RESEARCH

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GLOSSARIES

AMICO.ORG
The Art Museum Image Consortium database of images online. An excellent source!

ArtLex.Com
This is a premier site for the definition of virtually any art term. Comes with clear explanations and extremely fine reproductions of art works.

BIDDINGTON'S PEDIGREE AND PROVENANCE
Like it sounds, except this site also provides definitions of Abstract Expressionism, Ash Can School, citrine, encaustic, Jugendstil, New Image Painting, etc. Full of basic concepts and useful links.

OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE: WORDS OF ART
Not as good as ArtLex, but a solid resource.

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LIBRARY

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
From the Smithsonian, this is a great source for researching American art history. Over 13 million documents about the American visual arts, 1700's - present.

ARTSOURCE: ART & ARCHITECTURE LIBRARIES
A limited but useful list of links to art & architecture libraries.

ARTSOURCE: ART JOURNALS ON-LINE
A limited but useful list of art journals online.

MEDAILLE LIBRARY
Search Medaille's library holdings, or use any of the following on-line resources: indexes and databases; on-line reference sources; recommended web sites by subject; selected full-text sources; search the Internet. All services can be accessed off-campus provided you have the appropriate user password.

THE ON-LINE BOOKS PAGE
Links to 11,000+ books online.

VIRTUAL REFERENCE SHELF
Carnegie Mellon's reference center, with links to Almanacs, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias; Alternative News Sources; Citing Digital and Print Resources; Internet Directories and Search Engines; Government Information; Grantmaking Resources; Local Information; Maps, Travel and Weather; News and Current Affairs; Statistical Resources; Time, Money, and Other Conversions.

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ART HISTORY

AMERICAN:

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
From the Smithsonian, this is a great source for researching American art history. Over 13 million documents about the American visual arts, 1700's - present.

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IMPRESSIONISM:

GARDENS OF THE SUNLIGHT: IMPRESSIONISM
This site highlights many of the leading artists in the Impressionist movement such as Monet, Van Gogh, and Renoir. This site also offers various examples of Impressionist works plus links to galleries devoted to Impressionism.

HUNTFOR.COM
This page doesn't contain a great deal of information (a definition of Impressionism and short-list of its practitioners), but it does however, provide a good search engine, as well as links to other more useful sites.

IMPRESSIONISM.ORG
This site is great for teachers and those looking for a way to teach the Impressionist movement, from both a historical and technical standpoint. Mostly geared toward younger students, but useful and well-done.

YAHOO: ART HISTORY: IMPRESSIONISM
A Yahoo search result for Impressionism.

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EXPRESSIONISM:

ARTCYCLOPEDIA: EXPRESSIONISM
Browse artists by Movement, Medium, Subject, and Nationality. Gives a brief history of artists and paintings displayed within the site.

ARTHISTORY.ABOUT.COM
Gives a brief history of Expressionism and additional links to other eras in the history of art. Also provides the important influential artists of that time and brief bios.

ARTLEX.COM
This is a premier site for the definition of virtually any art term. Comes with clear explanations and extremely fine reproductions of art works. This page provides a definition of Expressionism.

WEBMUSEUM, PARIS
This page gives a short definition of the (Abstract) Expressionist movement. It also showcases certain pioneers of the movement such as Mondrian, Pollock, and de Kooning.

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SURREALISM:

GLOBAL GALLERY: SURREALISM
This site highlights the history of the movement, as well as some of the founding artists and their works. While the site is a consumer site, with its main purpose being to sell reproductions of famous pieces, it does offer various visual examples.

SURREALIST ART: SALVADOR DALI GALLERY
Some nice images from Dali, et al.

SURREALIST.COM
This site provides info and a brief history into the Surrealist movement. It also provides a few examples of Surrealist works, as well as links to other sites.

YAHOO: ART HISTORY: DADA & SURREALISM
A Yahoo search result for Dada & Surrealism.

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ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM:

ART CYCLOPEDIA
This page provides a definition of the movement, its many practitioners (plus links to their bios, etc.), and it also provides some insight into the techniques used in creating an abstract expressionist painting.

