Students explore the universal themes they find in the complete set of One World Posters, including art, history, literature and music.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the importance of Nature in Chinese Art. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum applies her analytical skills in explaining the formal and aesthetic qualities of her favorite American masterworks from the Smithsonian's collection of American art.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Aztec stone sculpture. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

Berger's slide library is overflowing with information about art from around the world and from every period in history.

The Smithsonian presents a collection of sixty pieces of art from the Gilded Age period in America. Works are included by such artists as Sargent, Thayer, Bannister, Beaux, and others.

"The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," features 84 photographs from the early years of photography in the 1850s through the 20th century. Included in the collection are works by early, modern, and...

A look at the history of still-life painting through a printable catalog of multiple example works of art. Images are accompanied by descriptions and detailed examinations of their elements, meanings, and context.

The Hanover College History offers several excellent images of Romantic Art. The site provides the year each one was created.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the sculpture "Adam" by the impressionist sculptor Auguste Rodin, is discussed in a brief description accomanied by a large image of the piece. Links to related topics and pieces are also included.

A stunning array of art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum depicting everyday life and work in America from American masters such as Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, and Paul Cadmus. Use the right navigation to click through over 60...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum offers this introduction to American artist Abbott Handerson Thayer, who is known for his idealized and other-worldly depictions of women, angels, and nature. Read a brief biography of the artist, then...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has an image of a sculpture titled "Mask" by Sargent Johnson. Famous for his sculptures based on African examples, Johnson explains his intent in sculpting these in a brief paragraph accompanying the...

A survey of fifty-seven landscapes and portraits that reveal visions of early America and its birth as a new nation as rendered by early American artists.

An interesting site that contains paintings, sculptures, and photographs by African American artists. Each piece has a short paragraph below it describing the artwork, and the message the artist was trying to convey.

An informative site containing twenty-one different images of quilts made in America prior to 1850. A brief paragraph below each picture describes the colors, fabrics, and message of each quilt.

A small page on Hungarian folk art. Not much in the way of information, but the images aren't bad.

Colorful treasures from the Smithsonian are included in this exhibit along with explanations below each picture. Click on 'Index' to see the complete list of works.

6 colorful images from Raphael. Click on each to find a brief explanation and analysis as well as details from the painting.

The turbulence of the Great Depression is reflected in these images of workers in artwork from the NARA on this site.

Illustrated essay on British portraiture, 1600-1800. Encompasses the Tudor, Stuart, and Georgian periods.

An exhibit from the Smithsonian includes 70 paintings and sculptures by famous American Western artists such as Catlin, Baker, Bierstadt, and Remington.

As part of the artistic nationalism that took place during the Great Depression, this website from the National Archives and Records Administration focuses on many American scenes. Lots of focus on small-town life and various regions.

Media-rich module examines a pastel portrait of Madame de Pompadour, an influential member of the court of Louis XV and patron of the arts. The work, by French artist Maurice-Quentin Delatour, conveys much useful information about the...