gallery of Art
  A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 21,300 reproductions.
  
  
• WebMuseum, Paris
  Famous Artworks Exhibition.

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• Ditto.com
  Choose photographs from a directory of subjects.
  
  
• New York Times Images
  The images that were "fit to print" from the New York Times in a searchable database.

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• ArtsEdge
  Includes information, resources and ideas for the K-12 art curriculum. Part of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
  
  
• National Art Education Association (NAEA)
  The official website for teachers.

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