| | Art History Index Art history index of famous artists and masters leads to artwork imagery and in depth information online, with biographies to over 22,000 artists. Images from museums are directly accessible via this wealth of art historical information. Art Movements, nationalities, time lines and art history research available online. http://wwar.com/ | | | ArtMuseum.net Online art museum with specialized exhibitions taking you through the ages of art. Includes pioneers, concepts in art and an in depth look. http://www.artmuseum.net/ | | | Mark Harden's Artchive An art archive with thousands of images arranged alphabetically by artist name, period and movement. Covers several styles from ancient, African, nouveau, impressionist to modern art. http://www.artchive.com/ | | | Art Renewal Center Thousands of high quality images of the greatest paintings and sculpture in history. http://www.artrenewal.org/ | | | Carol Gerten's Virtual Art Museum Gallery which offers a large variety of artists with biographies and hundreds of images. Covers American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists with special highlighted galleries. http://cgfa.dotsrc.org/ | | | Art Historians' Guide to the Movies Designed to be a tool for art history teachers, Craig Eliason records of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies. Allows viewers to submit a citation. http://personal1.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm.htm | | | The Getty Provenance Index Collects information related to the history of collecting art and the provenance of individual works. The databases contain indexed transcriptions of material from auction catalogs and archival inventories of western European works of art, and contain nearly 1,000,000 records that cover the period from the late 16th century to the early 20th century. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/provenance_index/ | | | World Art Treasures From the Jacques-Edouard Berger collection of images, 100,000 slides, art objects and essays devoted to art. Includes the main civilizations such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe. http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/ | | | ArtLex - Art Dictionary Reference material in art, visual culture, art history, criticism, aesthetics and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, along with supporting images, pronunciation notes, quotations and cross references. http://www.artlex.com/ | | | Sister Wendy's American Collection Sister Wendy Beckett, a nun from a British monastery and art critic, tours six of America's greatest art museums: Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, Forth Worth's Kimbell Art Museum, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Cleveland Museum of Art. From PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/ | | | New Deal Art During the Great Depression Information and photographs of WPA/New Deal art, a legacy of the thousands of workers who labored at their craft for little money, with a focus on Illinois, Ohio, and California. There are biographies, a New Deal timeline, commentary and general of information. http://www.wpamurals.com/ | | | University of Texas - Byzantine Medieval Hypertexts Presents the theory of hypertext and its medieval application in Byzantine manuscripts, using examples from the Theodore Psalter, a manuscript created in 1066 in the Stoudious monastery near Constantinople. http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~slavman/hypertexts/ | | | The Mask Monger - Mexican Masks Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with discussions and comments. Provides images and an index of masks and origins. Antique masks, patination techniques, insect infestation, methods of collecting. http://www.mexicanmasks.us/ | | | http://www.museoblaisten.com/ Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX centuries residing in private collections. Presented in English and Spanish. http://www.dodedans.com/ | | | OCAIW: Art Images on the Web Site by Orazio Centaro site providing an alphabetical listing of artists with includes links to images from both the OCAIW site and other art sites on the internet. http://www.ocaiw.com/ | | | Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World A site from Robert A. Baron covering the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa in e-text format which includes history, parodies, image use, alterations, homages with comments from site visitors. http://www.studiolo.org/Mona/MONALIST.htm | | | 18th Century Secrets in Arts, Trades and Crafts Trade Secrets for Arts and Craftsmanship from the 18th Century. Topics and methods include the art of engraving, metal crafts, glass making, gilding, leather work, painting, and making paints, varnish, ink and colors. http://www.old-crafts.com/ | |