~ Visual Art Links ~

The Art Studio
http://www.cartooncorner.com/artspage.html 
Ever wanted to learn how to draw your own cartoons? This is the spot to start lessons that guide the beginner through the steps to a successful drawing. All you need is a pencil and a piece of paper. Aside from basic cartooning techniques, it is also a good place to discover what it is that cartoonists actually do and to get a few ideas for some creative fun. 

Art Atlas: Art Galleries of the World
http://artatlas.com/ 
This database provides addresses and telephone numbers for over 5,000 international art galleries. Some entries provide additional information, such as opening hours, list of artists represented, or a link to the gallery's Web site. Searchable by gallery, city, artist's name, or keyword; browsable by major city.

ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ 
"The main purpose of ArtsEdge is to support the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum through creative and appropriate uses of technology." Most of the information is in two areas. The Professional Resources include contacts (e.g. organizations, government agencies, and schools), standards (links to showcase programs and state and national sites about art education), overviews and reviews (articles, papers, and reviews of teaching materials), advocacy resources, and practical guides and FAQs. Teaching Materials has information on getting published and lesson and activity ideas for teaching the arts and standard school subjects. Searchable. 

ClassroomClipart
http://classroomclipart.com/ 
Subtitled K-12 Picture Database, this site contains a large(13,700) collection of photographs, clipart, and historical images designed for use for educational purposes. Searchable or browse by topical areas. -

Art Safari
http://artsafari.moma.org/safari_menu.html 
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents four different paintings from its collection, each containing an animal, and this interactive "art safari" begins with the viewer choosing one to study. Asked to interpret various aspects in each work and in some instances to write an original story, the participant submits the responses online. Also included is a drawing program, which permits the user to create original artwork and submit it to the Museum. The Museum staff judges these pictures and stories and selects from them on a monthly basis for display on the site. 

Vision and Art 
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/art/ 
This tutorial demonstrates how the illusion of three dimensions can be created in two-dimensional art. Elements that illustrate aspects of depth perception, color perception, and form perception include interposition, relative height and size, linear and aerial perspective, texture gradient, shadows, impossible figures, figure-ground relationships, and spatial summation. 

The Fleeting Image: An Interactive Journey into the World of Impressionism
http://www.fwkc.com/art/high/fleetingimageframeset.html 
The viewer gets a chance to second-guess the artist while learning about the impressionists on this interactive site with images from the Bridgeman Art Library. Eight different exhibits featuring several paintings each are included in this gallery and cover different facets of impressionism. (See Map to see thumbnails of all the paintings.) Also provided is a sketch of information about the painting, the year it was done, and current location.

The Glory of Chinese Printing
http://www.cgan.com.hk/english/cpg/indexen.htm 
Containing hundreds of images, this extensive online exhibit details the significance of printing in China, tracing its development from block printing to the invention of movable wood type, brass plates, and two-color techniques. Available in English and Chinese.  Although the graphics are missing from most of the sections on the dynasties, this resource is still very useful. 

Exploring Themes in American Art
http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm 
Visit this site to survey American art by theme: Abstraction, The Figure, Historical Subjects, Landscape Painting, Marine Painting, Portraiture, Narrative Art, Scenes from Everyday Life, Still Life, and Topographical Views. Each topic provides an illustrated essay linking to corresponding images, including bibliographies,  exhibition history, and provenance; a list of over 100 artists, including biographies and works in the Gallery's collection; and a glossary. An easy-to-navigate exhibit within the National Gallery of Art's site, this teaching resource was adapted from an interactive program produced by the Department of Education Resources and is one of several excellent online teaching programs. 

AskART 
http://www.askart.com/ 
A database about American artists spanning the 16th to the 21st centuries. The front page has a two-box search engine allowing one to input the last name (or part of the last name) and the first name (optional) of the artist you're looking for.The site returns a page of information on the artist, including birth and death dates, a sample painting, whether or not there is a biography available, etc, image gallery information, etc.

