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Resources

Ancient Art - As in Mesopotamia, Ancient Iran, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Islamic World, Etruscans, South Arabia.

Art History Resources on the Web - Bazillion sites on art history, a must see.

Art Crimes - Where people deface public spaces in nice ways, sometimes.

ArtsEdge - Tons of resources for the k-12 crowd. Students click "for students" link and then Student Research Pages for arts from different cultures, time periods, and on different themes.

Artcyclopedia - Artists and their art, browse or search.

Color Matters- Design Art - Basic color theory and if you don't know what that is...then look here.

@rt Room - Ideas for projects and articles on art and artists.

Impressionism - Uh...let's see, I'm guessin stuff about the Impressionists.

Inside Art - Art history adventuring.

World Art Treasures - Art from around the world, duh.

How To:

Art Studio Chalkboard - Drawing, painting, questions answered, more links.

Joseph Wu's Origami Page - Explore the art of paperfolding, download patterns to try.

Cartooning and Animation

Gutters Comic Art Illustrator's Journal - One comic artist's view.

ClipArt Gallery - Copyright free, all types

Creating Animation, Cartoons, & Comics Anime, Manga, Lettering

Claymation, Computer Aided, Characterization...

Flash Tutorials - All about Macromedia's Flash

Museums

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Explore and Learn section. Take a virtual trip to the Metropolitan Museum and learn more about art and artists.

Louvre 1 - What can we say...it's the Louvre! This is the homepage, click on collections.

MOMA Menu - Museum of Modern Art. You can take a virtual tour.

The Thinker- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

National Museum of American Art - There are 11 online exhibits here.

National Gallery of Art - This is one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpure, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.

WebMuseum - Famous paintings, artists, special exhibits, themes.