An image of "Robert Fulton", created by Jean-Antoine Houdon, c. 1803 (Plaster, height 68,5 cm).

An image of "The Empress Josephine", created by Jean-Baptist Isabey, c. 1808 (Watercolour, 135 x 95 mm).

An image of "Portrait of the Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand", created by Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1810 (Oil on canvas, 249 x 162 cm).

An image of "Portrait of a Young Woman Painter", created by Jean-Marc Nattierz (Oil on canvas).

An image of "Cyrus and Astyages", created by Jean-Charles-Nicaise Perrinz (Oil on canvas).

An image of "The Pont Neuf and the Samaritaine", created by Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Raguenetz (Oil on canvas).

The official site of the Academie Francaise. Provides information on its role, its history, its members (called "les immortels"), its influence on the French language, and its dictionaries (actual limited online access).

Find information on the many women who became well known for their part in aviation history. Click on one of the drop down menus on the left to find a name, then click on the name to see a short description of the woman and her...

Students will be introduced to the Greco-Roman myth of Diana and Endymion by critically analyzing a painting by Fragonard. They will then write and illustrate their own myth to describe a natural phenomenon or social custom.

This resource from the Circle Association at the University of Buffalo gives background on the origins of the Harlem Renaissance and highlights its most famous authors.

This site from Powersource gives links to many Cherokee myths, including the "Cycle of the Seasons" and "Rock House: Why the Sun Follows the Moon." These are both good examples of the Cherokee religious beliefs of creation.

This website from Surrealism.org has on several Surrealists including Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, and Max Ernst.

Media-rich module examines a portrait of a nineteenth-century French newspaper magnate by Ingres. Accompanying commentaries and animations demonstrate Ingres's approach to portraiture and convey the work's historical and artistic...

This site includes the author's credits as an editor and playwright, a biography, and links to three of his books.

Students will create a PowerPoint slide show presentation and brochure on a famous African American icon from the Alabama Calendar. Students may select famous African Americans from Alabama such as Rosa Parks, Vonetta Flowers, Dr. Mae...

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

This site is a history of the Cape Canaveral area in Florida. An extensive look at the peoples who settled in the area and its history through 1947.

These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. Here he discusses theories for species change that were before Darwin published "On the Origin of Species."

In this multi-day, students will learn weather through multisensory approaches. Students will make daily predictions. After each daily prediction, they will collect measurement and observational data by taking walks in different types of...

This site provides the artist's biography and numerous examples of his work.

Using Cazin's painting The Quarry of Monsieur Pascal near Nanterre, students will hypothesize about the workings, setting, and size of this French quarry. Then, applying his working method of "memory painting," they will draw or paint a...

Short bio with a great list of works.

John Calvin (or Jean Calvin) (10 July 1509 - 27 May 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism or Reformed theology. In...