Fine arts sources

The Masters

Mark Harden's Artchive: ArtchiveArt and Artists Online- The Artchive includes both public domain and copyrighted works of art. The MastersSummaries of Renaissance or Impressionist artist's life or pictures of his/her works... biographies are all
Here, you can browse in alphabetical order, by artistic medium, subject matter, or discover art history information by following the link to Masters below. Logo The Web Gallery of Art includes biographies, commentaries, guided tours.  It has a searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods containing over 9,200 reproductions.

Museums

13 works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum have been selected by the museum's director, Elizabeth Broun, as her personal favorites, and placed online with  a video clip featuring Ms. Broun's thoughts on each one.
Smithsonian American Art Museum- Collections & Exhibitions, Education, Study Center SmithsonianYou can use the Smithsonian online site to search for topics or collections across the museums, and to locate and browse the Smithsonian’s treasures. written by the webmaster who claims to have compiled the information from various credible sources.
ExploratoriumMuseum of Science, Art and Human Perception
University of Virginia Art Museum Exhibits, Education, Collections... Penn State MarkPalmer Museum of Art-The Pennsylvania State University's Art Museum
North Carolina museum of Art- The paintings and sculpture in the state's art collection represent more than 5,000 years of artistic heritage, from ancient Egypt to the present. Image Galleries & Exhibitions through artsednet's virtual exhibition includes all  artworks from featured programs that can be accessed by artist, by title, by date
THE New AMERICAN STUDIES WEB-was created by David Phillips in 1994. In 2000, Michael Coventry and Jamie Poster revised and expanded the content and Edward Maloney converted it to a new search interface.
WebMuseum A source of famous historical paintings.
Explore Art To celebrate 20 years of collecting photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, this exhibition presents works by 38 photographers, 20 of whom are featured on the website NMAI WelcomeNational Museum of American Illustration

Art History

Arts Art History Periods and Movements

 

Art History

Art Resources

        Art Topics: Architecture, Painting, Performing Arts, Photography, Sculpture, Schools & Movements, Art History, Authorship, Book Arts, DanceMusic

BUBL LINK - 515 Internet Resources History of art - Catalogue of Internet Resources

Artcyclopedia Guide to Fine Art A comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives....have now indexed 700 leading arts sites, and offer more than 24,000 links directly to an estimated 80,000 works by 7,000 different artists.

Virtual Library's World Art Directory- This page includes a collection of World Wide Web services connected with art galleries and archives as part of the WWW Virtual Library museums pages

This site introduces visitors to a tour of the museum and provides an opportunity to become familiar with the Louvre collections, temporary exhibits and history.

artists, museums, galleries, quality art, art history, arts education, antiques, dance, theater, and more... discover the largest collection of original art online!

LIFE's "Virtual Gallery" allows users to browse through electronic renderings of some of the world's most compelling photo exhibitions. It also serves as a digital link to similar Internet sites, including photo archives and interactive museums.

Native American Art

The Yale University Library:
The Illustrating Traveler
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George Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio

 Welcome to Curtis Collections Art Gallery Educational TRIBAL SUMMARIES directly from Curtis' text, field notes and other source materials with a complete Image Index to the 2,234 images of Curtis' "The North American Indian"

Totems Links

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Grove Dictionary of Art- Contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts – painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography – from prehistory to the present day. Compiled over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study. This scope of coverage is unrivalled by any other art historical reference work, either in print or online. Accessible anywhere with a KCLS library card number.

 

 

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