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Art & Music |
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ArtLex |
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An art
dictionary for artists, collectors, students and educators
in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and
education. |
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ArtsEdNet |
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Provides
ideas and information on K-12 arts education from the J.
Paul Getty Trust. |
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Architecture
and Interior Design for 20th Century America |
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Provides
a collection of over 29,000 photographs taken from 1935-1955
in the northeastern US. |
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Art
Resources |
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Provides
numerous links to educational art sites. |
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Color |
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A 4 2
Explore site that provides numerous links to sites that deal
with teaching about the concept of color. |
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Color
Matters |
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Provides
information about basic color theory: primary, secondary,
tertiary, color harmony, and color schemes are all covered. |
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Crayola
Art Education |
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Provides
ideas, techniques, and lessons. |
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Drawing |
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A 4 2
Explore site that provides information and links about
drawing techniques. |
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Inside
Art: An Art History Game |
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Provides
interactive lessons on art history. |
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Jasper's
Guide to Paperfolding Instructions |
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Provides
folding instructions and photographs of how to fold the
paper to make simple models, low-intermediate models,
intermediate box, and high-intermediate models. |
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Kaleidoscope
Painter |
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An
applet that lets you design creative patterns on the screen. |
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Masks |
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A 4 2
Explore site that provides information and links about
masks. |
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PaperMaking |
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A 4 2
Explore site that provides information and links about paper
and papermaking. |
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Perspective
Drawing |
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Presents
a description about perspective with graphic examples, and
provides links to artists' works that have perspective. |
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Photography |
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A 4 2
Explore site that provides information and links about
photography. |
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Pottery |
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A 4 2
Explore site that provides information and links about
pottery. |
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Sculpture |
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A 4 2
Explore site that provides information and links about
sculpture. |
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Vision
and Art |
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A site
to demonstrate how visual information is used in art,
including aspects of depth perception, color perception, and
form perception. |
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Weaving |
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4 2
Explore site that provides information and links about
weaving. |
Museums and Collections
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Africa:
The Art of a Continent |
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An
on-line exhibition of African artwork sponsored by the
Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition ranges from the tools and
rock art of early humans to objects created in the 20th
century. Students can click on a map of Africa to read and
see about the art in that area. |
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EXPO
Ticket Office (Museum Tours) |
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Provides
free tours to six major Internet exhibits. |
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Fine
Art Museums of San Francisco |
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Allows
users to search the complete collections of fine arts
museums in San Francisco. |
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Manos
de Oaxaca |
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Provides
information, stories, and pictures about the potters from
Oaxaca, Mexico. |
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Michelangelo |
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Students
can learn about the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. |
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Museum
Computer Network |
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Provides
links to a large number of museums all over the world, with
links to museums in Africa and Middle East, Asia, Europe,
South America, Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, and
Oceania, and North America. |
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Sistine
Chapel |
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A
virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel with more than 325 images
of the chapel. |
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Smithsonian
American Art Museum |
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Provides
hundreds of images and virtual exhibits from this museum and
includes some Real Audio introductions. |
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World
Art Treasures |
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Provides
links to art from Egypt, China, Japan, India, and Europe. |
Student Publishing
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CyberKids |
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A free
online magazine with stories and artwork created by
students. |
Student Publishing
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Classical
Net: Quick Composer Reference |
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Provides
biographical information about many of the great composers. |
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Classical
Music |
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A 4 2 Explore lesson that provides links and information about music. |
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Essential
Music |
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A site
designed to introduce students to the best music of every
period. All through the site you'll find almost 200 excerpts
from Essential Classics. |
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Folk
Music |
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Provides
information and links about folk music and musicians. |
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Musical
Instruments |
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Provides
information and links about musical instruments. |
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Musictheory.net |
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An
interactive website with music theory tutorials for students
that include lessons on staff, clef, and ledger lines; note
duration; measure and time signatures; rest duration; dots
and ties; simple and compound meter; odd meter; steps and
accidentals and more. In addition, a chord calculator, staff
paper generator, and matrix generator are available for
online use. |
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New
York Philharmonic Kidzone |
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A site
that includes: Musician's Lounge, Composers' Gallery,
Instrument Storage Room, Instrument Laboratory,
Conductor/Soloist Dressing Rooms, Newsstand, Games, and
Composer's Workshop. Students get to experiment with
interactive instruments, compose music, create instruments
online and learn about composers and musicians. |
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WholeNote
- The On-Line Guitar Community |
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Provides
guitar lessons with notation and customizable music playback
for all skill levels and styles and provides tools to help
you build your own lessons. |
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Accordian
Dreams |
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Provides
information about Conjunto a unique Texas-based Mexican
American music tradition born in the 19th century that
continues to evolve and thrive today. |
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Piano
on the Net |
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provides
over forty lessons that are divided into Starter,
Intermediate, and Advanced categories. |
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San
Francisco Symphony Kids' Site |
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Provides
information on the Instruments of the orchestra and an
introduction to reading music. |