Here are several Web sites that can be used to explore art as well as the language of the art in an ESL context.
As A. Pintura, a 1940′s-style detective with a degree in art history, you must identify the artist of a mystery painting.
Explore the tools that artists use: like line, color, and balance, to build works of art. The site also contains video clips that enable you to see artists at work.
Definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references.
Emily Carr: ESL Teachers Guide
The largest, most comprehensive website on the artist Emily Carr. Searchable database of artworks, biographical and contextual texts, and educational resources for teachers and students. Educational Resources – ESL
ArtsConnected: Tools for Teaching the Arts
Explore hundreds of new features in ArtsConnectEd. Search over 100,000 resources in the Art Finder, including works of art, texts, audio, video, and interactive resources.
Civilization.ca – Arts and Crafts
Several Web sites focusing on various forms of art and crafts in Canada and throughout the world.
Leonardo da Vinci gave us more than just the Mona Lisa. He was a scientist, inventor and artist! Check out the Inventor’s Workshop highlighting some of Leonardo’s futuristic designs or explore his curious habit of writing in reverse.
The principal purpose of World Art Treasures is to promulgate the discovery and love of art. Thanks to the 100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, all of them devoted to art, and including the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, and Europe.
