After an overview of Islamic traditions and art, young artists create their own geometric shapes and patterns using only a straightedge and a compass.

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 Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the art of the Han dynasty from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Hudson River School of American artists. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the American artist John Singer Sargent. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on American portrait miniature paintings of the eighteenth century.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Great Serpent mound, built by early Naitve Americans in Ohio. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Georges Seurat (1859-1891) and Neo-Impressionism. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on William Henry Fox Talbot(1800-1877)and the invention of photography. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) and her art. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the American photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975). With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Swiss expressionist painter Paul Klee (1879-1940). With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.

Life and work of John Constable captured in a brief illustrated essay.

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

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.

Examples and explanatory notes of Tudor art, armor, and decorative objects from the Metropolitan's collections.

Enlargeable view of a miniature portrait by Nicholas Hilliard, thought to be of Elizabethan favorite Robert Deveraux, allows for a close examination of Hilliard's technique.

Captioned illustration of metal chariot ring produced in Britain at the time of the Roman invasion demonstrates the level of metalwork skill in the British isles at the time and the importance that native Britons placed on chariot warfare.