Internet Resources for Art History and Archaeology

Scope: Included in this guide is a very selective group of Internet sites useful in the study of art history and archaeology. For a guide to related print materials and online databases and reference works, refer to Resources for the Study of Art, Art History and Archaeology. Email the subject area specialist at lwg@umd.edu or call 301-405-9064 for more information.

Table of Contents

• Major Art History Research Sites
• Sites by Subject
• Sites by Period
• Libraries
• Museums
• Organizations
• Slide Collections / Digital Images

MAJOR ART HISTORY RESEARCH SITES

General

• Art History Resources on the Web

  (http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html)
  Christopher Witcombe's comprehensive directory to art information on the Web organized by period and style, with links to information, images, research resources, museums and galleries.

• Art Links on the World Wide Web

  (http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html)
  A comprehensive collection of 1200+ links of online resources for art history.

• Art Source

  (http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html)
  Links to 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.

• Getty Research Institute

  (http://www.getty.edu/research/index.html)
  Links to research databases and program information within the J. Paul Getty Trust. The Getty Standards Program has resources on sharing digitized images electronically and information on online cultural heritage projects. The Getty Vocabulary Databases include the following research resources: Art & Architecture Thesaurus, the Union List of Artists' Names and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.

• History of Art Virtual Library

  (http://www.chart.ac.uk/vlib/)
  Comprehensive general art history site. Includes conference information, and links to university art history departments, online teaching resources, research tools, and libraries.

• Mother of All Art History Link Pages

  (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)
  Links to information on art and art history.

• ArtLex: Visual Arts Dictionary

  (http://www.artlex.com/)
  A cross-referenced guide to the terminology of the visual arts.

• Inside the Discipline, Outside the Paradigm: Keeping Track of the New Art History

  (http://www.arlisna.org/newart.html)
  A guide to significant literature, web sites, and individuals dealing with art historiography, methodology, theory, and criticism.

• The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism

  (http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/)
  An excellent cross-referenced guide to important people, places, events and ideas with complete footnotes and bibliography. Allows for name and subject searching, as well as index browsing.

• Words of Art: An Online Glossary of Theory and Criticism for the Visual Arts

  (http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html)
  A cross-referenced guide to the terminology of the visual arts and literary theory.

• AATA Online

  (http://aata.getty.edu/NPS/)
  Formerly the print publication Art & Archaeology Technical Abstracts.

• Conservation Online

  (http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/)
  Includes bibliographies, dictionaries, glossaries, and links to related organizations, with information on digital imaging and copyright issues.

• Index of Resources for Historians

  (http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/)
  Information on archaeology, architecture, archives, grants, and instructional materials listed by subject and by country.

• Multilingual Glossary of Art Terms (IFLA)

  (http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm)
  In English, with indexes in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. Second edition, revised and enlarged.

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SITES BY SUBJECT

• African Art at the Smithsonian

  (http://www.sil.si.edu/subject-guide/nmafa-links.htm)
  Resources at the Smithsonian Institution and on the Web.

• Art of Africa and the African Diaspora

  (http://www.lib.umd.edu/ART/guides/africa.html)
  Selected sources of information on the art of Africa and the African diaspora, including print materials, online databases, and Internet resources.

• New York Public Library -- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

  (http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html)
  Digital images, online exhibitions, and information about collections.

• American Art Research Guide

  (http://www.bu.edu/library/research-guides/americanart.html)
  An annotated bibliography of print and electronic resources, with links to museums and specialized Web sites.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

  (http://americanart.si.edu)
  Provides information on the collection, as well as links to the Smithsonian libraries, research catalogs and archives.

• Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)

  (http://www.siris.si.edu)
  Search the SIRIS online catalogs: Smithsonian Libraries, Art Inventories, Archives and Manuscripts, Research and Bibliographies, and Smithsonian Chronologies.

• WWWorld of Archaeology

  (http://www.he.net/~archaeol/wwwarky/wwwarky.html)
  Covers general archaeology, as well as Egypt, Near East, Classical, British Isles, and the Americas. Includes links to other archaeology sites, and online access to current and back issues of Archaeology.

• Architecture Internet Resource Guide

  (http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html)
  Jeanne Brown's comprehensive guide to Web resources in architecture.

• Art of Asia

  (http://www.lib.umd.edu/ART/guides/asia.html)
  Selected sources of information on the art of Asia, focusing on the arts of China, India, Japan, and Korea.

• Asian Art

  (http://www.asianart.com/index.html)
  Articles, exhibits and links to related sites.

• Chinese and Japanese Art History WWW Virtual Library

  (http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/index.html)
  Information on symposia, conferences and other events related to Chinese and Japanese art.

• Reference Tools in Islamic Art and Architecture

  (http://hcl.harvard.edu/finearts/islamicreference/reference.html)
  Arranged by subject or artistic medium, it can be searched by geographic or cultural region as well.

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SITES BY PERIOD

Classics

• Diotima: Women and Gender

  (http://www.stoa.org/diotima/)
  Resources for the study of women in the ancient world.

• Perseus Project

  (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/)
  Images, maps, information and other resources on ancient Greece.

• TOCS-IN

  (http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html)
  Tables of contents to journals in the classics.

• Guide to Medieval and Byzantine Studies Resources

  (http://libraries.cua.edu/instruct/irmedbyz.html)
  Catholic University online guide of resources for Byzantine and Medieval art and architecture.

• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

  (http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html)
  Information on related organizations and publications.

• Musee Cluny

  (http://www.musee-moyenage.fr)
  Information about the collections.

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LIBRARIES

Many other art libraries can be located through the major sites listed at the beginning of this guide.

Library Directories

• IFLA International Directory of Art Libraries

  (http://iberia.vassar.edu/ifla-idal/)
  This directory lists more 3,000 archaeology, architecture and art libraries worldwide -- including addresses, phone/fax numbers, hours, and staff information. Links are provided where available.

• The Library Index

  (http://www.libdex.com/)
  A worldwide directory of library homepages and web-based catalogs.

• 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

    (http://memory.loc.gov/)

  • Prints and Photographs Division

    (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/)

• 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

• Art Museum Network

  (http://www.amn.org/)

• Museums Web Page (International Council of Museums)

  (http://vlmp.museophile.com/)

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

  (http://www.metmuseum.org/)

• The Museum of Modern Art, New York City

  (http://www.moma.org/)

• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

  (http://www.nga.gov/)

• National Museum of Women in the Arts

  (http://www.nmwa.org/)

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ORGANIZATIONS

• American Association of Museums

  (http://www.aam-us.org)

• American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works

  (http://aic.stanford.edu/)

• College Art Association

  (http://www.collegeart.org)
  Access to information about membership, awards, calls for entries, calls for manuscripts, conferences, symposia, publications, news and calender.

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SLIDE COLLECTIONS/DIGITAL IMAGES

Because copyright restrictions prohibit many images from being placed on the Web, the number of digitized images available at these sites may be quite limited. For more information, see also the online subject guide Visual Images
(http://www.lib.umd.edu/ART/guides/images.html)

• Art Imagebase (Fine Art Museums of San Francisco)

  (http://www.thinker.org/fam/about/imagebase/index.asp)

• SPIRO, Architecture Slide Library (University of California, Berkeley)
  

  (http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_spiro_form.html)

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