Book of Famous Artists
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Age: 9+
Browse videos about famous artists, zoom in on pictures of their artworks, and see if you can answer these questions along the way:
- What colour is the bed in "The Bedroom at Arles"?
- Who painted "The Ambassadors"?
- What was Eugene Delacroix's first major painting?
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6 Giotto
8 Jan van Eyck
- Website 1Examine Jan van Eyck's "Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?)" up close. (Click on the link under the detail of the painting.)Take me there
- Website 2Follow an online presentation of "Virgin and Child with Chancellor Rolin". (Click on "View the feature".)Take me there
- Website 3More works and biography of van Eyck.Take me there
10 Leonardo da Vinci
- Website 1Learn about Leonardo's life and see some of his famous works close up.Take me there
- Website 2See the "Mona Lisa" in The Louvre and find out more about Leonardo's painting. (Click on "View the feature" and after the introduction click on "Who is Mona Lisa?")Take me there
- Website 3Zoom in on lots of drawings by Leonardo. (Click on a drawing then use the zoom tools.)Take me there
- Website 4Explore Leonardo's inventions, paintings and his life and times.Take me there
14 Albrecht Dürer
- Website 1Short biography of Dürer, and paintings, drawings and hundreds of prints. (To find out about his life, click on "Biography".)Take me there
- Website 2Dürer's painting "A Young Hare".Take me there
- Website 3Examine Dürer's print of "The Rhinoceros" close up. (Click on + or - below the painting.)Take me there
16 Michelangelo
- Website 1A portrait of Michelangelo, painted in 1935 by Marcello Venusti.Take me there
- Website 2See a replica of Michelangelo's "David" in a panoramic view of a square in Florence, Italy.Take me there
- Website 3Take a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel.Take me there
- Website 4Biography of Michelangelo, with links to artworks. (Click on "Works" under the artist's name.)Take me there
19 Raphael
- Website 1Online tour of paintings by Raphael including a painting of "St. George and the Dragon" and "The Alba Madonna".Take me there
- Website 2Take virtual tours of rooms painted by Raphael for the Pope in Rome. (Choose a room then click on the Virtual Visit link.)Take me there
- Website 3See two of Raphael's enormous designs for tapestries, known as cartoons. (Scroll down and click on Raphael's cartoons to see larger versions.)Take me there
22 Titian
24 Hans Holbein
- Website 1Zoom into Hans Holbein's painting "The Ambassadors". (To find a biography and more works by the artist, click on "Hans Holbein the Younger" under the main image.)Take me there
- Website 2View portrait paintings, drawings and miniatures by Holbein. (Click on images to see larger versions.)Take me there
26 Bruegel
- Website 1Bruegel's "Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap". (Click on the painting to see a larger image.)Take me there
- Website 2Watch a video clip about another famous painting by Bruegel, "The Harvesters". (Scroll down to Related Multimedia and click on the play button.)Take me there
- Website 3Bruegel paintings of peasant scenes. (Click on the top painting on the left for a larger version, and click again to see the next painting.)Take me there
28 El Greco
30 Caravaggio
- Website 1Zoom in on Caravaggio's "Supper at Emmaus". (For a biography and more examples of his work, click on the artist's name under the main image.)Take me there
- Website 2More about Caravaggio and his works. (Click on "View Slideshow".)Take me there
- Website 3Browse an online gallery of Caravaggio's works.Take me there
32 Peter Paul Rubens
35 Rembrandt
- Website 1Meet Rembrandt and the people close to him, through his paintings.Take me there
- Website 2Find out about Rembrandt's "The Night Watch". (Scroll down for information, or to study more paintings click on "Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn".)Take me there
- Website 3Browse over twenty sketches by Rembrandt. (Click on "Exhibition" and choose a number along the left.)Take me there
- Website 4Short biography of Rembrandt, with examples of his works.Take me there
38 Diego Velázquez
- Website 1Examine "The Maids of Honour", also known as "The Family of Felipe IV" and "Las Meninas", in more detail. (Click on the zoom tools.)Take me there
- Website 2Portrait of Pope Innocent X in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome.Take me there
- Website 3Velázquez's life and examples of his work. (Click on "View Slideshow".)Take me there
40 Jan Vermeer
- Website 1See one of Vermeer's most famous paintings, "Girl with a Pearl Earring". (Click on the + button to see it up close.)Take me there
- Website 2Explore a Vermeer painting in great detail and find out more about the artist. (Click on a topic along the bottom.)Take me there
- Website 3More paintings by Vermeer. (Click on "A Lady Writing" to zoom in or scroll down to find other paintings.)Take me there
42 Goya
44 J.M.W. Turner
- Website 1J.M.W. Turner's life and works. (Scroll down and click on his paintings.)Take me there
- Website 2Explore an online feature about Turner's painting "The Fighting Temeraire".Take me there
- Website 3Browse images from Turner's sketchbooks. (To see sketches by decade, click on "Sketchbooks" in the Browse Artworks box.)Take me there
46 Eugène Delacroix
- Website 1See Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" and find out more about the artist. (Click on the painting or a detail then click on "Full screen" to see a larger image.)Take me there
- Website 2View Delacroix's first painting, "The Barque of Dante".Take me there
- Website 3Arabs Playing Chess, a painting inspired by Delacroix's time in North Africa.Take me there
48 John Everett Millais
- Website 1Zoom in on Millais' "Ophelia". (Click on the picture and use the zoom tools on the right, or scroll down for a video and more works by Millais.)Take me there
- Website 2See preparatory sketches for "Ophelia". (To find out more about the artist, click on "John Everett Millais".)Take me there
