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Hello Everyone -
This is the first arm of a set of online resources I'm developing for Blackburn art classes.

What it is:
Diigo is social bookmarking. For example, I can find a painting by Picasso on the internet and bookmark it and add that bookmark to our site. I can also add a sticky note on that site that wiil be viewable by anyone else in the group. That sticky note can be a comment about Picasso's use of color or line or even a link to an article about that particular work of art elsewhere on the internet. Not only that, you, too can add your own sticky note on that page. You can leave a comment about that page in the bookmark listing in the group - or - you can start a discussion about that page in the group.

How to do it:
The best way to get the most out of this site is to be using the latest version of Firefox and install the Diigo toolbar. Once you do that - you can bookmark a site from the toolbar, add your tags or comment and save it to the group.

Facebook and Twitter:
Diigo plays very well with both Facebook and Twitter. Once you link your accounts you can bookmark to our group (and your account if you decide to make your own Diigo account) and you can post the link to you Facebook profile. You can also send the link to individual people on Facebook.

Stipulations:
All I ask is that everything you add to this site be somehow related to art and that can mean art history, drawing, graphic design, photography, painting or sculpture. So far, I'm adding students from both Graphic Design classes and Drawing. More may be added at a later date. I just want to be clear that this does not need to be design-centric or drawing-centric.

Tags:
The key to all of this is learning to be very detailed with your tags. Whenever you bookmark a site add descriptive words about what is on that site. Everything should at least be clearly marked as to what category of art it involves like: painting, drawing, design, etc. Also - if there are any artist names those should go into the tag.


Thanks.

A brief but detailed description on how to take slides of your work for entering shows. While the use of slides may be on the way out - there is still some good info here for lighting your work and using a camera.

From Wikipedia: "Tipu's Tiger (a.k.a. Tippoo's Tiger) is an automaton, representing a tiger savaging a European soldier, or employee of the British East India Company. It is currently on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu%27s_Tiger

The online arm of the venerable Raw Vision magazine which was championing Outsider Art before it was cool. A very good place to look at art that is made by people who simply love making art and are not afraid to explore every aspect of their vision no matter how dark or disturbing it may be.

A very good place to start researching art history

Examples of paintings Botero made centering on violence in Colombia. Text en espagnol.

Larger, grainy version of the Mannheim painting can be seen here: http://www.nevadaobserver.com/Archive/040501/Images/26.%20Execution%20of%20Maximilian.jpg

Includes other versions, sketches and a timeline of Manet's work on The Execution of Maximilian.

Article written by Arthur C. Danto about Botero's series of paintings based on readings and photos of Abu Ghraib. Includes linke to the Marlborough Gallery where his paintings were exhibited.

Selected works from a series of about 50 paintings by Fernando Botero on the horrors of Abu Ghraib.

Database of art and design image. Excellent search and lightbox capabilities.

There is a downloadable PDF biography of the artists here as well as several images of their work including sculptures and prints. The images are not great. Most of their work is highly detailed and intricate - difficult to convey over the internet.