Art History

For all of my 25 years of teaching art I have introduced my students to the great movements of art. Though vast and dizzying in it's array, I have chosen to start with the Renaissance, and end with...

Australian art historian Mary McGillivray created a series of informative and witty videos explaining what art movements a particular work of art is from and who the artist who painted it is.

A History of Architecture by Luke Blackamore

Information sheets of the world's most famous artists for download.

These are my most recent "Quicky Art History" time lines which I use to teach surveys of art history. I hope you find them interesting and useful.

At home art lessons for kids. Vincent Van Gogh art projects for kids. Home school art lessons. Art history. Kindergarten - 6th Grade.

At home art lessons for kids. Michelangelo art projects for children. Art history. Home school art. Preschool - 6th grade. Elementary art.

I’m getting excited thinking about our upcoming unit on American Artists! Every January and February we do six art projects, each focused on one artist per project. Studying these historical artists is such a fun way to incorporate a little art history into our homeschool week! It’s also a great introduction for the art history […]

History is full of war, famine, and plague, but you can't accuse it of being cruel. It's what we made it. So if anything, it's people who are vicious and wicked. The past is just... indifferent. An open book, ready to be explored. Or in this case, a Twitter account.