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 Art & Design: links to websites for KS3 & 4


WebMuseum, Paris

http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/wm/
A comprehensive guide to famous artists, themes section from 1280 to present day.

The Web Museum Artist Index
http://sunsite.org.uk/wm/paint/auth/
Life histories and work from hundreds of famous artists. Thumbnails of images expand to full screen size.

Mark Harden's Archive
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Information relating to artists and their works, arranged in alphabetical order and also under 'schools' such as Impressionists, Cubists, Surrealists, Renaissance Artists and Futurists.

Carol Gerten's Fine Art - A Virtual Art Museum
http://metalab.unc.edu/cgfa/
A virtual gallery of images of the works of a wide selection of artists. You can search by artist's name, nationality or time frame. If you want biographical details as well as images, browse the 'Featured Artists' section.

A Lifetime of Color
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/index.html
Resources for creative individuals from beginner to advanced. A range of techniques are considered such as using colour and drawing portraits. You can try the hands-on activities. There are artist biographies and lesson plans.

Masks.org
http://www.masks.org/
Extensive site featuring mask images from all round the world, an exhibition centre showing the work of mask makers and links to other mask sites.

VTC art links
http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/resource/cits/art/internet/int.html
A comprehensive list of links.

Celtic Knotwork
Instructions on how to develop Celtic knotwork design