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For a guide to Reference Sources in Art, see Art Reference Sources. To locate journal articles related to Art, see Art Databases
Mother of All Art and Art History Links Page (School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan)
http://umich.edu/~motherha/
This site contain links to art history departments, research resources, resources for visual collections, image collections and online art, online exhibitions, fine art schools and departments, art museums, textual and linguistic resources, and mew media art and resources.
Artdaily.com
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp
Artdaily is an online newspaper covering art shows, art news, and providing links to various art related websites.
Provenance Research
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/provenance_index/
"The databases contain indexed transcriptions of material from auction catalogs and archival inventories of western European works of art, and contain nearly 1,000,000 records that cover the period from the late 16th century to the early 20th century."
The Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online (J. Paul Getty Trust)
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/
"The AAT Online is a searchable, structured vocabulary of more than 125,000 terms, scope notes, and other information for describing fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture."
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/
This e-journal is peer-reviewed and is "devoted to the study of nineteenth-century painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, architecture, and decorative arts across the globe."
Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
The timeline coves 20,000 BC to the present and North America, Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, West Asia, Central and North Asia, East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania. Wonderful maps, depictions of artwork, and reliable descriptions of the times and places are covered. Excellent resource!
Impressionism
http://www.impressionism.org/
A collection of eight lesson plans and a guided tour of Impressionism are available on this site.
International Dada Archive (University of Iowa)
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/
This site is part of The University of Iowa Libraries International Dada Archive. There is a Digital Dada Library, Information on Individual Dadaists, and several resources only available at the University of Iowa.
Dada Art
http://www.peak.org/~dadaist/Art/index.html
Part of Dada Online, this site contains a small gallery of Dada Art.
Surrealism
http://www.surrealist.com/
This site contains a history of surrealism, biographical information about artists, a gallery, and an essay by Andrè Breton entitled What is Surrealism? This site is in the process of being updated and should soon be easier to navigate.
American Art & Design & Archives of American Art (Smithsonian Institute)
http://www.si.edu/art_and_design/ & http://www.aaa.si.edu/
These sites contain highlights of the materials held at the Smithsonian. The digital collections include images, collections, oral histories, and exhibits.
The Frick Collection & Art
Reference Library(New York City)
http://www.frick.org/
The online collection can be accessed by using the "Collection" link and then using the links under "Permanent Collections" on the left. "The Frick Collection includes some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major works of sculpture (among them one of the finest groups of small bronzes in the world), superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains, Limoges enamels, Oriental rugs, and other works of remarkable quality."
J. Paul Getty Museums (Los Angeles, California & Malibu, California)
http://www.getty.edu/museum/
Many pieces of artwork can be viewed online by using the "Explore Art" link near the top. The Getty Museum in L.A. contains European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs, and the Malibu location houses Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities.
Guggenheim Museum (New York City)
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york
A selection of works from the New York Museum's collection is available online. "The mission of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is to promote the understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, and other manifestations of modern and contemporary visual culture."
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
http://www.metmuseum.org/
To access the MET's online collections, click on the "Permanent Collections" link on the left. "Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe."
Louvre Museum (Paris, France)
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en
The online collections can be accessed under "Collections". Housing over 35,000 works of art from around the world, the Museum's permanent collections are made up of works of art pre-1848.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, California)
http://www.moca-la.org
Part of the collection can be viewed online under the "Permanent Collection" link. "The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is home to one of the country's finest collections of American and European art created since 1940."
Museum of Modern Art (New York City)
http://moma.org/
MoMA's online collections can be viewed under "The Collection" link. "The Museum of Modern Art's collection has grown to include 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. MoMA also owns some 22,000 films, videos, and media works, as well as film stills, scripts, posters and historical documents" that cover modern and contemporary art.
National Gallery (London, U.K.)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
The online collections are available under the "Collection" link. "The National Gallery's permanent collection spans the period from about 1250 to 1900 and consists of Western European paintings."
National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
http://www.nga.gov
Online tours are available by using "The Collection" link and scrolling down the page. "The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper from the Middle Ages to the present."
Whitney Museum of Art (New York City)
http://www.whitney.org/
The Whitney Museum houses a collection of twentieth-century American Art.
NYPL Digital Gallery (New York Public Library)
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 450,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more." The collection is well-organized and images can be browsed by headings, names, subjects, libraries or searched by keyword.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)
www.loc.gov/pictures
This online catalog provides access to many of the prints, photographs, and other images available at the Library of Congress (about one million digital images). Images can be searched for by keyword, browsed by subject headings, or by collection.
Smithsonian Photography Initiative
http://photography.si.edu/
The SPI makes available online part of the Smithsonian's collection of 13 million
images. A search feature lets users search for images by topic, geographic locale,
creator/photographer, decade, medium, and museum/research center. "Enter
the Frame" lets you view images by keywords and then create your own slideshow.
HELIOS: Photography Online (National Museum of American Art)
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/helios/features.html
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's American Photographs: The First Century
is displayed on this site. Images can be accessed in the "Gallery".
Photographic Processes (Victoria & Albert Museum)
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/processes.php
This site explains the various processes that have been used to create photographic prints. Examples of each type of process are also given.
TypeBase
http://www.typebase.com/
A collection of links to typographic web sites: type history, type calligraphy,
type foundries, type education, type magazines, etc.
Ceramics Today
http://www.ceramicstoday.com/
This web site features articles and links relating to ceramics. The headings
for links include styles, techniques, galleries, artist-in-residence, theory
& criticism, health & safety, and more.
The Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com
This collection provides information on over a thousand buildings worldwide.
Many entries include images, biography, and commentary. The site contains a
searchable database and also allows for browsing by architectural types, style,
time periods, etc.*
Architecture Image Resources (Cornell University Library)
http://images.library.cornell.edu/arts.html#architecture
This page provides links to three collections with over 6038 images of architecture:
Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection, Beyond the Taj: Architectural
Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia, and Catena Digital Archive
of Historic Gardens and Landscapes (Ancient Art and Utopia are limited to Cornell).
* Architecture sites were selected and annotated by Chris Frasier.
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/
"AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural
works in the public domain on a free-access,
free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the
public at large."
Sculptor.Org
http://www.sculptor.org/
Click on the "Resources for Sculptors" link near the bottom of the
page to find links for "products and services for sculptors," "sculptors
industry," "sculpture education," "sculpture methods, materials
and processes," and more.
Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework (Requires Acrobat Reader)
http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/arts/1099.pdf
Art Education Curriculum Guides (Saskatchewan, Canada)
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/artsed/
A collection of guides to help teachers design curriculums for various levels
of art classes can be found on this site.
The Incredible Art Department: Favorite Lessons (by Ken Rohrer and Judy Decker)
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html
This web site collects art lesson plans and activities submitted by teachers
from across the country.
The Educator's Reference Desk: Lesson Plans - Arts (formerly, AskERIC)
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts
A collection of lesson plans written and submitted by teachers.
URL: http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/art.htm
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Last updated July 2010