Last revised: August 2009

Web Resources for Art, Art History and Archaeology

Scope: Included in this guide is a selection of freely-accessible Web sites useful in the study of art, art history and archaeology. For a guide to related print and online subscription research materials, refer to Research Resources for Art, Art History and Archaeology. For further information email Louise Greene or call 301-405-9064.

Table of Contents

• General Sites
  
  Gateways | Research Sites

  Sites by Subject
  

  African/African American Art | American Art | Archaeology | Architecture |
  

  Asian Art | Byzantine and Medieval Art | Classical Art | Contemporary Art |
  

  Islamic Art | Latin American Art

  E-Journals

  Libraries

  Museums

  Organizations

  Images

General Sites

Gateways

• Art History Resources on the Web (http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html)
  Christopher Witcombe's directory of art information on the Web organized by period and style, with links to information, images, research resources, museums and galleries, and more.
• Art Source (http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html)
  Selected general art and architecture sites, libraries, museums, organizations, and programs.
• Digital Librarian: Art (http://www.digital-librarian.com/art.html)
  Links to a wide variety of art-related information and resources.
• History of Art Virtual Library (http://www.chart.ac.uk/vlib/)
  Links to libraries, university art history departments, online teaching resources, research tools, and more.
• Mother of All Art History Links Page (http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/)
  Includes links to art history departments, research resources, image collections, museums, and textual, linguistic and religious resources.
• Voice of the Shuttle Web Page for Art & Art History (http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707)
  Information on art, art history, and many related subjects.

Research Sites

• AATA Online (http://aata.getty.edu/NPS/)
  Abstracts of international conservation literature.
• Artcyclopedia (http://artcyclopedia.com)
  Access to images and information on artists and their work.

• arthistoricum.net (http://www.arthistoricum.net/index.php?&L=1)
  Virtual library for art history.

• ArtLex: Visual Arts Dictionary (http://www.artlex.com/)
  A dictionary of art criticism, history, technique, aesthetics, and education.
• Conservation Online (http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/)
  Resources for conservation professionals.
• The Dictionary of Art Historians (http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/)
  A biographical dictionary of scholars and professionals in the arts.
• Getty Research Institute (http://www.getty.edu/research/index.html)
  Access to research databases and program information within the J. Paul Getty Trust, including the Getty Standards Program and the Getty Vocabulary Databases which include the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, the Union List of Artists' Names and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
• The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism (http://litguide.press.jhu.edu/)
  A guide to people, places, events and ideas including the arts.
• Multilingual Glossary of Art Terms (IFLA) (http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm)
  In English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish.
• Timeline of Art History (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm)
  An interactive guide to art from prehistory to the present illustrated with images from the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Words of Art: An Online Glossary of Theory and Criticism for the Visual Arts (http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creative/links/glossary.html)
  A guide to terminology in the visual arts and art theory.

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SITES BY SUBJECT

• African Americans in the Visual Arts: A Historical Perspective (http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm)
  Biographical information, images, and references for further reading.
• African Art Museum: Tribal Masks and Statues of Africa (http://www.zyama.com/)
  Images and information on African tribal art and artifacts organized by country.
• Art History Resources on the Web: The Arts of Africa (http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHafrica.html)
  Christopher Witcombe's directory of African art information on the Web.
• Modern African Art: A Basic Reading List (http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/ModernAfricanArt/modern-african-art.htm)
  Compiled by Janet Stanley, National Museum of African Art Library.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html)
  A division of the New York Public Library
• African Art on the Internet (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/art.html)
  A directory of resources through Stanford University Libraries.

• African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html)
  Bayly Art Museum online exhibition catalogue.
• African Art Museum of Maryland (http://www.africanartmuseum.org/)
  Information about exhibitions, events, and activities.
• Anacostia Community Museum (http://anacostia.si.edu/)
  Information and exhibitions from the Smithsonian Institution's museum of African American history and culture.
• Carl van Vechten Photographs: Library of Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vvhtml/vvhome.html)
  Images and information.
• Cutting to the Essence, Shaping for the Fire (http://www.fa.indiana.edu:80/~conner/africart/home.html)
  An exhibition of Yoruba and Akan art in wood and metal.
• Museum for African Art, New York, NY (http://www.africanart.org/)
  Exhibitions and information about the permanent collection.
• Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection (http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/narratives/index.htm)
  An online exhibition with links to related sites.
• National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. (http://www.nmafa.si.edu/)
  The Smithsonian Institution, exhibitions, information, and research resources.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum (http://americanart.si.edu)
  Exhibitions, information, and research resources.
• Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) (http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/saam.htm)
  Access to SIRIS online catalogs and databases, including Smithsonian Libraries, Art Inventories, Archives and Manuscripts, Research and Bibliographies, and Smithsonian Chronologies.

• WWWorld of Archaeology (http://www.archaeology.org/wwwarky/index.html)
  The Archaeological Institute of America, links to archaeology information worldwide and online access to Archaeology.

• Architecture and Building Internet Resources Database (http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/rsrce/webresources)
  Jeanne Brown's guide to Web resources in architecture and building through the University of Nevada.

