LibGuides: Grade 11-12: Visual Arts: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing

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Gale OneFile: Fine Arts This link opens in a new window
Magazines & journals supporting research in aras such as dance, drama, music, art, history and filmmaking.
Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies This link opens in a new window
Pop culture is all around us and influences our lives every day. For any social sciences,
history, art, or liberal arts researcher, the Popular Culture Collection provides useful
information from over two million articles found in over 100 subject-appropriate,
full-text periodicals.

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Ten Tips for Creating an Art Portfolio This pdf from the California College of the Arts gives advice on creating an art portfolio.

Art in Canada
Find Canadian artwork and artist by province or theme.
Art cyclopedia
Search for a particular artist or artwork, or browse art by time period or movement.
Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 11th to mid-19th centuries.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art
Explore the art of different eras and geographic locations with this interactive resource. Also includes thematic essays on a range of works of art. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
How to Analyze an Artwork
A step-by-step guide to analyzing art, from The Student Art Guide.

Visual Arts Career Guide
"Explore careers in Art with the following links to job descriptions, which include information such as daily activities, skill requirements, salary and training required. "
Canadian Universities - Fine Arts
Use this website to find a fine arts program at a number of Canadian Universities.

Smarthistory
"Smarthistory is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook. Part of the Khan Academy, we use multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art."

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