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Feb. 19, 2008

Art Appreciation - Artwork websites

As promised in Art Appreciation - Part I, here are links to some of my favourite online sources for free, public domain artwork images. CGFA - A Virtual Art Museum Digital Imaging Projects - artists (sculptures) & architects (buildings) Olga's Gallery Web Gallery of Art WebMuseum, Paris Once you have chosen an artist, select at least six of his/her works to view for the term.  I like to find two works from the artist's early period, two works from the artist's middle years, and two from the artist's final productive life.  It is easy to do this, as most pieces of art are dated.  Sometimes one can recognise similarities in technique, style, or theme between artwork that isn't dated. When I have selected artwork to use for art study, I copy and save it to my computer to be printed off.  The steps for doing this are: put the mouse cursor over the print, right click on it, choose "Save Image As", type the artist surname and artwork title (and year), and "Save" in an 'Art Print' folder on the computer hard drive.  Once saved, I print each piece of art onto photographic paper using our colour printer. Choosing an artist and selecting artwork from the multitude of choices was the most difficult aspect of Art Study.  Next comes the easiest, fun part - doing Art Appreciation with your children!

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