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Google Art Project

An incredible new way to view art and visit museums. View hundreds of great works of art at incredible zoom levels. Learn more about this exciting project by visiting their YouTube page, or visit some of the participating museums below.

Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC	Smithsonian - Washington	Museum of Modern Art - NYC
The Frick Collection - NYC	Palace of Versailles - France	National Gallery - London
Rijksmuseum -Amsterdam	Hermitage Museum - St.Petersburg	Tretyakov Gallery - Moscow
Museum Kampa - Prague	Alte Nationalgalerie - Berlin	Museo Reina Sofia - Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza - Madrid	Uffizi Gallery - Florence	Tate Britain - London
Van Gogh Museum - Amsterdam	Gemäldegalerie - Berlin

After exploring the rooms make sure to view the artwork individually at each museum through a link near the top of the page. The zoom range and level of detail viewable are simply spectacular.

Impressionism Slide Show

Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence in the 1870s and 1880s.
Characteristics of Impressionist paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, movement as a crucial element of perception, and unusual visual angles.

Hover your mouse over an image to stop the slideshow.
Click on the image to get more information.

For more information visit theImpressioninsm Web Site

Art Links

Explore and Learn
Assorted educational activities from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Web Gallery of Art
a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance
The Incredible Art Department
Incredible collection of Art resources.
Google Art Project
Incredible access to zoom in on idividual paintings, see above.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Access examines objects from various areas of the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection to enrich visitors' understanding of their content, style, and historical context.
Color, Vision and Art
Understanding light, color and vision in Modern Art. Learn the difference between hue, saturation, luminence and more.
Pigments through the Ages
Interactive lessons on historical discoveries of pigments and paints. More interesting than it sounds.
NGA Classroom
A great art education site where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum.
Artcyclopedia
Whatever you are looking for about Art is probably here.
New Face of Art
Multimedia introduction to a number of young American artists, from Pepsi.
Deconstructing Art
Multimedia Art lessons and more from the National Gallery of Canada.
ArtLessonPlans
Lesson plan starters are designed to give you ideas for your classroom, submitted by our community of Artsonia teachers.

Rennaisance Paintings

Lorenzo de' Medici, 16thc by Girolamo Macchietti	Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 by Hans Holbein
Isabella I of Castile, 1482, by Pedro Marcuello	William Shakespeare
Titian - Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence c1565 >	Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller
Leonardo da Vinci Self Portrait c1512 - 1515	Michelangelo by Jacopino del Conte - after 1535

Interactive Art Sites

National Gallery for Kid
Many interactive activities for Kids, a must see page.
National Gallery - Interactive
Design your own work of art that mirrors those of old masters.
Crayola.Com
More than 1000 pages to color online, stories, games, craft ideas, more.
Interactive SFMoma
Animated and interactive lessons on Modern Art, fun for all ages.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Video and interactive activities for classroom learning.
A. Pintura: Art Detective
Interactive Art mystery
Picasso Head
Make A Picasso like head drawing and email it.
MOMA Interactives
Interactive activities from the museum of modern art.
Artists Toolkit - Visual Elements.
Learn about lines, color and shape as tools to build works of art.
Renaissance Connection
A suite of online activities and resources for middle school students and teachers.
Smart Museum - Chicago
Interactive activities for kids from the university of Chicago.
Art Games for Kids
From the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo.
Cartoonster
Interactive tutorials which teach children and young people how to create their own animations!
Learning from Cezanne
Easy and fun interactives from the Baltimore museum of art.