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19 & Under
Finalist
2000
Vincent Van Gogh is undoubtedly one of modern art's most appreciated artists. Behind this gifted artist is a series of sad and strange stories. In general he felt insecure about his life and didn't feel a sense of individuality or uniqueness. Therefore, in this interactive and informative website, we will look at the time he lived in Etten, a small town in the south of The Netherlands. The original paintings of Vincent which were used for the billboards in Etten are discussed, a small art course will be added iis in the site, as welll as links to Van Gogh sites, games, quizzes, chatrooms, discussion boards, guestbooks and much more...
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Winner
1996
Pretty impressive! In his 67 years of life, Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, and scientist. This genius of the fifteenth century revolutionized the art world with his paintings. His sketches covered a spectrum of topics including life studies, science, and architecture. In fact, Da Vinci's models of weapons and his strategic layouts and battle plans were marveled at by military leaders for many years after his death. Languages: English.
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Winner
1996
From Prehistoric man in 180,000 B.C to the new millennium, select from a list of thirty of history's most innovative and captivating artists. Find out about each one of them by "talking" to them and asking them questions about their art and their passions. Then stop by the "Public Gallery," an area where you can post your own art and get the tools to create it.
About this site
2009
1. What do the young people know about George Enescu the composer, the interpret, the teacher, the conductor 54 years after his disappearance from the world?
2. How did the students obtained and created information, objects, arguments, values and attitudes about him and his world?
3. How did the music stimulate the imagination of the youngsters?
4. What kind of example has highlighted his life dedicated to music and to people?
The students will be able:
-to search, collect, select and organise information for a new topic
-to argue based on the sources of information, to debate, for participative listening and writing in English
-to develop computer skills
-to develop teamwork skills in order to complete the project, "George Enescu and his world”
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2009
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Here in this website we, the tricks impromptu team have done thorough research on some of the very good quick to learn magic tricks of the world. We have studied few of the best magicians of the world closely, and tried to find answers on how some of their best illusionistic tricks are achieved.
About this site
2006
Gallery of art work created by Art AP students at Lake View High School
About this site
2003
This site is about art history and some famous artists.
About this site
2001
This site includes three topics which are Expressionism, Impressionism and Surrealism. Each topic has its history and introduces some artists which were belonged to its periods. We also put other things in the site; they are site map, games and our feelings.
About this site
2001
Welcome to our website! On our site you will find explanations and examples of optical illusions. You will also see how the great illusionary artist, M.C Escher uses optical illusions in his art work. We will teach you what tesselations and afterimages are and how to make them. Each page features a tesselated background image. They were created by the authors of this site. You can learn to create your own image for your own web pages.
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2001
A web site dedicated to this amazing 3-D art. Here are the resources related to sculpture on the Internet. In our site you can learn abou sculptors, history, organizations, virtual tours, and you can visit museums, galleries, and sculpture gardens around the world. You will find methods, tools, techniques, games, interviews,a nd our students' sculpture process.
About this site
2001
This web site is about art in Renaissance period. Biographies and art work of more than twelve painters and sculptors are included.
About this site
2001
Come learn about the wonderful world of art! We have biographies of famous artists and we also teach you the painting styles that these artists were known for. Visit our site and learn how to paint!
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Finalist
2001
Our purpose was to inform the reader about Picasso and his art styles. We hope to encourage the viewer to paricipate by trying some of the art lessons we presented. You will get to see a lot of art work made by Picasso and some work done by art classes at Wilkerson Int. School.
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Finalist
2000
This entry is designed to educate elementary age children about artists, styles of art, and various works of art. Short biographies on approximately twelve artists are included. These describe the lives of the artists, the styles in which they painted, and names some of their famous works. In addition to the artists, the site describes a number of styles of art, including characteristics of the style, and famous artists whose work was done in that style. The members of this team then created their own art work in the different styles, and provided these as examples of how that style of art looks. As a fun way to test how much site visitors have learned, two interactive games, Hangman, and an All About Art Quiz, are available to site visitors. Finally, to further encourage site visitors to explore the world of art further, the page provides links to a number of other art sites on the internet, with descriptions of what visitors can find at those sites.
