General
Links
ArtSource
A diverse collection of networked resources on art and architecture.
It includes original materials submitted by librarians, artists,
art historians, etc. It also includes links to selected image collections.
http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html
College
Art Association - CAA
Contains a journal of art projects, as well as news
about resources and opportunities in the art world.
http://www.collegeart.org/
FineArt
Forum Resource Directory
This site, produced by Mississippi State University, links to various
art resources including exhibitions, museums and galleries.
http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/art-resources/museums.html
New
York Foundation for the Arts
The Foundation's Web site is geared towards supporting
contemporary artists in New York City practicing in all mediums.
This site provides information for artists and the public about
the Foundation's grants, services and public programs.
http://www.nyfa.org/
Union
List of Artist Names Browser
A searchable directory of names and biographical
information for thousands of artists and architects produced by
The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities.
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/
WebMuseum
A large image collection comprised chiefly of Western art, indexed
thematically and by artist. There is also a section on Japanese
art and architecture.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/
Links
by Geography or Nationality
African
Art
Multimedia
Archives
Full-size
images of African sculpture, architecture, painting and other mediums
compiled by the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/GIF_Images.html
Africa:
South of the Sahara
A selective list of links on African art from Stanford University
Libraries. Coverage includes textiles, ceramics, antiques, crafts
and photography as well as the fine arts. The site links to museums,
exhibitions and various collections of African art.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/art.html
American
Art
ArtAccess:
African-American Art
Selected
images from the Art Institute of Chicago's collection of African-American
art. Coverage spans from the Civil War era to the contemporary period,
including the Harlem Renaissance and the civil-rights struggles
following World War II.
http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_AfAm/
AskArt
Allows one to search for American artists, known and obscure, on
the Internet. Includes images, biographical information, a bibliography
and more.
http://www.askart.com/
National
Museum of American Art
Search the Smithsonian's American art collection online by artist,
title, date or medium.
http://www.nmaa.si.edu/
Asian
Art
Chinese
and Japanese Art History
From
the World-Wide Web Virtual Library, this site provides links to
resources on the arts of China and Japan, including images, texts
and a listing of museums with relevant collections.
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/links.html
British
Art
Tate
The national gallery of British art. A database allows one to search
the Tate collection which includes the holdings of Tate Britain,
Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St. Ives. The Turner collection
of 30,000 paintings, watercolours and sketchbooks can now also be
explored online from the Tate site.
http://www.tate.org.uk/home/default.shtm
Victoria
and Albert Museum
The British national museum of Art and Design. A searchable online
database of images containing nearly two thousand objects, a
selection covering all the collections of the museum, is available.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Islamic
Art
Islamic
Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Intended as a general introduction to Islamic art, this museum site
includes works from an area extending from southern Spain to Central
Asia, ranging in date from the seventh through the nineteenth century.
Provides access to selected images from the collection.
http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/islamic.htm
