Art & Art History
- Art & Architecture Thesaurus On Line
Covers over 125,000 terms relating to art, architecture, decorative arts,
archival materials, and material culture. For each term, a short definition
is provided along with a hierarchy of related terms which can be browsed.
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/
- Art History Resources on the Web
Christopher Witcombe maintains this fairly comprehensive art history site.
Users may search by art period and style, museums and galleries or by prints
and photography. The page is international in scope.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
- Art In Context
Art in Context was established in 1995 to serve the international fine art
community and general public by providing an online reference library for
the publication and dissemination of information about artists and where
to find their work. Note: this source lists recent and past exhibitions
for different artists' work.
http://www.artincontext.org/
- Art on the Net
Join fellow artists in sharing works together on the Internet. Enjoy visiting
artists studios and roaming the gallery.
http://www.art.net/
- Art Through Time: A Global View
Explores art, culture, and human history and how they impact each other. Visitors interested in viewing the video segments need only find the topic they are interested in, under "Individual Program Descriptions" on the right hand menu, and then click on the box icon with "VoD" under it. Some of the topics include "Converging Cultures", "History and Memory", and "The Urban Experience".
http://www.learner.org/resources/series211.html
- Artchive
Offers access in HTML format to fine art scans, information about artists and excerpts from classic art
criticism/theory.
http://www.artchive.com/
- Artcyclopedia
Artcyclopedia provides an index of images and information on some 6,000 artists,
with a strong emphasis on U.S. and Western European painters and sculptors.
Search for a specific artist or browse by movement, medium, subject or
nationality. Go to Picture Search to locate images on the Web.
http://artcyclopedia.com/
- the artists.org
Includes the major 20th century and contemporary visual artists. Search for
the artist under the first letter of the artist's last name.
http://www.the-artists.org/
- ArtSource
A clearinghouse for Web resources on Art and Architecture.
http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html
- AskArt.com
Extensive information on 23,000 North American artists.
http://askart.com/
- Eternal Egypt
This site features "high-resolution images, three-dimensional reconstructions of Egyptian monuments and antiquities,
as well as virtually-reconstructed environments, panoramic images, and panoramic views of present-day Egypt captured
by robotic cameras located from the top of Karnak Temple to the streets of Old Cairo." Access images and information
about Egyptian artifacts and architecture using a map, timeline, topics, or related methods. Includes a glossary.
Searchable. In English, French, and Arabic. From IBM and the Egyptian government.
http://www.eternalegypt.org/
- Explore Art
Visitors can browse artists by name, or they can also look over the Getty Museum's collection by object type or subject. The "Natural World" theme is well-worth a look, as it contains hundreds of offerings such as a Roman sculpture of a bear and a meticulously carved bee that appears on a four-drachma coin from the 4th century BC. On the right side of the page, visitors can browse through the "Getty Guide" area. Here they can watch videos of artists at work or explore the modern outdoor sculpture collection. Finally, visitors can use the Getty Bookmarks feature to collect and save their favorite artists and works from the collection via their own customized bookmarks page.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/
- Inscribing Meaning: Writing + Graphic Systems in African Art
This site explores the relationships between African art and the communicative powers of language, graphic systems and
the written word. Offered by the National Museum of African Art, this exhibit looks at how various writing traditions
have communicated a wide range of ideas, such as those regarding religious traditions, cultural activities, and so on.
The exhibit is divided into sections titled "Ways of Knowing", "Inscribing the Body", "Sacred Scripts", and "Writing Politics".
http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/inscribing/index2.html
- Mother of All Art and Art History Links Page
http://art-design.umich.edu/mother
- National Museum of American Illustration
Includes a virutal tour of the museum which devotes itself
to American illustrators who worked during the "Golden Age of American Illustration" (1870-1965).
Works by artists such as Rockwell, Wyeth, and Gibson can be viewed.
http://www.americanillustration.org/index2.html
- Sculptor.Org: A Comprehensive Resource for Sculptors
Despite having some broken links, this site is useful for new
or accomplished sculptors, and organizations or persons interesting
in acquiring materials or sculpture; furthermore, it is the only free "comprehensive"
site on sculpture currently available.
http://www.sculptor.org/
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Contains an impressive array of American art-related materials including images, oral history interviews and exhibits. Especially useful is the “Collections Online” link, which allows users to find complete holdings of selected artists.
http://www.aaa.si.edu/
- Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated
especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Each timeline page includes representative art from the
Museum's collection, a chart of time periods, a map of the region, an overview, and a list of key events. Other
features include a special topics category and a tutorial for first time users of the site.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
- World Wide Art Resources
One of the largest and most comprehensive gateways to the arts, including
museums, exhibitions, agencies, publications, history, employment and supplies.
http://wwar.com/