ARTLEX.COM
This is a premier site for the definition of virtually any art term. Comes with clear explanations and extremely fine reproductions of art works. This page provides a definition of Abstract Expressionism.

ARTNETWEB.COM
Provides a brief overview of Abstract Expressionism and additional links that give information about abstraction in all forms of art, not just paintings.

BIDDINGTONS.COM: ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
Provides a brief history of Abstract Expressionism; also providing additional links that show a history of influential artists and other art movements.

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CONTEMPORARY:

ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY--ART REFERENCE RESOURCE CENTER
Albright-Knox Resource Center provides links to many useful art web sites. Also offers a searchable collection database of thumbnail images, exhibition and publications for the Gallery's collections and a digital collection of the Gallery's archives.

ART IN FLUX
Cheryl Shurtleff's hard-to-read site at Boise State University. Very contemporary.

ASPECTMAG.COM: THE CHRONICLE OF NEW MEDIA ART
Visit this site for engaging, on-the-edge art. Each issue of the mag highlights 5-10 artists working in new or experimental media, whose works are best documented in video or sound. Each work can be viewed with or without an additional commentator audio track.

CHICAGO MUSUEM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
This site provides a look into contemporary art, through the showcasing of contemporary artists.

CONCORDIA LIBRARY
This Concordia University library site provides links to various Contemporary Art-related pages.

CYBERARTSWEB.ORG
An innovative site from CyberArtsWeb.org with a search engine and multiple links to pages related to Streaming, BioArt, Gaming, Robotics/HML, Sonic Art, Virtual Reality, and Other/Hybrid Forms.

DIVERSEWORKS.ORG
This site documents contemporary artwork in a variety of media created at or through the auspices of one of America's top alternative spaces.

HALLWALLS CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER
One of the leading contemporary arts centers in the U.S. (if not the world), Hallwalls is an ongoing source for arts happenings in Buffalo.

MOBIUS.ORG
The Mobius Artists Group has gained national recognition as a leading interdisciplinary group in Massachusetts. Since 1977, the 20-member group has been known for incorporating a wide range of the visual, performing, and media arts into innovative live performance, sound, video and installation works.

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ART MEDIA

PAINTING:

ART.NET
This site has a great idea--have artists and curators create their own online studios and shows. You have to become a member, and it's a young site, but there's plenty of room for growth.

ARTS WIRE
A good resource for teachers and students. Online instruction/tutorials on art and the Internet. Geared toward younger audiences, but a useful site.

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PHOTOGRAPHY:

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Just like it sounds, with online exhibits of work.

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: A CENTURY OF IMAGES
PBS's online repository of photo images.

PICTURING THE CENTURY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
An online exhibit of over 70 historically significant photographs from both well-known and amateur photographers.

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SCULPTURE:

AFRICA: THE ART OF A CONTINENT
This site is an extension of guggenheim.org (Guggenheim Museum's official site). Both sites are extremely useful in learning about African sculpture.

AFRICAN ART- AESTHETICS AND MEANING
This site explores the aesthetics and techniques that make up much of African sculpture.

AFRICAN SCULPTURE
An absolutely fabulous site which features pictures of African sculptures.

MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM
This site provides a look at different types of sculpture throughout the world. It is also extremely useful in providing valuable information for teachers and teaching the young in general.

ELLIOT GANTZ & COMPANY
This site has descriptions and pictures of the steps in casting bronze. Personal site, but worth a look-see.

SCULPTOR.ORG
Sponsored by the International Sculpture Center, this large site specializes in resources for sculptors. It has everything from listings of sculptors, to sculptors worldwide, to advance techniques and business opportunities. A must for professional or would-be sculptors!

SCULPTURE PERSONAL EXHIBITS
Looksmart's group of links to online galleries of various contemporary sculptors.

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IMAGES

AICT: ART IMAGES FOR COLLEGE TEACHING
AICT is a royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community. Not extensive, but it is growing.

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: A CENTURY OF IMAGES
PBS's online repository of photo images.

ARTCYCLOPEDIA
Guide and index to museum art images on the Web.

ARTSOURCE: IMAGE COLLECTIONS
A limited number of specialized image libraries. A good supplement for limited searches.

