2 - Life
Use these links to find resources to research your artist, following the questions in the handout.
1. Print out the sources
2. Use the Works Cited organizer Handout from the librarian as you print the sources.
3. Once you have printed THREE sources for the life and filled in the Works Cited Organizer Handout, go on to find sources for the ART by clicking here.
Start with the library's resources by clicking HERE. This will bring you to online encyclopedia where you can use the password provided.
- Library Catalog for sources you xeroxed but need to cite - click here
Biograpical Links
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- Vasari's Lives of the Artist - Italian Artists from 1400s
- Metropolitan Museum of Art has thematic essays on 132 artists
- Brain-Juice - 20th century artists only (born in the 1900s)
- The Art Story - modern art only, but great info
- WebMuseum - click on the name to bring you to info on your artist
- The Guggenheim Museum - Check for your artist then click on Biography in the upper left corner
- The Van Gogh Gallery - NOT just van Gogh! Check the alphabetical list for your artist.
- Met Museum - Limited artists, but if yours is one, it is a great site!
- Biography.com
- Distinguished Women - if your artist is here, then it will give you links online to research from...
- Fact Monster - short biographies of 75 famous artists and links to other resources
- wwar.com - long list of artists with SHORT biographies!
- A-Z Artist Biographies from about.com
- All Famous Artists - check the list on the right for your artist
History Timelines for important events that may have affected your artist (personal events must be found through your research!)
- US History Links from infoplease
- 20 Century American Cultural History by decade
- World History from Fact Monster
- Historical and cultural timeline - scroll down to choose a time period
Some good websites for famous artists: