Resource Directory: Links for Learning, Inspiration & Inquiry
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1000 Museums
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AccessCeramics
Alexandria Digital Library
http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu
American Art Gallery
Americans for the Arts
Ancient History Encyclopedia (AHE)
Archives of American Art – Online Collections
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections
Art & Artists – a blog created and maintained by British artists Poul Webb
Art Brokerage
Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall
Art History: A Preliminary Handbook by Dr. Robert J. Belton
http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/fccs/about/links/resources/arthistory.html
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/aict
Art Katalog Online Art Gallery (English)
http://www.art-katalog.com/english
Art in the Picture: An Introduction to Art History
http://www.artinthepicture.com
Art Institute of Chicago(ARTIC): Online Collections
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/
Art Access: Online Learning Tool
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/ArtAccess
Art Junction – Art Education & Curriculum Resources
http://artjunction.org/resources/
Art Renewal Center (ARC)
The Art Story
ArtBabble
ArchNet – Digital Library
Artchive by Mark Harden
ArtsConnected: Tools for Teaching Art
Artcyclopedia
ArtFact
ArtHist: Information Network for Art History
Arthistory.CC
http://www.arthistory.cc/index_ns.html
Artist-Info
ArtsIndex
ArtLex
ArtLibraries.net – A Virtual Catalogue for Art History
http://www.artlibraries.net/index_en.php
ArtMorgue: Online Source of Reference Material for Artists
ArtNet
ArtistNetwork
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/
ArtOnline (English)
http://www.artonline.it/?lang=eng
Arts & Genomics
Arts of China Consortium (NYU Institute of Fine Arts): Links & Resources
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/links.html
Arts Journal: Arts, Culture, Ideas
Arts Resource: Art Journals Online
http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/journals.html
ArtsEdSearch: Online Clearinghouse for Arts Education Research
ArtMagick Virtual Gallery of 19th Century Artists – an ongoing personal project by Julia Kerr dedicated to the continual quest of seeking out obscure 19th century artists, poetry, books and long-forgotten paintings showing a ‘magic world of romance and pictured poetry’
ArtSearch: Directory & Job Listings
ArtSlant
ArtSource
http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/
Artsy
AskArt
http://www.askart.com/AskART/index.aspx
Association Historians of American Art (AHAA)
The Athenaeum: Interactive Arts & Humanities Online
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Barnes Foundation – Collections
http://www.barnesfoundation.org/collections/
BBC YourPaintings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library – Online Catalog
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/
Best of History Websites: Art History
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/art-history
Black Art Project
http://blackartproject.blogspot.com
Boston College: Art on the Web
http://www.bc.edu/sites/artweb.html
Brainpickings
Bridgeman Art Library
British Museum Collection Online
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_search_results.aspx
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Carter Burden Gallery
http://carterburdengallery.com
Classical Art Research Centre
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/index.htm
Ceramic Review
Ceramics Daily – Education Resources
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/education/
Ceramics Monthly
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/ceramics-monthly/
Ceramic Sculpture HQ
http://www.ceramicsculpture.com/
Ceramics: Art & Perception – Technical
Cool Conservation Online
http://cool.conservation-us.org
Courtland Institute of Art: Art & Architecture
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/
Craft in America
http://www.craftinamerica.org/
Cultural Heritage Search Engine
http://www.culturalheritage.net
CultureLink Network
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Daily Art Fixx
Digital Archive of ArtOnline Images from Boston College
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/
Digital Arts: Inspiration for Digital Creatives
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/
Digital Ceramics Archive Research, The
http://ceramicsresearch.ca/web/
Digital Librarian Directory – Art
http://www.digital-librarian.com/art.html
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
Digital Roman Forum
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum
Dr. Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe – Art History Resources on the Web
http://arthistoryresources.net
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Edsitement! The Best of Humanities on the Web
Education Technology Clearinghouse (ETC): Visual Arts Education Resources on the Web
Egon Shiele – The Complete Works
Europeana Digital Repository
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FBI National Stolen Art File (NSAF)
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/arttheft/national-stolen-art-file
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Field Guide for Ceramic Artisans – Developed by Julia Galloway, a potter, professor and current director of the School of Art at the University of Montana, Missoula, as an informational website intended to “help and support student when they are finishing school.”
