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BBC ART

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/art/
From painting to photography, architecture to interactive arts, picture galleries to colouring-in kits

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/art/
School work support

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/
Help with your GCSE course from BBC bitesize.

GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS

The British Museum
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
The British Museum is a good source of images depicting world culture and history including ceramics, sculpture, prints, drawings, and paintings. A good starting point for historical image research.

The Met Museum
http://www.metmuseum.org
Impressive range of approximately 6,500 artworks available to view online.

The National Gallery - The Collection
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
Excellent, clear images of fine art from 1260 onwards. The 'Beginner's Guides' section, explaining stories and myths appearing in some works are particularly useful.

National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp
Over 100 images ranging from the 17th century to the present day. It seeks to present 'the most influential characters in British history portrayed by the finest artists of their generation'.

The Pompidou Centre
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/Document/HomePage?OpenDocument&L=2
Extensive online catalogue of modern art from the Pompidou Centre in Paris

The Saatchi Gallery
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
The Saatchi Gallery aims to provide a forum for contemporary art by largely unseen young artists or by international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK.

Tate Gallery
http://www.tate.org.uk
Choose the Tate Britain, Modern, Liverpool or St Ives for details of each of the galleries, including exhibitions and events, or to browse the collection.

The Victoria & Albert Museum
http://www.vam.ac.uk
Searchable database of 20,000 works and over 26,000 images from the museum's collections

The White Cube Gallery
http://www.whitecube.com
This gallery represents Tracy Emin and Antony Gormley amongst others.

RESEARCH

http://www.artcyclopedia.com
An on-line art encyclopaedia searchable by artist, medium, nationality, subject, title of art work, museum location or art movement.

http://wwar.com/artists/
World wide art resources

http://the-artists.org/index.cfm
Modern and contemporary artists. Art movement timeline. Very useful!

http://www.artchive.com/
Mark Harden’s online archive of art work. A useful research tool.

http://www.kids101-art.co.uk/thumbnails.php?album=410
Kids101 art gallery. Visit The Thomas Aveling School’s page on this online gallery!