The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 400,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use - On Friday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that "more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use.
" Even better, the images can be used at no charge (and without getting permission from the museum). In making this announcement, the Met joined other world-class museums in putting put large troves of digital art online. Witness the 87,000 images from the Getty in L.A., the 125,000 Dutch masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, the 35,000 artistic images from the National Gallery, and the 57,000 works of art on Google Art Project. The Met's online initiative is dubbed "Open Access for Scholarly Content," and, while surfing the Met's digital collections, you'll know if a particular work is free to download if it bears the "OASC" acronym. In an FAQ, the Met provides simple instructions on how to figure that all out. Happy rummaging. Via Kottke. Learning Through the Arts.
Art Projects for Core Curriculum. 50 Ways To Integrate Art Into Any Lesson. As children, young children, everything meant playing and art.
We saw the world as a playground and a canvass. It didn’t matter whether or not we could actually draw. What mattered was the thrill of creating something beautiful. We were all artists. We still are. So reminding students that inspiration matters, that art lives and breathes inside every segment of education also means tweaking your lessons a bit. Albert Einstein wrote: The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. Keeping his words in mind, educators everywhere are beginning to work art into education. Math 1. Besides LegoLand embodying a living, breathing demonstration of how Legos inspire children, Lego is making a fortune off the coolest kits around. 2. Stack them. Multicolour Search Lab - Idée Inc. Incredible Elementary Art Lessons. Art for Kids! Optical Illusions - grade 5.
I just adore doing optical illusions, and kids really seem to love them too.
This is a great one that students can easily experience success with (especially if you use my template!) Let me start by talking about the template. I debated for a while if I would give them one, wondering if I was giving them too much of an advantage or not. I decided to make a template with little ticks along the side, so they still have to use a ruler to make the lines, but it takes out the measuring aspect of it. So many kids struggle with that kind of thing, and I don't know if it's fair to make that an aspect of this art project. First, have students trace the lines on the template. I gave the students the option to add a T to the tender of the circle. Once they are done this part, they can start the fun part - coloring them in! Tate Tales. For Kids. Art Project, powered by Google. 10 Artistic Apps for Art History. The world’s best art museums are the ideal place to study art history.
Unfortunately, visiting some of the world’s preeminent museums to study art history is not always possible. Museums such as the National Gallery in London, the Getty Museum and the Louvre give you a chance to browse some of their collections through interactive apps. These artistic apps, along with other apps highlighting famous works of art and art movements are a must-have for art history teachers and students. Art Lite Art Lite allows you to view some of the greatest works of art on your phone or tablet. Love Art: National Gallery, London Love Art takes you behind the scenes at the National Gallery in London. Musee du Louvre Visit the Musee du Louvre without flying to Paris. Art Authority Art Authority is a comprehensive art app, featuring works from over 1,000 artists. Most Recent - Lesson Plans. The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network. ArtsConnectEd. The Artist's Toolkit: Explore.
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