About this site
2000
What do Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec have in common? They are all Post-Impressionist artists who broke away from Impressionism to start their own styles of art. Learn about the art and lives of these three fascinating artists. Find out what makes a painting Post-Impressionist, Impressionist, Fauve, Expressionist, and Art Noveau.
About this site
2000
Welcome to "The Writing's On The Wall", an interactive and enriching website on graffiti, a relatively unknown topic. Learn, have fun and most importantly, interact. We have the intention of educating the public on this topic and raising the awareness amongst youngsters.
About this site
2000
Our entry explores the fascinating lives and works of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. We discuss their lives, their works, some interesting facts about them as well as some photographs of Leonardo Da Vinci's work. We also have some hand drawing of Leonardo's inventions.
About this site
2000
About this site
2000
No one in our web site group knew a lot about Picasso before we started this page. Once we started researching, we couldnt stop it was so interesting. We learned about his periods, styles and life. We made this site to show it all to you!
About this site
2000
Our website teaches people how to make different crafts for holidays or anytime. It also teaches people about different types of paper and drawing untensils. Also, it teaches people about some famous artists. Our site teaches people how to draw dogs, bugs and birds. They get examples to practice and then they will learn.
About this site
2000
Our page is very interesting. The main page has a brief paragraph about why we chose to do our page on Vincent van Gogh and has a picture of his birth certificate. Our hard times page tells about the many hard times in van Goghs life and a summary at the bottom. Our meet the makers page tells about our lives. Our quiz is the best page (at least that is what we think.) It has 10 questions and all the answers can be found somewhere in our page. If you get the answer right you get a page that says, EXCELLENT. If you get the answer wrong you get a page that says, WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGAIN. All pages have a bottom that says click here to go back to
quiz. Last but not least there is the guest book. That is where people put their comments and questions about our page. Hope you enjoy our page!
About this site
2000
On Wild and Crazy Art you will learn about four famous artists. After you read about the four artists, you can either take a quiz or do a project on the artist that you read about. After you read about the artists, you can learn about us, the authors. All together you will learn a lot.
About this site
1999
Our mission is to inform people of interesting topics that youths research to discover information, so they can create a web based project, and learn principles of design for a unique style of learning. Our project is about art and local artists. We hope to gain experience and insight about the arts and the artists' creative process that they follow to create their masterpieces. We want to create a resource for other people in the community and to inspire people all over the world to look in their own "backyards" for local talent. We hope to inform people about art and different varieties of art. We also hope to gain some knowledge and lots of experience about art and creating a web page.
About this site
1999
"Artists: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" is a web site about Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, and Duane Hanson. We love art and we wanted other students to see three very different artists and kinds of artwork so they could think about what they like in art work. The site takes students to the artists life and art work. These three artists are all very important in Art History. We want students to know that learning and looking at art is fun, especially on the computer.
About this site
1999
Our web site is about Vincet Van Gogh, a famous Impressionist painter. Our site teaches visitors about Van Goghs colorful life, from his early days in Paris, to Arles where he cut his ear off during an epileptic seizure, to his final days in an asylum. We will also teach about Van Goghs art through our re-creations of paintings that represent the wide variety of styles and subjects Van Gogh painted. Visitors will learn about epilepsy and other things that made Van Gogh ill, Included are Van Goghs family, friends, and paintings he sold during his lifetime and today. Review what you have learned about Van Gogh with our interactive "Do You Know Van Gogh?"
About this site
1999
This "Famous Artists" web-sites objective is to teach
others about Leonardo da Vinci, Georgia O'Keefe, Pablo
Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh. When a user enters our
homepage they can choose links to the artists or to the
"Artchive", a gallery of artwork from these artists and many
others. Once a link is made to one of the artists it
connects to a page which tells the history of the artist and
shows some of the artwork that these artists have done. The
artwork included on these pages was done by the students who
completed the reports on the artists.
About this site
1999
This web site is about connecting Impressionism to New Orleans. We want to teach about Edgar Degas who visited and painted in New Orleans. We also will tell where he stayed, why he came, and what he painted. On our web site we will have interactive games for kids of any age. We will also have a glossary for words kids wouldn't normally know.