http://juliagalloway.com/field-guide/
Fondation Beyeler
http://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/Home
Fondation Jacques-Edouard Berger – World Art Treasures
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/index.html
The Frick Collection Online
The Frick Art Reference Library
http://www.frick.org/research/library
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Getty Research Institute: Search Tools & Database
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/
Getty Research Portal
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/portal/index.html
Getty – Digital Collections
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital_collections/index.html
Getty – Research Guides & Bibliographies
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/guides_bibliographies/index.html
Getty – Article & Research Databases
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/article_databases/index.html
Getty – Collecting & Provenance Research
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/provenance/index.html
Getty – Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) & Répertoire de la litterature de l’art (RILA)
Getty – Photo Archive
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/photo/index.html
Getty – Getty Vocabularies
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/index.html
Global Museum
Google Art Project
http://www.googleartproject.com
Guggenheim Collection Online
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online
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Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities
http://www.hektoeninternational.org/index.html
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Works
http://www.toulouse-lautrec-foundation.org
Henry Miller Personal Collection
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ibiblio Web Museum
Incredible Art Department
International Council of Museums (ICOM)
ICOM – Resources
ICOM – Bibliographies
http://icom.museum/resources/bibliographies/
ICOM – Publications Database
http://icom.museum/resources/publications-database/
ICOM – Reds List Database
http://icom.museum/resources/red-lists-database/
ICOM – UNESCO/ICOM Museum Information Centre
http://icom.museum/resources/unesco-icom-museum-information-centre/
International Dada Archive – The University of Iowa Libraries
http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/
International Sculpture Center (ISC): Resource Directory
http://www.sculpture.org/Directory/resourcedirectory.shtml
Internet Encyclopedia on Philosophy – Aesthetics
http://www.iep.utm.edu/aestheti/
Internet Public Library (IPL2) Pathfinders: Finding Art Images
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48440
Interpreting Ceramics: An International, Refereed, Electronic Journal
http://www.interpretingceramics.com
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH)
Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS): Digital Collections & Content Project (IMLS-DCC)
http://imlsdcc.grainger.illinois.edu
Islamic Arts & Architecture
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Jack Tworkov – Biography & Works
James Abbott McNeill Whistler – The Complete Works
http://www.jamesabbottmcneillwhistler.org
Johns Hopkin’s MuseMediapedia
http://musemediapedia.pbworks.com
JURN: Curated Academic Search Engine for the Humanities
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Kunstpedia: Curators of Art Knowledge
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Leonardo da Vinci & the Brain
http://www.davinciandthebrain.org/index.jsp
Leonardo da Vinci & his treatise on painting
http://www.treatiseonpainting.org
Leonardo da Vinci’s Life
Leonard da Vinci – The Complete Works
http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org
Looted Art
Library of Congress (LOC): American Folklife Center
Library of Congress (LOC): American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Library of Congress (LOC): Arts & Culture (Topical)
http://www.loc.gov/topics/arts.php
Library of Congress (LOC): Internet Resources – Arts & Architecture
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/relatedresources/hum/art.html
Library of Congress (LOC): Rare Books & Special Collections
http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/
Literature, Arts & Medicine Database (New York University School of Medicine) – an annotated multimedia listing of prose, poetry, film, video and art that was developed to be a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource for teaching and research in MEDICAL HUMANITIES, and for use in health/pre-health, graduate and undergraduate liberal arts and social science settings.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Online Collections
The Louvre Online Collection (English)
http://www.louvre.fr/en/moteur-de-recherche-oeuvres
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Master Works of Fine Art
http://www.masterworksfineart.com
Maurice Brazil Prendergast – The Complete Works
http://www.mauricebrazilprendergast.org
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
Modern & Contemporary Artists
Modern Masterworks Gallery
http://www.modernmasterworks.net
Mosaic Atlas
Mother of All Art History & Art Links Pages (University of Michigan School of Art & Design)
http://www.umich.edu/~motherha/
Mr. Whistler’s Art (Maintained by University of Glasgow Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery)
http://www.mr-whistlers-art.info
The Mucha Trust Collection – Access to Selected Works of Art
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/the-mucha-trust-collection
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching (MERLOT)
Musée d’Orsay: Works in Focus (English)
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/home.html
Museum Computer Network (MCN): Online Resources
Museum Market
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collections Online
http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/index
Museum of Online Museums (MoOM)
MuseumSpot
MuseumStock
MuseumStuff
MuseumSyndicate
Mutual Art
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National Centre for Ceramics Studies in Wales – Skills Resources
http://ceramics.cardiffmet.ac.uk/resources/skills-resources/home
National Gallery of Art Learning Resources
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html
National Gallery of Art Open Access
https://images.nga.gov/en/page/openaccess.html
National Library of France – Gallica Digital Collections (English)
http://www.bnf.fr/en/collections_and_services/digital_libraries_gallica.html
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Spencer Art Reference Library Research Guides
http://www.nelson-atkins.org/education/LibraryGuide.cfm
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm
New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC)
New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
New York Public Library Art-Related Research Guides
http://www.nypl.org/research_guides/580
Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide: A Journal of Nineteenth Century Visual Culture
http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org
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Olga’s Gallery: Online Art Museum
Online Art Center
http://www.onlineartcenter.com/
Online Picasso Raisonne
http://onlinepicassoraisonne.com
Open Arts Archive
http://www.openartsarchive.org/oaa/
Open Folklore (OF) Project
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Painters’ Table – daily online magazine for artists, curators, collectors, and art lovers specifically interested in painting.
The Phillips Collection: Online Collection
http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/collection/collection-artist_ab.htm
Pigments through the Ages – Online Exhibit About Use of Color in Painting
http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/
Public Art Archive
http://www.publicartarchive.org
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Rijksmuseum: Explore the Collection
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/explore-the-collection
Rijksstudio: Discover & Save Works from Collection (High Res)
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio
Rhizome ArtBase
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Sculpture Web Guide
http://sculpturewebguide.com/links/index.html
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
Social History of Art
http://www.socialhistoryofart.com
SPIRO: Slide and Photograph Image Retrieval Online
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro/
The State Hermitage Digital Collections
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/browse.mac/category?selLang=English
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Tate Collection Online
Technology in the Arts: Exploring the Intersection of Arts Management & Online Technology
http://www.technologyinthearts.org/
Tufts University: Perseus Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collections
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Ubu Web: Dedicated to all forms of Avant-garde, Ethnopoetics, and Outsider Arts
The UNESCO Works of Art Collection
http://www.unesco.org/artcollection/jsps/welcome.jsp
The United Nations Art Initiative
http://www.humanitarian.net/university/
UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections
http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de/umac/database
University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/uima/
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections: The Arts Collection
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/Arts
University of Wisconsin Digital Library for Decorative Arts & Material Culture
http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/index.html
UPenn ScholarlyCommons Repository
U.S. National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) Repository
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/
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The Victorian Web
The Vincent van Gogh Gallery – Endorsed by van Gogh Museum
Vincent van Gogh: The Letters
Vincent van Gogh Online Gallery
Virtual Free Sites: Museums
http://www.virtualfreesites.com/museums.html
Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts
http://web-japan.org/museum/menu.html
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) – Online Resource for the Visual Arts
http://www.vads.ac.uk/resources/index.html
Voice of the Shuttle (VOS) Resources: Art History
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3404
Voice of the Shuttle (VOS) Resources: Art (Modern & Contemporary)
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707
Voice of the Shuttle (VOS) Resources: Architecture
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2705
Voice of the Shuttle (VOS) Resources: Photography
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2725
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Online Collections – The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, the oldest public art museum in the United States, was founded in 1842 by Daniel Wadsworth, one of the first important American patrons of the arts. Its collections of nearly 50,000 works of art span 5,000 years and feature the Morgan collection of Greek and Roman antiquities and European decorative arts; world-renowned baroque and surrealist paintings; an unsurpassed collection of Hudson River School landscapes; European and American Impressionist paintings; modernist masterpieces; the Serge Lifar collecton of Ballets Russes drawings and costumes; the George A. Gay collection of prints; the Wallace Nutting collection of American colonial furniture and decorative arts; the Samuel Colt firearms collection; costumes and textiles; African American art and artifacts; and contemporary art.
http://www.thewadsworth.org/collection-2/
The Warburg Institute Digital Collections
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/library/digital-collections/
Wassily Kandinsky
http://www.wassilykandinsky.net
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Impressionism
http://impressionistsgallery.co.uk
Wellcome Collection – a “unique mix of videos, images and articles exploring what it means to be human.”
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/explore.aspx
Wellcome Images – “one of the world’s richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science.”
Wellcome Library – contains “more than 750 000 books and journals and an extensive range of manuscripts, archives and films.”
Wellesley College: Digital Images Collections Wiki
http://digital-image-collections.wikispaces.com
The Whitehouse Art Collection
http://www.whitehouseresearch.org/assetbank-whha/action/viewHome
Whitney Museum of American Art Online Collections
WikiPaintings Visual Art Encyclopedia
World Artist Directory
http://worldartistdirectory.com
World Bank Art Program
http://www.worldbank.org/artprogram
World Digital Library
WorldImages Kiosk
Worldwide Art Resources
World Wide Web Virtual Library: History of Art