Art History

» ArtLex - Art Dictionary
   Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.
   http://www.artlex.com/

» ARC International - The Art Renewal Center
   Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.

   
   http://www.artrenewal.org

» About.com: Art History
   Online community and resource guide for the artists and art periods of the past.

   
   http://arthistory.about.com/

» Andres Blaisten Museum
   Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX Centuries from private collections.

   
   http://www.museoblaisten.com/

» Art Cellar Exchange: Millenium Archive
   The Art Cellar Exchange's alterego, Arty, looks back at some of the most significant art work produced in modern history and their impact on life today and in the coming millennium.

   
   http://www.artcellarexchange.com/millarc.html

» Art Historians' Guide to the Movies
   A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period.

   
   http://personal.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm.htm

» Art History at Loggia
   Explores the history of art with information about artists, styles, and periods. Includes resources and reference materials about art history, searchable database, and forums.

   
   http://www.loggia.com/art/arthistory.html

» Art History with Michelli
   The Art Browser divides categories of resources by time period and their movements.

   
   http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli/

» Art in the Picture.com
   Offers an introduction to visual art history. Famous artist's galleries and biographies, movements, major museums.

   
   http://www.artinthepicture.com

» ArtMagick
   Virtual art gallery displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on displaying works of art by artists who have been forgotten or neglected in recent years.

   
   http://www.artmagick.com/

» ArtMuseum.net
   Internet-based art museum experience, includes specialized exhibitions with emphasis on background information not normally available to the public.

   
   http://www.artmuseum.net/

» Artists and Ancestors
   Exhibtion of miniature portraits from XVIII - XX century, information about artists and sitters.

   
   http://portrait-miniature.blogspot.com

» Audio Recordings of Great Works of Art
   Exploring the aural aura of masterworks as found in the sounds in the immediate locations of highly regarded paintings, sculptures, and other artworks.

   
   http://www.auralaura.com/

» Carol Gerten's Virtual Art Museum
   Broad gallery that includes biographies and images for hundreds of well-known American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists.

   
   http://cgfa.dotsrc.org/

» Christian Art and Artists from Late Medieval to Modern
   Examples illustrating the development of Christian art, from the Christian Traveler's Guides.

   
   http://www.christian-travelers-guides.com/art/christian2.html

» Delineavit et Sculpsit
   The Internet stepping stone for all those interested in Old Master prints and drawings: publications, events, links to the world's main print rooms, and the periodical Delineavit et Sculpsit.

   
   http://www.delineavit.nl/

» HuntFor Art History
   Quick reference for all periods in the art history, images and links.

   
   http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/

» Lübeck's Dance of Death
   Dances of Death in Lübeck, Tallinn, Berlin and Denmark. Pictures, books and primary sources. Several books are reproduced.

   
   http://www.dodedans.com/

» Mark Harden's Artchive
   An art archive with thousands of images that are accessed through an alphabetical list of artist's names and art styles. Covers every style of art from ancient and African to impressionist and modern.

   
   http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

» Mexican Masks
   Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with discussions and comments on the art of collecting and other curious observations. Antique masks, patination techniques, insect infestation, techniques of collecting.

   
   http://www.mexicanmasks.us/

» Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World
   A site exploring the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa, including history, parodies, homages and comments from site visitors.

   
   http://www.studiolo.org/Mona/MONALIST.htm

» New Deal Art During the Great Depression
   Information and photographs of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. There are biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.

   
   http://www.wpamurals.com/

» OCAIW: Art Images on the Web
   Orazio Centaro's site. Includes a long alphabetical listing of artists and includes links to images that reside on both the OCAIW site and other artist sites on the Web.

   
   http://www.ocaiw.com/

» Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
   This newsletter lists grants, fellowships, internships, conferences, publication and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history and closely related areas.

   
   http://www.efn.org/~acd/resources.html

» Sister Wendy's American Collection
   From PBS - Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and art commentator, takes viewers on a tour through six of America's greatest art museums.

   
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/index.html

» The Getty Provenance Index
   Collects and disseminates information related to the history of collecting and the provenance of individual works of art.

   
   http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/provenance_index/

» University of Texas - Byzantine Medieval Hypertexts
   Discussing the theory of hypertext and its medieval application in Byzantine manuscripts, using examples from the Theodore Psalter, a manuscript created in 1066.

   
   http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~slavman/hypertexts/

» WebMuseum: Famous Paintings
   Offers images and historical context for artists and art movements ranging from Gothic and Renaissance to Impressionism and Pop.

   
   http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/

» World Art Treasures
   Based on the Jacques-Edouard Berger collection of images of art objects and essays devoted to the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe.

   
   http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/