Art and Design Web Resources

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Art History

***Mark Harden's Artchive: "Artchive": most famous artists are here with images at a wonderful scale for reproduction and editing: http://www.artchive.com

WebMuseum: Famous Paintings exhibition: sorted by artist and period. Large images: http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint

Witcombe Complete Art History on the web index.... AWESOME source: http://witcombe.sbc.edu

Art History Time line... full and interactive! Includes Multicultural and international art collection: Time Line & Multicultural art

 

North American Collections / Artists

**Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art: Canadian Art Database at http://www.ccca.ca/

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org

MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art: http://www.moma.org/

SILS Art Image Browser: Home Page: http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/

National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/

FAMSF: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: http://www.thinker.org/

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection: http://www.mcmichael.com/

The Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery: http://www.tomthomson.org/

The National Gallery of Canada: CyberMuse: http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/ng/

 

Some theories in brief:

Queer Theory

Feminist Theory

Post Modernism

Post Structuralism

Clement Greenberg's Modernism

Modernism

 


Drawing/ Painting /Perspective and other techniques Internet Resources

Drawing: Art Studio Chalkboard: http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/draw.html

Painting: Art Studio Chalkboard: http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/paint.html

Daler-Rowney - Trusted By Artists Worldwide: www.daler-rownery.com

GOLDEN ARTIST COLORS, best info on Acrylics: http://www.goldenpaints.com/

 

 

Software Training & Support

Photoshop training videos click on movie demos): http://www.computer-training-software.com/photoshop-cs.htm

iMOVIE tutorials / movies: http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/

Basic requirements when Building a Website: http://www.horton.ednet.ns.ca/staff/syme/building_a_website.html

Fireworks training videos (click on movie demos): http://www.computer-training-software.com/fireworks-mx.htm

Dreamweaver training videos (movie demos):http://www.computer-training-software.com/dreamweaver-mx.htm

Flash training tutorials -- clear / fast / excellent: http://www.echoecho.com/flashbasics.htm

Flash training and shared resources for Flash development: http://www.flashkit.com/index.shtml

 

 

 

Media Awareness

Media Awareness Network: http://www.media-awareness.ca/

For Branding instructions visit: http://www.mudvalley.co.uk/asp/brand.asp

Media literacy and spotting manipulation and control: http://www.anovember.com/Default.aspx?tabid=160

Who owns & created what: http://alltheweb.com/

Spotting bias on the web tools: http://www.edrenplanners.com/infolit/owner.html

See designing an ad model from Adbusters:http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/printad

 

Web and Multimedia Design Links

Basic Steps to Building a Website: http://www.horton.ednet.ns.ca/staff/syme/building_a_website.html

Fireworks training videos (click on movie demos): http://www.computer-training-software.com/fireworks-mx.htm

Dreamweaver training videos (movie demos): http://www.computer-training-software.com/dreamweaver-mx.htm

Flash training tutorials -- clear / fast / excellent: http://www.echoecho.com/flashbasics.htm

Creating Killer Websites Online - Core Page:http://www.killersites.com/core.html

Flash design at Station 347:http://www.station347.com/

Get pre-made Flash pieces from Flashkit: http://www.flashkit.com/

 

Art E Portfolios made by Grade 10 students (Art 1): www.horton.ednet.ns.ca/staff/syme/hago/Art10_HAG_2001/

 

Free Design Resources

Ifilm movies and ads: http://www.ifilm.com/

Free music to use in your video at Freeplaymusic.com: http://www.freeplaymusic.com

Free Fonts, Mac or PC: http://www.fontfreak.com/index2.htm

Welcome to Digital Media Net: http://www.digitalmedianet.com/

Digital Producer: http://www.digitalproducer.com/

Flash Artists can get pieces from Flashkit: http://www.flashkit.com/

The Movie Sounds Page - Your link to the world's BEST sounding movie audio files!: http://www.moviesounds.com/

Flash Artists can get pieces from Flashkit: http://www.flashkit.com/

Graphic Design Resource Center - Photoshop and other software tips, web design, graphic techniques, tips, and tutorial: http://deezin.com/

Virtual Tourism through QTVR: http://institute.emerson.edu/vma/faculty/john_

craig_freeman/imaging_place/imaging_place/home.html

Design Exchange (DX) is North America's premier design promotion centre: http://www.dx.org/dxflash.html

 

 

 

 

Design Models & Issues

A Great Model of a Design Process:http://www.abbedon.com/process/

Problem Solving Strategies: http://www.mathcounts.org/Problems/strategies.html

 

Architechture & Built Environment Design

 

Architects, firms, architecture schools -- 4Architects.com

GreatBuildings.com

Christo

ArcSpace

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm

Architectural Glossary

See the new OCAD Building on stilts

Artifice DesignWorkshop Lite - Free 3D home design, walkthrough, and rendering software

Design Workshop tutorial

DesignWorkshop UserGuide

The Bauhaus1

Mark Harden's Artchive: "Bauhaus"

The Bauhaus2

architectural rendering and illustration - Perspective Arts

 

 

Extended artistic opportunities: