ARH 125/126 Resources: Art Websites

A good, sometimes updated, site. Provides a nice breakdown of topics. The site has the author’s ads for his books, but avoid these, and stay to the left or center of the page for relevant information.

Links from the University of Michigan School of Art

A large, but sometimes out of date, listing by topic and A-Z on each, of the resources available on the web put together by the the University of CA, Santa Barbara; It is an updated site, but some departments do have dated information, so there are several dead links. http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707 for art, and http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3404 for art-history.

Click on individual pieces of art to hear descriptions about them.

The collection represents the inception and heyday of magazine, book, and newspaper posters.

From Oxford University Press and the national Gallery of Art.

Free online repository of art images, from the classical to modern periods. Images in the collection are of works in both the public domain and those protected by copyright. A copyright notice warns users that protected images are for instructional purposes only and should not be copied or downloaded. Artists can be browsed by alphabet, art movement, school or group, genre, nationality, or century.

Documentation related to 132 paintings.

Continuously developed since 2005, Smarthistory is a free multimedia web-book for art history created and edited by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

The Collections database consists of entries for more than 500,000 works in the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix.

Another great museum site, but has an additional feature of online tours with podcasts. This allows the visual timeline of a given artist from a provided list. The online tour gives a work’s breakdown and analysis in full detail, including the technique of the artist. Fun and if researching, a great resource.

Not only links to a virtual museum, but also houses lots of scholarly resources in their Research Institute and library. Offers interactive multimedia tools and features videos and audio recordings about the works of art and conferences at the museum. Check out the “Explore Art” section for much of the visual information. The Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire de la litterature de l’art (RILA) for no charge on its website. The da

This site has a great timeline feature which extensively covers given time periods.

Boston,MA: in addition to its good overall Web site, this has a good textile and fashion arts collection.

North Adams,MA: includes performance arts.

Lincoln, MA: sculpture and painting; Offers several non-degree classes.

A great local resource that is easy to get to and very welcoming of students. They have an excellent web page in conjunction with Holy Cross that shows photos of art works and gives catalog to both H.C. and the Worcester Art Museum libraries. It is called Bridges to Art. They have a nice digital collection in addition to their wonderful art library on site.

All regions, cultures, and traditions of the art and artists of the United States are represented here. “The Smithsonian American Art Museum is the first federal art collection, begun in 1829 with gifts from private collections and art organizations established in the nation’s capital before the founding of the Smithsonian in 1846.” The Collections Tab offers a look at the collection digitally.

The best place to start to get exactly what you want is the site-map that will direct you to more specific interests. For serendipitous searching, you can navigate through the buttons of the home page. From the website: “…a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. With extraordinary exhibitions and the world’s finest collection of modern and contemporary art, MoMA is dedicated to the conversation between the past and the present, the established and the experim