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These websites are recommended for research on Art and Design.<\/span> Scroll down the page to find out more about each one.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>BBC\u00a0learning\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>A wide range of resources on Art and Design for learners at all levels<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span>Best of History websites\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0A large directory of websites with information on Art and Design<\/dd>\n
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\"\"\u00a0<\/a>Art History Resources\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span>A comprehensive art resource, with links to resources on art from prehistoric times to the present day<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"The Art Story: Modern Art Insight<\/strong><\/a><\/span>; \u00a0<\/span><\/strong>The Art Story: Modern Art Insight – timeline\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Highly recommended<\/span><\/span><\/strong> website for information on art movements over the last two centuries. The timeline,which puts the various art movements in chronological order, is also very useful<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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SCRAN\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span>A large collection of images on the history of art from SCRAN, a government -sponsored project overseen by Historic Environment Scotland<\/p>\n

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King & McGraw<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0 A commercial site selling prints by all the world’s famous artists. You can search for the work of individual artists, or look at different art movements. You can use the site to look at the paintings before finding out more about the painting using other websites.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Olga’s Gallery\u00a0 <\/strong><\/a>A \u00a0comprehensive lindex of artists with biographical information, examples of the artist’s work and links to other online resources<\/span><\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/a>Humanities Web<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0 A useful alphabetical list of artists. Use the links on the left hand side of the page for more information about each artist<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Web Museum, Paris<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Another alphabetical list of artists, with examples of their work, including the gallery or museum in which they can be found<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0<\/a>Crats Council Collections Online<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Examples of design in various categories\u00a0 including ceramics, furniture and jewellery, from the UK’s Craft Council, which promotes the work of new makers<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Victoria and Albert Museum\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>Access to extensive online design collections of\u00a0fashion, photography, furniture, and many more, from London’s V&A museum<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"\u00a0<\/a>The Design Museum\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/strong>Examples of great design, as well as\u00a0 some information on designers, from the Design Museum in London<\/p>\n

\"\" Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. <\/a><\/strong>Part of Middlesex University. \u00a0Collections of designs including wallpapers, textiles, designs, books, catalogues and magazines from the late nineteenth to the 70s<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0<\/a>Kids Think Design\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0A useful interactive site with information and resources on various types of design, including ‘meet a designer’ and ‘think like a designer’, as well as some design projects which you can try out for yourself<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0<\/a>BBC Homes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A look at interior design from different time periods and traditions. From BBC\u00a0 Homes<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0Edinburgh – Fruitmarket<\/a><\/strong> The website of the Fruitmarket Gallery<\/a> in Edinburgh<\/strong> Find out more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Explore Art<\/strong><\/a> An excellent website from Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries, with information and resources on Scottish art and artists
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