DIGITAL IMAGES OF THE VISUAL ARTS
If it's Australian art you want, Monash University's site delivers.

THE HOMEPAGE OF BOB SPEEL
This page is dedicated mainly to 19th century art, especially Pre-Raphaelites and illustration, but more broadly Victorian and Edwardian paintings, sculpture, architecture and other arts. The most useful part is the list of artists, which leads to the artists' biographies.

MOMA (THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART)
A good educational resource, plus an image gallery of MOMA's holdings and current shows.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Take a virtual tour of the gallery, and search the collection by artist and title. In-depth studies are included on various artists and works.

ORAZIO CENTARO'S ART IMAGES ON THE WEB
An extensive collection (reputably the biggest on the web) of art images.

PERSEUS PROJECT
Tufts University's large database of images and site photographs, mostly pertaining to the Greeks and Romans.

WEB MUSEUM NETWORK
Apparently, Nicolas Pioch has convinced dozens of sites around the world to post his museum of art images on sub-directories of their url's. Limited in scope, but worth a visit.

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WEB-GUIDES (DIRECTORIES OF ART LINKS)

ADAM
The art, design, architecture and media information gateway. A catalog of over two thousand selected and annotated web sites and other Internet sources. Right now, just the search engine works.

ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY--ART REFERENCE RESOURCE CENTER
Albright-Knox Resource Center provides links to many useful art web sites. Also offers a searchable collection database of thumbnail images, exhibition and publications for the Gallery's collections and a digital collection of the Gallery's archives.

AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1914-1945
It sounds strange, but yes, not only is there a long list of authors on this site, but there's many links to related sites pertaining to music, visual arts, and "material culture" of the period.

ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT: ITHACA COLLEGE
Ithaca College's site provides general and research sources, academic links (lists of college & universities), and links to museums and image sources.

ART HISTORY LINKS
This site, hosted by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has some good, but not extensive, links to fine art institutions and art resources.

THE ART HISTORY RESEARCH CENTRE
Search engines, newsgroups, article indexes, and other research resources from one of the best art sites on the Web.

ART HISTORY: RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Chris Witcombe's large and user-friendly site is a must-visit for those seeking art history links.

ART NAVIGATOR: GENERAL ART STUDIES
Just like it sounds--links to pre-optimized search engines in art studies.

ART NOIR (AFRICAN& AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART
A good source for info and links on African and African-American art.

ART-PACIFIC.COM
Oceanic & Indonesian Art. Mostly a commercial site, but has some nice images.

ARTSEDGE
The Kennedy's Center has developed this site as on online resource for arts educators. Their goal is to put the arts in all the disciplines, and they offer curriculum plans and educational resources for teachers to do it. There's also a library of planning, research, and contact information.

BBC Online: WEBGUIDE TO THE BEST OF THE WEB
A must-visit page if you want to see a long and impressive list of the "best" arts sites on the web. Comes with detailed descriptions of the sites and handy links.

CULTUREFINDER.COM
A corporate site, but with an Arts Resources link to Art, Theater, Music, Dance, and Film.

ELECTRONIC THESES AND DISSERTATIONS IN THE HUMANITIES
A directory of online references and resources related to completed and ongoing theses and dissertations in the Humanities. Also gives support to students who are seeking to post their own work on the web.

FINE ART FORUM RESOURCE DIRECTORY: DISCUSSION FORUMS
A wide selection of discussion forums related to Art. Pick and choose...

INTERNATIONAL ART RESOURCES
This site is a great research tool with many useful links for finding images on the Web; art & art history directories; art historical movements; architecture; art books online; and much, much more!

MOTHER OF ALL ART HISTORY LINKS PAGES
The University of Michigan's Museum of Arts database of art history links. Anything from research sources, to image collections, to lists of museums.

REFERENCE AND RESEARCH: AMERICAN STUDIES WEB
Georgetown University's art studies site, with plenty of links to journals, articles, and other art resources on the web.

SCULPTURE.ORG
The International Sculpture Center's huge site has everything that has to do with sculpture. You want it, it has it or knows where to find it! A must for active or would-be sculptors!

VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE
The BEST Humanities site on the web. This place rocks, with hundreds of links on dozens of different topics. Start here, and you'll never stop.

WORLDWIDE ART RESOURCES: VISUAL ARTS
A good listing of sites for info and opportunities in the arts world. Limited, however, on the academic end.

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TEACHING & LEARNING

This section is a clearinghouse for academic tools, advice, and strategies in the study of art. If you are a student or instructor who has links or original materials that you would like to see posted on this site, please contact the Humanities Department.

 

ASSESSMENT

ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT ESSAYS
This is a searchable database of 23 reports, recommendations, and ERIC Digests posted by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation.

ERICAE.NET
This site provides information concerning educational assessment, evaluation, and research methodology. It also provides resources to "encourage the responsible use of educational data."

ERICAE.NET: LINKS PAGE
Here's an extensive list of assessment resources on the Web. Just start your search here, and you'll find all you need!

ERICAE.NET: FAQ's
If you're just beginning in assessment, start here for some FAQ's.

EROD (EDUCATION RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY)
The Directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.

THEGATEWAY.ORG
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide educators with access to collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Just search by topic.

A GLOSSARY OF MEASUREMENT TERMS: ERIC DIGEST
A short but handy list of terms with definitions.

LEARNER.ORG
A useful site, especially for math-science educators, but pertinent to all the disciplines.

MARYLAND ASSESSMENT ARCHIVE
Yes, it's just Maryland, but they have lots to offer in the way of assessment.

MEASURE DECISION THEORY
For the mathematically/analytically inclined, here's a page on measurement decision theory. This is a measurement model for classifying examinees based on statistical decision theory. The model is, in many ways, superior to Item Response Theory when the goal is simply classification. This page presents the model and features an interactive module which allows you to try different inputs and see the resulting decisions. Additional resources are provided.

THE META ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH STUDIES PAGE
Meta-analysis refers to the analysis of analyses... "the statistical analysis of a large collection of analysis results from individual studies for the purpose of integrating the findings." This page is intended to help you learn more about meta-analysis by providing you with an overview; links to relevant documents and resources; and free, high-quality software. Maybe a good place for helpful info on closing the assessment loop!

NCREL (NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL EDUCAIONAL LABORATORY)
This page provides some basic info on assessment.

PALS
PALS is an on-line, standards-based, continually updated resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks. The tasks, collected from numerous sources, include student directions and response forms, administration procedures, scoring rubrics, examples of student work, and technical quality data calculated from field testing. On-line rater training packets have also been created for some tasks.

SEARCHERIC.ORG
Just like it sounds--handy if you're looking for a definition of a term or a resource at ERIC.

VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE
This is a mixed list of resources from VoS, University of California (Santa Barbara), but some assessment-related ones appear here.

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LEARNING TOOLS

ART HISTORY:

ACCESS ART
AccessArt provides easy access to contemporary issues in visual arts education and an exchange of information and ideas. Pupils will find AccessArt a fun, creative and dynamic learning tool across all Key Stages. For lifelong learners and home-users, AccessArt is a valuable way of accessing gallery and museum education from home. This site is great for those who are looking for a way to present various facets of art such as Sculpture, Drawing, and Photography. And it is universal to students of all ages.

ALL EXPERTS.COM
This site will answer your art history questions for free if an expert is available. Make sure you prep with your own searches and investigations first so you don't waste your (and their) time!

THEGATEWAY.ORG
A general-purpose resource, with some lesson plans and learning exercises for pre-school, high school, and college students. The search engine takes some getting used to.

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ART MEDIA:

ACCESS ART
AccessArt provides easy access to contemporary issues in visual arts education and an exchange of information and ideas. Pupils will find AccessArt a fun, creative and dynamic learning tool across all Key Stages. For lifelong learners and home-users, AccessArt is a valuable way of accessing gallery and museum education from home. This site is great for those who are looking for a way to present various facets of art such as Sculpture, Drawing, and Photography. And it is universal to students of all ages.

ART JUNCTION
Art Junction is a site where both teachers and students can work together on collaborative projects, share articles, have discussions, and share personal art work.

ARTS WIRE
A good resource for teachers and students. Online instruction/tutorials on art and the Internet. Geared toward younger audiences, but a useful site.

