In the classroom. Art history teachers have oodles of ideas about using the Cards an an art history teaching tool. Read some suggested uses of Masterpiece Cards in the classroom.

With young children. Expose your children to famous paintings early - it's often "key to developing life-long involvement in the arts", according to the Wallace Foundation. Read about using Masterpiece Cards with young children.

Download a free copy of our famous paintings ebook! For each of the 250 Masterpieces in Western Painting, we'll list

• the title and painter of each art work
• the medium and year created
• the city and art museum or institution in which the famous painting is located.

Ready? Download the famous painting ebook. 

William V. Ganis, PhD, has compiled an impressive array of Art History Powerpoints that complement and expand upon Gardner's 11th and 12th editions and Arnason's History of Modern Art, 5th edition. Covers famous artworks from Western art and beyond the European tradition. Check out the Art History Powerpoints!  

Nearly two dozen art history books were used to compile the list of 250 famous paintings in Masterpiece Cards.  Of these reference books, the following art historians and publishers graciously granted us permission to quote them in assessing these paintings:

These art historians provide explanations of the famous artworks in Masterpiece Cards.  This is a lot of opinions!

The Metropolitan Museum's "Explore and Learn" features online and downloadable information about the Western history of art and art beyond the European tradition. Invaluable for art history educators. Visit Art History Resources at the Metropolitan Museum.