General

• Asia Society: Arts & Culture (http://www.asiasociety.org/arts-culture/visual-arts)
  Exhibits, events and information on the visual arts of Asia.
• Asia-art.net (http://www.asia-art.net/)
  Information about Asian art history, techniques, paintings, artists, galleries, museums, and more.
• Asian Art (http://www.asianart.com/index.html)
  Articles, exhibits and links to related sites.
• Art History Resources on the Web: Asian Art (http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks3.html)
  Christopher Witcombe's directory of Asian art information on the Web.
• East Asia Collection, UM Libraries (http://www.lib.umd.edu/EASIA/)
  Home page for the East Asia Collection, University of Maryland Libraries.
• Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (http://www.asia.si.edu/default.htm)
  The Smithsonian Institution, exhibitions, information, and research resources.
• Many Faces, Many Paths: Art of Asia (http://www.glenbow.org/exhibitions/online/bumper/bumper.htm)
  Exhibition of Buddhist and Hindu art.

• Arts of China Consortium (http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/index.html)
  Information on symposia, conferences and other events related to Chinese art.
• China the Beautiful: Chinese Art and Literature (http://www.chinapage.com/china.html)
  Primary resources on Chinese painting, calligraphy, poetry, literature and more.
• International Dunhuang Project (Based at the British Library, London, UK) (http://idp.bl.uk/)
  Images and information on manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artifacts from Dunhuang and other Silk Road sites, and links to related sites.
• Internet Guide for Chinese Studies: Culture and Art (http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/igcult.htm)
  Links to resources on the arts of China and Tibet.

Japan

• JapaneseArt.org (http://www.japaneseart.org/)
  Information on Japanese art including antiques, auctions, events, museums and more.
• Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World (http://www.bahnhof.se/~secutor/ukiyo-e)
  A catalog of Japanese woodblock prints and links to other ukiyo-e sites.
• The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts (http://web-japan.org/museum/menu.html)
  Examples and descriptions of Japanese traditional arts and crafts.

• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/)
  Information on related organizations and publications.
• Musee Cluny (http://www.musee-moyenage.fr)
  Information about the collections.

• Diotima: Women and Gender (http://www.stoa.org/diotima/)
  Resources for the study of women in the ancient world.
• Perseus Digital Library (Via Research Port)
  Images, maps, information and other resources on ancient Greece.
• TOCS-IN (http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html)
  Indexes to journals in the classics.

• Art: 21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century (http://www.pbs.org/art21/series/index.html)
  Information on contemporary visual artists in conjunction with the PBS series. Includes artist biographies and visual images.

• Reference Tools in Islamic Art and Architecture (http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/iaa/)
  Organized by subject and medium, and searchable by geographic and cultural region.

• Archivos Virtuales: Papers of Latino and Latin American Artists (http://artarchives.si.edu/guides/site-archivos/index.cfm)
  A database of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
• Art Museum of the Americas: Organization of American States (http://www.museum.oas.org/index.html)
  Exhibitions of Latin American art.
• FAMSI (http://www.famsi.org/)
  Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies.
• LANIC - Art in Latin America (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/art/)
  Latin American Network Information Center, resources orgainzed by geographic region.
• LatinArt (http://www.latinart.com/)
  An online journal of Latin American art and culture.
• Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America 1520-1820 (http://www.smith.edu/vistas/index.html)
  Images, primary sources, and information on colonial history and culture.

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E-JOURNALS

• Art & Antiques Magazine (http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/)
  Access to selected full text articles.
• Art Daily (http://www.artdaily.com/)
  Online newspaper since 1996.
• ARTINFO (http://www.artinfo.com/)
  News, information, artists, exhibits.
• ArtNet (http://www.artnet.com/)
  Includes feature articles, reviews, and images.
• Arts Journal (http://www.artsjournal.com/)
  A digest of information from English-language arts publications.
• BOMB (http://www.bombsite.com/)
  Information on artists, writers, filmmakers, and performers.
• Journal of Contemporary Art (http://www.jca-online.com/)
  Articles, interviews, and images.
• Leonardo (http://www.leonardo.info/)
  Journal of the International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology.
• MUSEO Contemporary Art Magazine (http://www.museomagazine.com)
  An independent multi-media quarterly, formerly the annual contemporary art journal of Columbia University.
• Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide (http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/index.shtml)
  A journal of nineteenth-century visual culture.

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LIBRARIES

Library Directories

• IFLA International Directory of Art Libraries (http://artlibrary.vassar.edu/ifla-idal/)
  A worldwide directory of art and architecture libraries.
• The Library Index (http://www.libdex.com/)
  A directory of libraries worldwide.

• Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/)
• Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/)
• American Memory Collection
• Prints and Photographs Division
• National Gallery of Art Library (http://www.nga.gov/resources/dldesc.htm)
• National Trust Library (http://www.lib.umd.edu/NTL/ntl.html)
• NY Public Library Art and Architecture Division (http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/artarc/artarch.html)

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MUSEUMS

• Virtual Library Museums Pages (International Council of Museums) (http://icom.museum/vlmp/)

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (http://www.metmuseum.org/)
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (http://www.mfa.org/)
• The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (http://www.moma.org/)
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (http://www.nga.gov/)
• National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (http://www.nmwa.org/)

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ORGANIZATIONS

• American Association of Museums (http://www.aam-us.org)
• College Art Association (http://www.collegeart.org)
  
• National Endowment for the Arts (http://arts.endow.gov/)
  

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IMAGES

For a listing of selected Web resources useful for locating visual images, refer to the guide Visual Image Resources on the Web (http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/artimagesweb.html).

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