ArtSite Classroom Web Links
If
an Internet connection is available, you can guide students to useful websites
with "ArtSearch", the ArtSite teacher customized
Internet search engine.
ArtSite
starts you off with 50 museum website links which feature
good quality images with interesting descriptions or imaginative
activities. You can delete or change any of included links
and add your favorite sites organized by your own search
titles.
Here
are a few examples from the Museum Resources category. Each
link will open into a second browser window so you can easily
return to this site.
• Art
Access, http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/
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.
• Art
Interactive, http://hirshhorn.si.edu/education/interactive.html
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian's museum of modern art.
Discover how modern and contemporary artists have used different methods and
materials to convey their ideas. Make your own art online and see how it looks
in the museum.
• ArtsEdNet, http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
The Getty Museums Art Education web site. Exhibitions include "The Forum
of Trajan in Rome: A Virtual Tour" and "Looking at Art of Ancient
Greece and Rome: An Online Exhibition (also known as Beyond Beauty)"
• Explore & Learn, http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp
Metropoliatan Museum of Art online resources inlcuding a timeline of art history
and interactive educational activities featuring current exhibitions.
• Explore
Ancient Egypt, http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/
The Museum of Fine Arts houses one of the finest Egyptian collections of its
kind in the world. Learn about Egyptian Art, go behind the scenes of excavations,
and learn about history, language, religion, anthropology, and archaeology.
• J.
Paul Getty Museum, http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/media_gallery.html
Informative online video gallery covering a variety of subjects including collection
tours, a look behind the scenes at the museum, and art making techniques.
• Louvre
Virtual Tour, http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
Take a virtual reality tour through of the many gallery spaces of the Louvre
Museum in Paris.
• National
Gallery of Art, http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/
The Gallery's education division offers a wide range of programs and resources
including in-depth studies exploring specific artists and themes.
• San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art - E Space,http://www.sfmoma.org/espace/espace_overview.html
Offers direct access to commissioned artworks, permanent collection Web objects,
and featured sites. Commissioned Web projects explore the new forms of storytelling
in a space delineated by the personal computer screen as well as the hypermedia
structure.
• The
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=16
Online interactive programs providing a wealth of information on a variety
of artists, cultures, styles, time periods, materials and techniques.
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