Art & Design
Staff
Ms J Fuller - PT (Acting)
Ms L Humes
News
Great new resource - VADS
Higher Photography Flickr Pool
Google Image Swirls - try your favourite artist
Try the Jewellery Design Webquest
Art Gallery - See if your work is here!
Art Links
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General
ArtAttack - Get lots of ideas!
Intute - Arts and Humanities - The best Web resources for education and research, selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists.
Artlex - Art Dictionary covering production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education
Artcyclopedia - The guide to great art
Artguide - The art lover's guide to Britain and Ireland
About: Art history - Good place to start looking
Access art - An evolving collection of visual arts learning resources
Dr C. Witcombe's comprehensive Art history links
The art base - Auchinleck Academy's Art Dept
Red Bull Art of the Can - Gallery
Red Bull Art of the Can - Flickr Gallery
World Wide Arts Resources - contemporary art, art news, art history
Architecture
Charles Rennie Mackintosh at Design Museum
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Online Catalogue
Artists
For more information on specific artists, look at museums that might hold their work.
Paul Cezanne - WebMuseum
Paul Cezanne - Wikipedia
Henri Matisse - Wikipedia
Henri Matisse - Artchive
Pablo Picasso - Wikipedia
Jackson Pollock - Wikipedia
Vincent Van Gogh - Wikipedia
Andy Warhol - Wikipedia
Art Galleries and Museums
Scotland
National Galleries of Scotland
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
UK
US
Europe
Art movements
Art deco
Art Deco - Wikipedia
Art nouveau
Art nouveau - Wikipedia - great links
Art nouveau at National Gallery of Art
Pop Art
Pop Art - Wikipedia
Pop Art - Artchive
Design
Every object tells a story images of miscellaneous objects
V&A History of 60s design and textiles
Intute Design Gateway - links to all the best design websites
William Morris
William Morris - Wikipedia
Fashion
Vivienne Westwood at The Metropolitan Museum
British Style Genius - BBC2 series
Intute Fashion Gateway - search here for the best fashion and beauty resources
Koodos - online fashion store with lots of images
FashionConfidential - highlights the latest fashion trends
Christian Dior at The Metropolitan Museum
Glass
Rene Lalique - Artcyclopedia - good links and pics
Rene Lalique - Wikipedia
Rene Lalique - DJ Trading
Louis Comfort Tiffany at The Metropolitan Museum
Illustration
Olivero Toscani - Wikipedia
Kate Greenaway Medal - Picture book competition
UK Children's Books - A comprehensive list of UK children's book illustrators
Clare Melinsky - local illustrator
Walker Books - Publisher of children's picture books
British Library - British Library online gallery of manuscript books
Image sources
Flickr - other people's photo collections
Pikeo - like Flickr
ARKive - Images of life on Earth
Arts & Humanities Data Service - Digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in the arts and humanities.
SCRAN - Scottish Cultural Resources
World Images Database - Contains almost 50,000 images
Bridgeman Art Library - world's leading source of fine art with images from over eight thousand collections
Image Search Engines
Google Images - Lets you choose to search for images only. They can be clip art or photographs.
Ditto - Gives you information on the pictures it finds and links to the sites that they are on.
Picsearch - looks for pictures and maps.
Jewellery
Jack Cunningham - CraftsScotland
Moving Images
Check some examples of 3 Minute Wonders at:
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/0-9/3mw/video.html
Watch some short documentaries from Four Docs at:
http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/film/index.jsp
Check some shorter examples, the famous filmminute clips at:
http://www.filminute.com/2006/vote/view_film.php?f=35
And remember to Watch Channel 4 in the 3MW slot directly after the news; Monday to Thursday 7.55pm
Photography
Higher Photography Flickr Pool
Guardian Camera Club - tips, competitions, reviews, galleries and more
Photography.com - read photography articles, browse photography equipment and digital camera reviews.
Photography Monthly - magazine online with tips & techniques, camera and photo reviews
Flickr Commons - world's public photography archives.
Art Colleges
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design