Art Project - Google's Virtual MuseumThe Art Project let's you explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces. Imagine being able to see artwork in the greatest museums around the world without leaving your chair.
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SmArtHistory
Smarthistory at Khan Academy is the leading open educational resource for art history. We make high-quality introductory art history content freely available to anyone, anywhere. Smarthistory is a platform for the discipline where art historians contribute in their areas of expertise and learners come from across the globe. We offer nearly 500 videos and these are being translated into dozens of languages.
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Getty: New Virtual Library Offers Over 250 Art Books for Free Download
....today I am very pleased to share with you our latest project in this arena, the Virtual Library: An open, online repository of more than 250 Getty publications from our 45-year publishing history, available as high-quality scans to read online, or to download in their entirety, for free.
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Getty: Open Content Images Available
Through the Open Content Program, the Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required. Open content images are identified with a "Download" link.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Free Met Publications
Five decades of Met publications on art history, available to read, download, and/or search for free.
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Rijksmuseum: Let's You Remix Dutch Masterpieces
According to Open Culture, "Not only can userscreate their own online galleries from selected works in the museum’s collection, they can download Rijksmuseum artwork for free to decoratenew products. (Note: users will need to create a free account to get started.)"
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National Gallery of Art: Free Images
NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images. A standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice for both novices and experts. More than 32,000 open accessdigital images up to 3000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use. NGA Images is designed to facilitate learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration.
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Guggenheim: 99 Art Catalogues Available Online for Free
The catalogues offer an intellectual and visual introduction to the work of Alexander Calder, Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon, Gustav Klimt & Egon Schiele, and Kandinsky. Plus there are other texts (e.g., Masterpieces of Modern Art and Abstract Expressionists Imagists) that tackle meta movements and themes.
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Poetry Outloud
Recommended by Shyla Vestitis - The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with U.S. state arts agencies to support Poetry Out Loud, a contest that encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. At this site, you can find poems, watch videos of recitations, listen to recitations, and get tips on reciting poetry.
Everyday Moments, Caught in TimeCombining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk -- and don't miss the hilarious final poem!
Become a slam poet in five stepsWith enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is within your reach. Explore a distant memory on paper, then read it out loud. Edit. Try reading it out loud again, and add your finishing touches. Gayle Danley offers five steps to being a slam poet -- while being downright poetic in the process.
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Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughterA performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project V.O.I.C.E., teaching poetry and self-expression at schools across the United States.
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Why Music? The Many Benefits of Musical Education
With school funding shortages leading to cuts across the board, music education programs may fall by the wayside. However, because music learning yields so many benefits to students, these programs are far too valuable to lose. Click here for an infographic on "Why Music?"
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Arts AliveTweak, tinker and listen to all your favourite instruments! Explore! Listen! Enjoy!
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Grand Prize Winner of the Phillip Tell It Your Way CompetitionLegendary British film director Sir Ridley Scott launched a global film making contest for aspiring directors. It's titled "Tell It Your Way". There were over 600 entries.The film could be no longer than three minutes, contain only six lines of narrative and be a compelling story. The winner was "Porcelain Unicorn" from American director Keegan Wilcox. It's a story of the lifetimes of two people who are totally opposite, yet, very much the same. It is told in less than three minutes. You'lI see why it won. Enjoy!
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Dissecting Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi
The scene of the three wise men offering gifts to a newborn Jesus was widely painted during the Renaissance era, so how did painter Sandro Botticelli create a version that's still well known today? James Earle describes who and what set Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi apart in the annals of art history.
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