Directory of History Resources
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Sites listed in the main History category offer information on the roots and evolution of painting as a whole. Included here are sites about the art periods (i.e. Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance) and movements ( i.e. Rococo, Impressionism, Fauvism) as they relate specifically to painting. Sites about Art History, but not specific to painting should be suggested to the appropriate subcategory in Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History.
Sites listed here will be appropriate for, and of interest to, children under the age of 18. All sites are either educational, reference oriented, or informational in nature.
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A Sampling of Naive Artists
http://www.robinurton.com/history/Naive.htm
Images of paintings with titles and artist's names. -
Early American Paintings - Worcester Art Museum
http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/
Timeline includes biographies and detailed entries on all of the paintings in the museum's collection that were created prior to 1830 by artists who were either born or active in America. -
Eyecon Arts - Mannerism
http://www.robinurton.com/history/Baroque/mannerism.htm
Paintings and a brief explanation of the Mannerism period, which is transitional between the High Renaissance and Baroque periods. -
History of Painting
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=1345&HistoryID=ab20
Provides an overview covering a variety of topics from cave paintings through British watercolors of the 18th - 19th century. -
The Buddha's Art of Healing
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tibet/tibet.htm
Exhibit created by the 5th grade classes at Pocantico Hills School. Includes Mandala painted by the students and essays on the subject.
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