- Website 3More works by Millais. (Scroll down to the bottom and click on an image.)Take me there
50 Edouard Manet
- Website 1Meet Edouard Manet and find out about his life and works. (Click on the small arrow under his portrait.)Take me there
- Website 2Take a virtual tour of an art gallery in London, England, and zoom in on Manet's painting "The Bar at the Folies-Bergère". (Click on "Launch Virtual Tour" then click on the tools at the bottom of the screen.)Take me there
- Website 3See more paintings by Manet.Take me there
52 Edgar Degas
- Website 1Explore an online exhibit of behind-the-scenes ballet paintings by Degas. (Click on the right arrow to begin.)Take me there
- Website 2Zoom in on Degas's "The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer". (Scroll down and click on "Fullscreen" or select a different view.)Take me there
- Website 3Go to the Paris Opera House with Degas and see how he made his ballet paintings.Take me there
- Website 4An overview of Degas's works. (Click on "Gallery" and choose a period.)Take me there
54 Claude Monet
- Website 1Zoom in on Monet's "Woman with a Parasol". (Click on the image to zoom in. For more works click on "Monet, Claude".)Take me there
- Website 2See Monet's paintings of haystacks that explored the effects of light on colour.Take me there
- Website 3Monet's paintings of his garden in Giverny. (Scroll down and click on "Giverny Paintings".)Take me there
- Website 4Browse more of Monet's paintings.Take me there
58 Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Website 1Renoir's "The Luncheon of the Boating Party". (To find out who's in the painting, click on "Who's Who" below the picture.)Take me there
- Website 2Browse portraits, still life paintings and landscapes by Renoir, including two self-portraits.Take me there
- Website 3Life and works of Renoir.Take me there
- Website 4Photograph of Renoir, and more of his paintings.Take me there
60 Paul Cézanne
- Website 1Look closely at a painting of apples by Cézanne and find online activities about his life and works.Take me there
- Website 2Watch a short clip of Cezanne's studio, then click on "Gallery" to see paintings of the mountain, Sainte-Victoire.Take me there
- Website 3A self-portrait and other paintings by Cézanne.Take me there
- Website 4Compare works by Cézanne with other artists' works, and find a biography of Cézanne.Take me there
62 Paul Gauguin
- Website 1View Gauguin's "Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven" and some of his Tahiti paintings. (Click on "Start Tour".)Take me there
- Website 2Send an ecard of "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"Take me there
- Website 3Find out more about Gauguin through his paintings and his own words. (To view full images of paintings, click on a picture then click on "View Full Image" under the picture. For more paintings and information, click on the topics above the pictures.)Take me there
65 Vincent van Gogh
- Website 1Read about the troubled life of Vincent van Gogh and see some of his most famous paintings. (Scroll down to begin.)Take me there
- Website 2Zoom in on "The Bedroom at Arles". (Scroll down to find a video clip about the painting.)Take me there
- Website 3Examine "Wheatfield with Crows" up close.Take me there
- Website 4Another famous painting by van Gogh, "The Starry Night".Take me there
- Website 5Browse paintings held at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the largest collection of van Gogh paintings in the world.Take me there
68 Gustav Klimt
70 Henri Matisse
- Website 1Find out what critics thought of a 1905 painting by Matisse. (Click on "Launch".)Take me there
- Website 2Explore Matisse's artwork with his dog, Raoudi, and collect paint and props to create a Matisse painting online. (Click on "Matisse for Kids Online Activity" then "Online Activity".)Take me there
- Website 3See how Matisse used painted paper cut into shapes to create "The Snail". (Click on "F" to see the stages in the picture.)Take me there
- Website 4More works by Matisse. (Click on "Flash Movie of Cone Collection".)Take me there
74 Wassily Kandinsky
76 Pablo Picasso
- Website 1Picasso had a wide range of styles - can you spot one artwork out of 200 images that is not by Picasso?Take me there
- Website 2Experiment with a painting from Picasso's 'Blue Period'. (For more information, click on "Next".)Take me there
- Website 3Follow animations to learn about four pieces of Picasso's artwork. (Click on the Picasso link under each topic in the left menu.)Take me there
- Website 4Clickable timeline of Picasso's life and times, with many examples of his work.Take me there
80 Edward Hopper
82 René Magritte
- Website 1Browse works by Magritte. (Scroll down to see the artworks.)Take me there
- Website 2Investigate a work by Magritte and find out more about the artist. (Click on "Launch".)Take me there
- Website 3Tour an exhibition of paintings by Magritte. (Click on "Images" then use the arrow button to view the works.)Take me there
- Website 4Learn more about Magritte and his works with online activities. (Click on "Games".)Take me there
84 Salvador Dalí
- Website 1Watch short movies about Dalí, his life and the painting "The Persistence of Memory". (Click on "Schools", then "Activities" next to Secondary education and high school, and click on the film icons.)Take me there
- Website 2Go on a virtual visit of the Dalí Theatre Museum and see some famous pieces. (Click on a room.)Take me there
- Website 3View selected works of Dalí.Take me there
86 Jackson Pollock
88 Andy Warhol
- Website 1Watch a video clip about Andy Warhol and see inside the 'Factory'. (Click on "Launch" then "Why make a painting of Elizabeth Taylor?")Take me there
- Website 2Experiment with a Warhol print of Marilyn Monroe, a 1960s celebrity. (To hear a short interview of Andy Warhol, scroll down and click on the play button.)Take me there
- Website 3Biography of Warhol with examples of his works of art. (Click on a topic.)Take me there
- Website 4More works by Warhol.Take me there