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Art History Resources (Chris Witcombe, Sweet Briar College)
Askart.com
Comprehensive database of over 23,000 North American artists. Includes
artists' profiles, image gallery, auction records, lists of books and
articles about the artists, museums holding artists' works, and dealers
for artists . Browse through categories such as: Notable Women Artists,
Notable Modernists, Impressionists pre-1940, Hudson River School, Illustrators,
etc.
Voice of the Shuttle (Alan Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara)
The
Artchive
Includes
"Theory and Criticism on Selected Works of Art" (Excerpts
from the following works: Alberto Giacometti and the Surrealists,
Leo Steinberg: Selections, Vermeer and the Art of Painting, Meyer Schapiro
on C�zanne, and Kenneth Clark: Velazquez's "Las Meninas."
Contains articles and exhibition reviews (including images of specific
artworks) on several artists including Caravaggio, Cezanne, Durer, van
Eyck, Rembrandt, Picasso, etc.)
Artists' Papers Register (UK and Ireland)
Artlex
Online visual arts dictionary.
Categories for the Description of Works of Art
Description of standardized guidelines for formulating art subject headings.
Dictionary of Art Historians, Museum Directors, and Scholars
The Medici Archive Project - Documentary Sources for the Arts and Humanities (1537-1743)
Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Worldwide Books (Art Exhibition catalogues)
Smithsonian
Institution - Research Centers
Online catalog provides access to manuscripts and archives from artists, collectors,
organizations, and galleries. The Inventory of American Painting and Sculpture contains
a database of over 400,000 records searchable by artist, owner, keyword, etc.
The Getty
Research Institute
Access to the Getty's online catalog, programs, exhibitions, publications,
and other research resources. Connect to the Institute's Research
Library for a list of databases and more links to web sites.
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische
Documentatie (Netherlands Institute for Art History)
The Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) focuses on Western and particularly
Dutch Visual Art from the late Middle Ages to the present day.
Art Now:
Gallery Guide
Monthly updates to exhibitions in galleries and museums nationwide, state-by-state,
with local and e-mail addresses and web sites for galleries.
Art Guide - Art Lover's Guide to Britain and Ireland.
U.S. MUSEUMS
Art Museum Network
Links to the largest art museums in North America.
Art Scene
Guide to art galleries and museums in Southern California.
The Museum of Modern Art - NYC
Whitney Museum of American Art - NYC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
National Gallery of Art - Washington D.C.
Smithsonian Institution Museums
Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
IFLA (International Directory of Art Libraries)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
CAA (College Art Association)
VRA
(Visual Resources Association)
Smithsonian
Institution - Museums and Research Centers
Link to SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information System) Libraries'
Catalog. Includes access to "Archives & Manuscripts" (Archives Center -
National Museum of American History;
Archives of American Art ; Archives of American Gardens; Eliot Elisofon
Photographic Archives - National Museum of African Art; Human Studies Film Archives;
National Anthropological Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives) The Archives
of American Art contain over 12 million items such as letters, clippings, journals,
video history interviews, photographs, etc. and is a great source for locating
reprints of American sales catalogues published between 1785 and 1960.
Early American Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum
Includes timeline, bibliography, and options to search by artist, genre, or
place of origin.
ABZU Ancient Near East resources on the web.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures (Egypt)
Egypt Page (University of Pennsylvania)
Egypt WWW Index (Boston University)
Egyptology Resources (Cambridge University)
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Islam
Eighteenth Century Resources (Rutgers)
Contemporary Art Theory and Criticism Sources
International
Dada Archive ( Dada Archive, University of Iowa)
National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH)
University of Texas System Crash Course in Copyright
List of Art & Design Periodicals and Newspapers (Thomas Hill, Vassar College)
Nineteenth-century Art Worldwide: A Journal of Nineteenth-century Visual Culture
ORGANIZATIONS
Artists of Utah - 15 Bytes E-zine
Utah Arts Council
Utah Arts Festival
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
Galleries and Museums in Utah
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