Art Links at the Region 9 ESD

Portland Area Museums

Masks from Other Cultures

Monster Exchange Project A great way to combine art, language arts, and even math into an online collaborative project.

• The Case of Grandpa's Painting Students become A. Pintura, Art Detective to solve a mystery. In solving the mystery, they explore paintings by Raphael, Titian, Millet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Picasso to discover which artist created a mystery painting.
• The World of Escher M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist, most recognized for spatial illusions, impossible buildings, repeating geometric patterns (tessellations), and his incredible techniques in woodcutting and lithography. You can view his wore "Museum" or enter your own tesselation in the contest.
• Eyes on Art from Pacific Bell includes lesson plans and links to many museums. Re-create your favorite paintings. Discover the elements of art through examples. Use collaborative projects to promote a community of artistic "seers". Explore artistic styles through the ages and across the miles. Compare and contrast sets of interestingly matched art works.
• ArtSource from the University of Kentucky has links to Art and Architecture resources on the Internet. Click on GENERAL RESOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES for museums, etc.
• Native American Art Links to Native American art and artists as well as many other sites.
• THE YOSEMITE NATIVE ART GALLERY is an on-line presentation of Yosemite's famous Sisochi Gallery. The art available from this gallery represents the finest examples of surviving historic pottery and basketry, as well as art produced by some of the most renowned contemporary Native American artisans.
• Doug Jarrett's Norman Rockwell Collection - contains pictures of Rockwell's work from 1910-1929.
• Take a tour of the Louvre without the airfare to Paris
  • From the Paris Pages site
  • The REAL thing
    • also in Francaís
    • also in Español
    • also in (Japanese)
• Seven Wonders of the World - A ThinkQuest site
• Web Gallery of Art - thousands of European paintings and sculptures created between 1200 and 1700, as well as information on many artists such as Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Raphael. You can even take tours!
• Art Exhibits on the Net