Art

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Comprehensive Sites

Art on the Web

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html

Over 1,200 organized links to visual arts and architecture resources maintained by Jeffrey Howe of Boston College.

Artdaily.com: the first art newspaper on the Net

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp

Updated daily with content compiled from around the globe covering a wide range of art subjects using a mix of text, graphics, and animation.

ArtSource

http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html

"...a selective gathering point for networked resources on art and architecture".

Voice of the Shuttle: Art and Art History Page

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707

Searchable resource featuring typical art sites (e.g. links to exhibitions, museums, artist information, universities, etc.) as well as sites in less commonly featured areas (e.g. auction houses, cartography, image, slide, and clip-art services).

World Wide Arts Resources

http://wwar.com

This searchable site is self-described as the "largest and most comprehensive gateway to the arts on the internet." It organizes an extensive number of links to museums, galleries, arts resources, publications, artists information, art schools and programs, and performance arts.

Art History Sites

Art History Research Centre

http://www.harmsen.net/ahrc/

This site organizes links to Web resources specific to art history research. Areas covered include search engines, newsgroups, mailing lists, library catalogs, article indexes, university departments, online art collections, and other art history Web resources.

Art History Resources on the Web

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

An art history gateway organized by art history professor Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College. Links to images and articles concerned with art from prehistory to the 20th century. Additional resource links to art history departments, libraries, museums, online journals, and exhibits.

Art Links (Thomson Wadsworth)

http://www.wadsworth.com/art_d/special_features/links/index.html

This site, created by publisher Thomson Wadsworth, is a collection of web resources on the history of art. It links to lists of sites in the following categories: Prehistoric Art; Ancient Art (General, Greece & Rome, Near East & Egypt); Art of the Middle Ages; Renaissance & Baroque; 18th, 19th & 20th Century Art; Non European Art; and Other Interesting Sites.

Mother of All Art History Links

http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/

This gateway site affiliated with the University of Michigan links to art history departments, research resources, resources for visual collections, image collections, online exhibitions, art schools, art museums, and textual and linguistic resources.

Architecture

Architecture.com

http://www.architecture.com/Home.aspx

Commercial site with information about architecture, architects, and the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects). Features the RIBA library catalogue, indexing articles and books, drawings, & photographs in the institute's library.

UME The International Architecture Magazine

http://www.umemagazine.com/issues.aspx

A free online magazine and architectural design resource focused on working drawings of architects.

Great Buildings Online

http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/buildings.html

Gateway to more that 800 architectural structures from around the world and throughout history. The site includes photographic images, architectural drawings and information on architects. There are "3-D walk-throughs" available to download and view.

Virtual Museums

Artcyclopedia The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Provides an index of artists represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. Focuses on fine art painting and sculpture but other artistic media may be included.

CGFA Carol Gerten's Fine Art

http://cgfa.dotsrc.org/

More than 5000 scanned works of art dating from the medieval age to the early 20th century. Artist biographical information from Microsoft Encarta is included.

Web Gallery of Art

http://www.wga.hu/

Digital reproductions of over 9,000 European paintings and sculpture created between 1150 and 1800. Many reproductions include commentary and biographical information for the artist. Visitors may browse an alphabetical list of artists, select from a number of guided tours, or use the search engine to search by artist name, nationality, form (media format), museum location, title word in name of work and other options.

WebMuseum

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/

Works of art, including many from the Louvre, displayed online.

World Art Treasures

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/index.html

A virtual gallery of over 100,000 slides organized by the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation in Switzerland. Itineraries take you through painting, sculpture, prints and other media from Asia and Europe.

Museums/Galleries - St. Louis Area

Cecille R. Hunt Gallery Webster University

http://www.webster.edu/depts/finearts/art/

Check the Art Department's directory for the Gallery's link.

City Museum

http://www.citymuseum.org/home.asp

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

http://www.contemporarystl.org/

Laumier Sculpture Park

http://www.laumeier.com/

Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

http://www.pulitzerarts.org/

St. Louis Art Museum

http://saintlouis.art.museum/

Museums/Galleries

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums

http://icom.museum/vlmp/

Links to museums, galleries, and archives.

The Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/

Louvre Museum

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

In addition to museum information, this site offers an online showcase of over 3,500 objects in the museum collection. Images are organized by museum department eg. American Painting and Sculpture, Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Costume Institute, Greek & Roman Art etc.; but can also be searched by keyword, artist, title, or country of origin. The Educational Resources section offers access to Watsonline, the catalog of the museum's libraries. A Timeline of Art History presents world art from the museum collection dating from 20,000 BC to 1400 AD and can be navigated via the timeline, geographical maps, or a thematic index.

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

http://www. moma.org

The catalog for the library, archives and study centers of the museum may be searched in the "DADABASE" which is under the "Research Resources" link. The museum library houses one of the world's leading collections on modern and contemporary art.

National Gallery of Art--the collection

http://www.nga.gov/collection/

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Kansas City

http://www.nelson-atkins.org/

Smithsonian American Art Museum

http://americanart.si.edu

Art information resources include the Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture search index for locating American artworks in collections worldwide.

Tate Gallery

http://www.tate.org.uk/

National collection of British art since 1500 and of international modern art.

Organizations

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)

http://www.aiga.org/

National organization for design professionals with information on AIGA, events, chapters, services, news, publications, and membership.

Americans for the Arts

http://www.artsusa.org/

Nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the arts and culture in communities across the country.

College Art Association

http://www.collegeart.org/

Professional organization of artists, art historians and fine art educators, museum directors, and curators.