About this site
1999
Our objective for this site was to teach visitors to our
site that Picasso was more than just a common painter.
We presented information on his early and later life. We
also gave information on his emotional periods. To express
these periods better, we have added original poems and
music on our web site that relate to his moods. We have
provided links to a gallery of Picasso paintings and have
also made an interactive word search game about Picasso.
About this site
1999
This creative site introduces visitors to several well known artists. Two characters, Bob and Ed, guide visitors from page to page. The humorous site allows site surfers to learn about the musicians and artists and then test their learning.
About this site
1998
This site gives an in-depth look at the lives of twelve of the most influential artists of the Renaissance, such as Botticelli, Giotto, and Raphael. You can find biographies of their lives and copies of their most important works of art. There is also a wonderful Italian Renaissance Overview. The best part of this site is that students can actually look at the paintings as if they were in a museum.
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1998
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Filipino independence, this site was designed to celebrate the arts in the Philippines. Become acquainted with seven Filipino artists, their lives, their art, and their thoughts on creativity. Artists featured display examples of their art work. This is a site that will be a treat to your eyes and your soul.
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1998
Romare Bearden was a U.S. artist from the 1920s, the time of the Harlem Renaissance. He used a collage style to create his works. This group of 9th grade students studied his artworks and applied their ideas to the poetry they wrote and published at this web site. Read through some beautiful poems written by these students. Learn more about Romare Bearden and his life and works, and maybe become a poet yourself!
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1998
Go beyond the headlines and see how one segment of society dealt with the political system of Apartheid. Four artists in South Africa chose to resist the Apartheid system through their art. See how these artists--Jane Alexander, Willie Bester, Jonathan Camerford, and Helen Sebidi--accomplished this task. For each artist you'll find background information, general artistic characteristics and examples of their work, and a look at their most recent works.
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1998
This is a site about artists, from the Renaissance period through modern times. Index cards link to pages about artists, containing a brief biography and often, a sample of the artist's work. There is also a section where one of the team members shares his science fiction stories about the future and future art.
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1998
A very user-friendly, colorful web site that depicts the life of artist Paula Rego, born in Portugal. While the biographies about her are interesting and informative, it is her works of art that are the most important. All the pictures are categorized into different periods, such as "The Dog Women" period. Each has a written explanation of why Rego painted these pictures. This is an excellent source to use for high school art or English class.
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1998
"The People Behind the Shells", an inquiry project based on the driving question---"Did you know that there were other people who had the same names as the Ninja Turtles?" This became the basis for a research to find information about the others who had the names of Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo The objectives were: -to enable students to experience an inquiry of their choice -to research the artists whose became the namesake of the Ninja Turtles -to create an awareness of and develop an appreciation for the fine arts -to share the findings of an inquiry through technology -to use the Inernet as a resource -to create web pages -to work cooperatively and collaboratively
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1998
Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael, three great Italian artists of the Renaissance, are featured at this site. Biographical info and many examples of their work give a sense of their times, and of the enduring importance of their work. Paintings by Brueghel and Holbein of the Netherlands are also considered as representative of the "Northern Renaissance." Thumbnail pictures turn into large masterpieces with a click of your mouse, and you feel as if you're right there in the museum.
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1997
Enter this site to learn about the life and art of Leonardo da Vinci.
About this site
1997
M.C. Escher began his career as an architect, but he made his mark with fantastic graphic art. Using a mathematical technique called "tessellation," he produced complex patterns based on repeating shapes in the forms of butterflies and fish, birds, and lizards. Learn about his life, how to construct a tessellation, and view samples of his art on this visually interesting site.
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1997
Experience the genius of Leonardo Da Vinci through visiting this excellent, thought-provoking, and visually appealing site. The authors share an interesting theory about the origin of Mona Lisa's smile, and visitors can experience this possibility through the magic of morphing computer graphics. Also featured are such diverse offerings as a chance to listen to original music composed by Da Vinci, resources for the hard of hearing, and an opportunity to design a digital post card.
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