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TEACHING TOOLS

ART HISTORY:

ACCESS ART
AccessArt provides easy access to contemporary issues in visual arts education and an exchange of information and ideas. Pupils will find AccessArt a fun, creative and dynamic learning tool across all Key Stages. For lifelong learners and home-users, AccessArt is a valuable way of accessing gallery and museum education from home. This site is great for those who are looking for a way to present various facets of art such as Sculpture, Drawing, and Photography. And it is universal to students of all ages.

AICT: ART IMAGES FOR COLLEGE TEACHING
AICT is a royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community. Not extensive, but it is growing.

ARTSWIRE.ORG: FAVORITE LESSONS
This site offers art lessons for college (and high school) educators.

ASK-ERIC INFOGUIDE: ART HISTORY EDUCATION
This site has a database on Internet resources, ERIC journal articles & documents, and other non-Internet related resources. Need TelNet for some applications. Also try
http://www.indiana.edu/~rugs/ctrdir/ecae.html.

ASK-ERIC LESSON PLANS: ART HISTORY
These lesson plans are for grades 1-12, but there's enough of them that, with some tweaking, they might work for college students.

THEGATEWAY.ORG
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide educators with access to collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Just search by topic.

FINE ART FORUM RESOURCE DIRECTORY: DISCUSSION FORUMS
A wide selection of discussion forums related to Art. Pick and choose...

IMPRESSIONISM.ORG
This site is great for teachers and those looking for a way to teach the Impressionist movement, from both a historical and technical standpoint. Mostly geared toward younger students, but useful and well-done.

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ART MEDIA:

ACCESS ART
AccessArt provides easy access to contemporary issues in visual arts education and an exchange of information and ideas. Pupils will find AccessArt a fun, creative and dynamic learning tool across all Key Stages. For lifelong learners and home-users, AccessArt is a valuable way of accessing gallery and museum education from home. This site is great for those who are looking for a way to present various facets of art such as Sculpture, Drawing, and Photography. And it is universal to students of all ages.

THE ARTCHIVE
Virtual gallery of classic and contemporary painting, sculpture, as well as art critique and reviews. Easy to search through and find what you are looking for with many different ways to approach the site.

ART JUNCTION
Art Junction is a site where both teachers and students can work together on collaborative projects, share articles, have discussions, and share personal art work.

ARTSEDGE
The Kennedy's Center has developed this site as on online resource for arts educators. Their goal is to put the arts in all the disciplines, and they offer curriculum plans and educational resources for teachers to do it. There's also a library of planning, research, and contact information.

ARTS WIRE
A good resource for teachers and students. Online instruction/tutorials on art and the Internet. Geared toward younger audiences, but a useful site.

ASK-ERIC LESSON PLANS: ART ACTIVITIES
These lesson plans are for grades 1-12, but there's enough of them that, with some tweaking, they might work for college students.

THEGATEWAY.ORG
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide educators with access to collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Just search by topic.

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RELATED LINKS

ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON ADULT, CAREER, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
This site offers full-text articles related to adult, career, and vocational education. Also find journals on the web (short list) and an ERIC database.

ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
It's all focused on the study of higher education, but ERIC is the one-shop in that area.

EROD (EDUCATION RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY)
The Directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.

THEGATEWAY.ORG
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide educators with access to collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Just search by topic.

LEARNER.ORG
A useful site, especially for math-science educators, but pertinent to all the disciplines.

LEARNER.ORG: DISTANCE LEARNING RESOURCES
A short list of distance learning resources from Annenberg/CPB.

LEARNER.ORG: STRATEGIES FOR USING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
A short list of strategies for using educational technology from Annenberg/CPB.

RICCISTREET.NET
Doug Anderson's erudite and cutting-edge site offers educational theory and support to both students and teachers. Included are in-house discussion groups and demos on web-creation.

THE SYLLABUS PROJECT
The American Educational Research Association - Division J (AERA-J) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) are sponsoring this website project. Their mission is to collect syllabi in the field of higher education which cover a broad range of topics. Some examples: Student Development, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty and Teaching , Access and College Choice, and Research Methods.

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