ART RESOURCES

 Starting Points | Art Education | Art History |Databases | Images and General Resources | Museums - United States | Museums - Outside the United States |Paintings |Photography |Printmaking |Journal Articles

Starting Points

Voice of the Shuttle Art Sites
From the University of California-Santa Barbara, the art section of the Voice of the Shuttle humanities resource site.

World Wide Art Resources
Interesting and wide-ranging guide to art sites; listings of museums, galleries, and agencies are notable.

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Art Education

Favorite Lessons
Here you will find art lessons for groups ranging from early childhood through undergraduate level.

McNeese University Visual Arts
Introduction to the Visual Arts Department for prospective students

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Art History

Art History Network
Has links to a timeline from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, journals, images and other useful web sites

Art History Research Centre
Describing itself as first and foremost tool for art historical research on the internet, this site has access to search engines, newsgroups, mailing lists, library catalogs, and article indexes.

Art History Resources on the Web
Excellent guide to art of all periods and countries. Includes links to index sites, pictures, and some textual materials.

Artcyclopedia
This site says its mission is to become the definitive and most effective guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet. It provides references to sites on the World Wide Web where artists' works can be viewed online.

Important Women Artists
The History Department at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls has this site of graphics that range from the work of Mary Cassatt to Louise Bourgeois as well as links to other sources about women artists.

Mother of All Art and Art History Links
Links to exhibits, university art departments, images and research reports

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Databases

AskART.com
This research service providing biographical and pricing information on American art and artists claims to list 25,000 artists. It offers general biographical information, descriptions of works (many with images) both sold and unsold, and an abbreviated bibliography.

DIA Visual Resource Home Page
Searchable database of images from the Detroit Institute of the Arts. Search by category, artist, or title.

International Directory of Art Libraries
Here you will be able to locate nearly 3000 libraries and library departments with specialized holdings in art, architecture and archaeology throughout the world.

Smithsonian Archives of American Art
From the Smithsonian Institute, a searchable database of the holdings of the Archives of American Art, including gallery guides, personal papers, photographs, and artists' sketchbooks. Information on how to access the material is provided.

Worldwide Books Exhibition Catalogues and Other Books on Art
Database of more than 30,000 exhibition catalogs and collections

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Images and General Resources

Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
Small database of images for use by educators; covers only architecture and sculpture, mainly medieval & ancient

ArtLex Art Dictionary
Provides definitions and short articles on art terms, with links to images related to specific art styles or periods

ArtServe
According to information from this Australian National University site, you will find more than 165,000 images on this server. Subjects include art history, architecture, prints textiles, and museums.

LOUISiana Digital Library
View the Louisiana State Museum Photograph Collection plus works from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

New York Public Library Picture Collection Online
These 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers were mostly created before 1923

Union List of Artist Names On Line
This index from the Getty Research Institute will display an artist's preferred name

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Museums - United States

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Select "Imagebase" to view over 70,000 images from the the museum's collections. Includes collections in African and Japanese art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
This museum describes itself as the premiere visual arts museum in the Western United States. Permanent exhibits are shown ranging from decorative to ancient and Islamic art.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
In existence 1870, the Metropolitan Museum in New York City has a collection that now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the world ancient through modern times. According to this site, about 3,500 objects are reproduced online as well as its entire Department of European Paintings.

National Gallery of Art
Online "tours" and images of selected parts of the museum's collection

National Portrait Gallery
Includes a search interface over 80,000 portrait records

Smithsonian Institution
Access to the museums, libraries, archives, and research centers

SWLA Cultural Resources Directory
Interactive list of artistic individuals and groups in Southwest Louisiana

Textile Museum
This Washington, D.C. museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts. In addition to information about exhibitions, there is a section dealing with the care and display of textiles.

Whitney Museum of American Art
This site from one of world-renowned collections of 20th century art has online exhibits and a link to the Art Museum Image Consortium with over 50,000 searchable online images.

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Museums - Outside the United States

Musee d'Orsay
This site of this famous Paris museum of impressionism located in a renovated railroad station has layouts of each floor, a panoramic view of its artworks, and a link to the Louvre as well as other notable museums.

Tate Gallery
Serving two million visitors a year as the national collection of British art since 1500, this site gives the opportunity to see 8,000 works of art in its holdings

Web Gallery of Art
This web site contains over 12,400 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1100 and 1800 supplemented with commentary on their technique and history.

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Paintings

Early American Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum
This attractive online exhibit explores early American painters and their works. The site features biographies of 20 artists and detailed information on 53 works, which also include numerous comparative images from other collections. Visitors may browse the collection via an interactive timeline or by artist, genre, or place of origin.

WebMuseum, Paris: Famous Paintings Exhibition
Extensive selection of paintings and information about various (mostly dead and mostly famous) artists.

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Photography

Albumen
Presenting the art and science of albumen printing, this site brings together 19th century technical instruction, contemporary research, an online forum for conservation treatment and a wealth of images.

American Museum of Photography
A virtual tour of a museum that has been on the Internet since 1996 displaying the private collection of William B. Becker with works dating from 1836 to the end of World War II.

History of Photography from its Beginnings till the 1920s
Dr. Robert Leggat of Great Britain presents pen-portraits of many of the most important photographers of the period and some of the most significant processes used during the early days of photography.

UCR California Museum of Photography
Exhibits of student art, a sampling of its images by over 1,000 photographers, the world's largest collection of vintage stereographs and photography done with digital scanners is included as well as pictures of some of its 10,000 cameras.

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Printmaking

Posters of Toulouse-Lautrec
This San Diego Museum's exhibit shows many of Toulouse-Lautrec's famous posters

Viewing Japanese Prints
Japanese woodprints are displayed here with information about their creation and care

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Journal Articles

Use periodical indexes to help you find articles. The following indexes are available online:

This page last updated on October 12, 2006.