Paintings Close Up
World History

Paintings Close Up



Google has gained access to some of the finest museums in Europe and now (as you can see in the video) above, you can go to their website, link to the museums and then look at the paintings in a very close up fashion with your students. 




- 3d Anne Frank House And Video Of Her
Thanks to Open Culture for this one.  Above is the only know video of Anne Frank looking out of her hiding place.   Here is a 3D tour of the apartment which I got to see something like 36 years ago! Many museums now have 3D tours.  Just...

- Understating Creoles Through Casta Paintings
Studying Spanish America and the social hierarchy they developed?  Spanish born Peninsulares were on top and just below them were Creoles, the sons and daughters of their European parents. But a series of  paintings in the mid 19th century...

- Tropical Cave Art: Older Than European Art
Here's a short documentary form Nature Video about the discovery of cave paintings in Indonesia that "may change what we know about art." That's because these paintings date back more than 39,000 years ago, which could make then older than the...

- Artwork For One And All
The National  Gallery of Art and other museums like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have begun uploading and offering their artwork to the public to view and and download as they like. In a statement in The NY Times, National Gallery spokesperson, Deborah...

- Acropolis Museum In Greece
Maine teacher, Richard Byrne, has put together a site called ?Free technology for Teachers.? In March, he posted ?7 Good resources for Art Teachers and Students.? One of the sources he posted is called the Art Project and I love it. It?s powered by Google...



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