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About Art History

About Art History is a great starting place for readers interested in the complex field of art history. Curated by art historians and museum professionals Alexander J. Noelle and Chelsea Emelie Kelly, the content covers essential art history questions via accessible but nuanced essays and entries. The site may be browsed by Art History Categories such as Artists A to Z, Art History 101, Timelines...

https://www.thoughtco.com/art-art-history-4132955
Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus

Designed to complement "Art of the First Cities" -- an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum through August 17, 2003 --this Web site presents almost two dozen examples of Third Millennium B.C. art from the region called the "cradle of civilization," an area stretching from the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean across Iran and Central Asia to the Indus Valley. The site is divided into eight thematic...

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Art_of_the_Fir...
Art Through Time: A Global View

How do we understand art? What is the relationship between art and the society from which it comes? These are but a few of the questions explored by this fine thirteen-part series produced by the Annenberg Media group. The motivating principle behind the series is to explore "diverse cultural perspectives on shared human experiences." Visitors will note that each program has a theme, and visitors...

https://www.learner.org/series/art-through-time-a-global-vie...
Art Through Time: A Global View

The Annenberg Foundation, that giant of media and philanthropy, has a wonderful website that aims to "advance the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge." Available here are videos, along with companion web and print materials, to improve the teaching methods of K-12 teachers. One of the latest series is "Art through Time: A Global...

https://www.learner.org/series/art-through-time-a-global-vie...
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ArtCurious Podcast

A background in art history (or even an interest in it) is not required to enjoy ArtCurious, a podcast that tells stories of "the unexpected, the slightly odd, and the strangely wonderful in art history." Launched in 2016, ArtCurious is written, produced, and hosted by Jennifer Dasal, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Visitors to ArtCurious will find (as of...

https://www.artcuriouspodcast.com/
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

In a city known for creative expression and its free-thinkers, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) is a major cultural institution. The site is a veritable cornucopia of artistic endeavors, including film, performance art, installations, and lectures. Visitors planning a trip to either institution will want to click on the "Visit" section, and others with a more scholarly...

https://bampfa.org/
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War: A Virtual Exhibition Catalog

Curated by Angela Giral, Emeritus Director of the Avery Architectural Library at Columbia University, this web exhibition includes 153 drawings made by children aged 7 to 14 during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Children were evacuated from the war zones to war-free areas of Spain and the south of France, and many of the drawings show children travelling to these safer areas, as well as more...

https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/child...
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Digital Art Museum

The Digital Art Museum (DAM) is an "online resource for the history and practice of digital fine art.” On this dynamic site, visitors can look over sections that include Artists, Exhibitions, and Timelines. First-time visitors should start with the Featured Artist section to explore a new contemporary artist every week. Moving along, News for You presents information about upcoming art exhibits...

https://dam.org/museum/
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Education at the Getty: When Art Talks

Elementary School educators, art educators, language arts educators, and English Language Learner (ELL) educators alike may be interested in this collection of four lesson plans related to the intersections of art and language. Each lesson plan centers on a different work of art from the Getty's collections. For example, the lesson Tactile Poem-Forest Textures invites young learners to explore...

http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/...
Everyday Miracles: Medical Imagery in Ex-Votos

The relationship between faith and healing has engaged the minds of scholars, artists, and theologians for centuries. One physical manifestation of this area of human inquiry and concern has been the ex-voto, which is a devotional painting that gives thanks to a saint or deity for a miraculous healing or a blessing. This website was designed to accompany an exhibition at the National Library of...

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/exvotos/index.html
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