Art History Resources for 8th Grade

Explore 13 curated art history learning resources designed for 8th Grade students. Browse curricula, apps, videos, worksheets, and more to find the perfect fit for your learner.

Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great Masters

An award-winning hands-on art history curriculum featuring 60+ great artists with kid-tested activities that bring art movements to life.

The Pacific

The arts of the Pacific vary by virtue of ecological situations, social structure, and impact of external influences, such as commerce, colonialism, and missionary activity. Created in a variety of media, Pacific arts are distinguished by the virtuos...

History of Graphic Design

This condensed survey course focuses on four major areas of design and their history: Typography, Image-Making, Interactive Media, and Branding. In each class, we'll start by observing the factors that influence and shape aesthetic outcomes. Yo...

Art of the Islamic world

Early Period (c. 640-900 C.E.) From the rightfully guided caliphs who succeeded Muhammad, through the Umayyads' Dome of the Rock and Great Mosque of Damascus, to the decline of Abbasids rule....

American Cinema

With insights from over 150 Hollywood insiders, this series explores modern American cinema and features over 300 clips from American movies. In-depth treatments present film as a powerful economic force, potent twentieth-century art form,...

Byzantine (late Roman Empire)

Constantinople (now Istanbul) was the capital of the late Roman empire, but its ethereal mosaics, ivories, and metalwork often depart from classical naturalism....

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Native American art after 1600

Native societies across North American developed diverse material cultures that reflect the character of their regions and respond to the universal issues of human and spiritual existence....

Art of the ancient Mediterranean

Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Persians - no wonder we need an introduction!...

Art history basics

New to art? This is a good place to start. Art gives us access to the way people at different moments in history have understood the world. Jump in and explore!...

Art history

We understand the history of humanity through art. From prehistoric depictions of bison to contemporary abstraction, artists have addressed their time and place in history and expressed universal truths for tens of thousands of years....

Smarthistory

Smarthistory is the most visited art history resource in the world. We are the official provider of art history for khanacademy.org, and we support AP art history and A-level curriculum. Smarthistory supports students, instructors, and lifelong lear...

Expressionism to Pop Art

Expressionism to Pop Art Explore Table of contents Topics A beginner's guide to 20th century art Early abstraction: Fauvism, Expressionism, and Cubism World War I, Futurism and Dada Art between the wars: the avant-garde and the rise of t...

Art of Southeast Asia

Discover the extraordinary art and architecture of this vast region which includes palaces, temples and mosques inspired by the Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic religions....