Color Matters
http://www.colormatters.com/entercolormatters.html 
"It's all about the world of color" and its physiological and psychological effects. "This site explores how color affects appetite, vision, sexuality, energy conservation, and its relationship to architecture and interior design." A passion for color and its unique characteristics led the site's author to search for answers to some puzzling questions: Does pink make strong men weak? Can colors create accidents? What colors are predominant in different cultures? marketers use color to influence our decisions? Browse Resources and Interact for additional questions and issues on how color really matters. Searchable. 

@149st : New York City Cyber Bench
http://www.at149st.com/ 
Site devoted to the New York City underground(aerosol) art movement "known by many names, most commonly termed graffiti." Focusing primarily on the 1970s and 1980s, this site features photos of work and information on Artists (also known as writers); Crews; and various styles within the movement, including Tags, Throwups, Wild Style, Tunnel Bombing, and Scatchiti. Also includes a History; Women in Graffiti; recommended books, zines, film, and video; news and  events; and a Glossary. 

Futurism
http://www.futurism.fsnet.co.uk/ 
A comprehensive site devoted to the "wide-ranging Italian movement that included painting, graphics, sculpture, poetry, literature and the performing arts focused on the dynamic, energetic and violent character of changing 20th century life." Futurism contains an  introductory essay, a bibliography of print resources, a browsable timeline, profiles of Italians and other futurists, photos, sound files, and manifestos of the movement.

Posters American Style                     
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters/mainmenu.html 
This searchable site discusses the purpose, content, artists, production techniques (including a demonstration of how a poster is printed using offset lithography), and impact of posters publicizing events, products and services, and social and patriotic ideals in twentieth century America. Images of over 130 posters are arranged by category. From the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Fantastic in Art and Fiction
http://rmc2.library.cornell.edu/fantastic/ 
A browsable and searchable "visual resource for the study of the Fantastic or of the supernatural in fiction and in art," this site contains a database of nearly 300 images from over 80 books. Categories include angels and demons, danse macabre, weird science, bestiary, the marvelous, the grotesque, possession and insanity, fantastic space (architecture), and freaks, monsters, and prodigies. A presentation of the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections.

Bauhaus-Archiv Museum of Design 
http://www.bauhaus.de/english/bauhausarchiv/ 
From 1919-1933, the Bauhaus was a driving force in the synthesis of technology with architecture, design, and art. The heart of the Web site for the Bauhaus Archive/Museum, in Berlin, is "Bauhaus 1919-1933," an illustrated chronicle and analysis of this major movement. Key resources include the Manifesto, a Chronology, and profiles of major figures, such as Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer, and Mies van der Rohe.

Salute to Pioneering Cartoonists of Color -
http://www.clstoons.com/paoc/paocopen.htm 
This site features biographies of Black artists in the cartooning industry who created and drew comics and cartoons during the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. Browsable by cartoonist name, character name, and cartoon title.

Ray, Man -- 1890-1976 - 
http://www.manray-photo.com/ 
A searchable collection of works of the artist Man Ray, including photographs, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and stills from his films. Search by category or theme. There is also a brief biography in the form of a timeline. Also available in French.

The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance 
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/ 
The Japanese artform Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating, or sorrowful, world") is featured in this online exhibition of prints, books, and drawings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, from the Library of Congress collections.

Online Visual Literacy Project
http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html 
An exploration of common visual elements including the dot, the line, shape, direction, texture, color, hue, saturation, value, scale, dimension, and motion. Audio and video clips are used to illustrate further explanations of several of the elements.

BTN Graphic Artist - Ruth Stentiford 
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/scrap/about_btn.htm

Psychology of Color
This site answers the question "Do different colors affect your mood?" Eight colors are listed, describing their psychological effects, what they symbolize, and how they
are used ("Red is often used in restaurant decorating schemes because it is an appetite stimulant."). http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html

Seeing the Centre - the Art of Albert Namatjira 1902 - 1959
http://www.nga.gov.au/namatjira/ 
Albert Namatjira is one of Australia's best-known artists, whose landscape paintings are iconic images synonymous with the Australian outback. The site, from the National Gallery of Australia, celebrates the opening of its latest travelling exhibition of Namatjira's paintings. Links to related resources are included.