Bookmark Collection

Interactive Art Sites/Resources

A collection of sites/resources that would be good to use for an studio art/art history course.

Women in Art (Animation)

Beautiful video showing paintings of women through the ages. I might use this as precursor to a lesson on portraits.
Johannes Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance (Case Study)

This is an excellent resource for showing students HOW to look at a painting. Love how this illustrates Vermeer's... More
Escher and the Droste Effect (Simulation)

Great site for getting ideas about the recursion in Escher's drawings.
Explore Leonardo's Studio (Animation)

This simulation gives me good ideas for creating my own simulations -- my own renderings in flash of artists' studios --... More
The Cave of Lascaux (Reference Material)

Great way to actually imagine yourself as a prehistoric artist -- in the cave -- creating the paintings. It also could... More