Many Interesting Art and Design Web Sites

A Lifetime of Color
A fun and informative site for all key stages. As well as hands-on art activities with tips on technique and style, there's a useful study section on the principles of art

Design Addict
A good resource for modern and post-modern 20th century design. Focusing on domestic design, the site features six exhibitions relating to furniture from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Detroit Institute of Arts
Hosted by the sixth-largest fine art museum in the US, this site offers highlights (images and text) from its collections: African, Oceanic and New World; American; Ancient; European; 20th century.

Fine Art History Quick Reference
Great for novices, this reference site provides dictionary-style information on over 70 painters, dating from the Renaissance to the mid 20th century.

Henry Moore Foundation
A good source of references for research into Moore, with a comprehensive chronology, a number of images and links to further Moore-related sites. It includes excellent information regarding access to examples of his work, including upcoming exhibitions.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Devoted to the study of historical and contemporary design.

Ansel Adams at 100
Featuring seven of Ansel Adams’s key photographs, this exhibition allows the user to explore the images and stunning locations in-depth.

George Pompidou Centre
A good source of images for modern art, along with some relevant essays. Of particular interest is the Kandinsky collection.

Art Studio Chalkboard
A useful site dedicated to lessons in drawing and painting to aid older art students.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Imagebase
This is an excellent source of around 70,000 images of fine art and crafts from ancient to modern. A search engine helps negotiate this vast collection.

J Paul Getty Museum
A wealth of material is available for online viewing at this museum. The ‘how we live’ section is particularly interesting, with pictures depicting education and celebrations.

Drawing in One-Point Perspective
This effectively simple site introduces the principles of one-point perspective

International Sculpture Center
This is an excellent source of images of contemporary sculpture accompanied by artists' statements and biographies.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore & Learn
Loads of useful resources for key stage 3 and 4 students. Explore the art history timeline and discover past and present cultures

Leonardo da Vinci at the Science Museum
Exploring linear perspective is one of the activities at this site covering the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci, artist and scientist.

Rodin, Auguste
Set up to promote reproductions of Rodin's famous works, this website contains much of interest about the man and his art.

Pixar Animation
This well-presented site offers an insight into the animated film industry. Find out how films are made in ‘How we do it’, and view clips and trailers on hit films

Picasso, Pablo: On-Line Picasso Project
The site features a comprehensive chronology of Picasso's works, a very detailed illustrated biography and a record of museums holding Picasso's work.

The Official Magritte Site
A comprehensive site devoted to the life and work of the foremost Belgian Surrealist, this currently features hundreds of images of Magritte's paintings

National Gallery
The National Gallery's site is a mine of information. From individual paintings to broader themes.

National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
As well as the usual information about the museum in Bradford, this site contains fun, educational projects

THAIS
A superb site whose extensive collection of images may be accessed by period, sculptor or location. The periods covered are high-medieval to modern (up to the 1960s).

SILS Art Image Browser
A huge number of images are presented on this database of art, architectural and museum objects. Artists are generally represented by several images of their work.

Tate Gallery
Choose Britain, Modern, Liverpool or St Ives for details of each of the galleries, including exhibitions and events, or browse the collection

National Portrait Gallery
The gallery's collection is represented on the site by over 100 images, from the 17th century to the present day

The Potteries
This fascinating site contains a wealth of information on potters and their creations, identifying marks and different types of pottery and patterns.

The Work of Edgar Degas
With works listed alphabetically, this site is an excellent resource for anyone interested in or studying the work of Degas.

The Work of Paul Cezanne
With high quality images and a link to an Encarta biography, this site is an excellent resource for anyone interested in or studying Paul Cezanne's work.

Van Gogh, Vincent: Gallery
An excellent site, this claims to show all of Vincent van Gogh's 2,211 works. Images are organised in terms of paintings, sketches, watercolours and letter-sketches

Victoria and Albert Museum
Investigate the collections at this museum of applied and decorative arts. Included are examples of fashion, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, silver, jewellery, furniture, photography and paintings.

William Morris Society
An attractive and comprehensive website about the leading light of the Arts and Crafts movement. View examples of his textiles, wallpapers and illustrations, and browse his poetry and prose.

World Art Treasures
This is a good site with lots of information and lots of images. The vast slide collection on which it is based features work from a number of major civilisations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India and Europe.

John Lovett - Watercolour Artist
Professional Australian artist John Lovett's well designed website contains detailed notes on painting techniques and methods, with information on art materials and design theory