Art Resources
Ancien Regime Rococo
Rococo Period
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/ancien.html
Art History Resources on the web
This is an incredible site that covers art history from around the world. You can search the site by artistic time period or geographic location. You will then be directed to some of the best sites, galleries, and museums that cover the topic or artist.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Art Magick
This site has an art gallery displaying paintings from art movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries and places an emphasis on works by artists who have been forgotten or neglected in recent years. The majority of paintings on display have a mythological or literary subject matter.
http://www.artmagick.com/
Art Renewal Center (ARC)
This site has one of the largest on-line Museums on the internet, with thousands of oversize high quality images of all the known works of the greatest painters and sculptors, cross referenced to the largest encyclopedic online art reference library of historical texts, essays, biographies and articles.
http://www.artrenewal.org/
ArtLex Art Dictionary
ArtLex is an illustrated dictionary of art terms. It is designed for artists, collectors, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education. There are definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing visual culture with supporting images, pronunciation help, quotations and cross-references.
http://www.artlex.com/
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
This is a large site with many images and information on various artists.
http://www.thinker.org/
Getty Museum of Art
This site includes all aspects of art and has a good section on education. There are videos on the purposes of art and the importance of art education in public schools that can be ordered for use in art classes.
http://www.getty.edu/
Great Buildings
This wonderful site contains slides of incredible buildings from around the world and also information on various architects. Site is formatted in an easy-to-follow manner
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
Museum of Modern Art
This is another huge site that covers architecture, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and fine art prints.
http://www.moma.org/
National Gallery of Art
This is a huge site that includes images of famous works of art and artists and includes painting, sculpture, and architecture.
http://www.nga.gov/
North Carolina Museum of Art
This museum has a wonderful permanent collection of art and is constantly having special shows.
http://ncartmuseum.org/
Orazio Centaro's Art Images on the Web
Orazio Centaro's Art Images on the Web links to museum and gallery sites and houses a large collection of art slides and artist biographies covering painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography. The site also has a wonderful selection of works produced during the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and the 20th century.
http://www.ocaiw.com/
Sculpturesite
This site contains sculpture creations from various living artists from the USA and around the world. The site is easy to use and one can learn about various types of sculpture.
http://www.sculpturesite.com/artist.cfm
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery has one of the most important collections of American art in the U.S. Their permanent collection has more than 12,000 objects and includes Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Mary Cassatt and Georgia O'Keeffe.
http://sheldon.unl.edu/
The Artchive
The Artchive gives biographies and comments about individual artists and lists "favorite picks" which indicates the latest art sites or galleries of interest along with recommendations on art CDs. And, if one becomes a patron of the site, one will receive 2 CDs of his entire site. This is a huge help for instructors looking for artists' slides to show in class.
http://www.artchive.com/
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The site includes online tours of the galleries, a time line of art history, and educational resources.
http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp
Thorncrown Chapel
This site includes wonderful slides of this incredible glass chapel which was designed by Fay E. Jones. Lots of information is included about the architect and the chapel.
http://www.thorncrown.com/
Web Gallery of Art
Covers painting and sculpture during the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/welcome.html
WebMuseum Paris
This is a huge general site of famous artists from around the world. It is easy to use and has not only slides of art but also information on artists and art movements. Key concepts: art periods, artists, Japanese artists, Gothic, Baroque, Renaissance, Impressionism, 20th-century, painting
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
Whitney Museum of Art
This is one of the best sites of American Art. Their permanent collection has grown to more than 12,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs, representing 2,000 individual artists. It provides the most complete overview of twentieth-century American art of any museum in the world.
http://whitney.org/
World of Escher
This site contains wonderful slides of the Escher's work which can be purchased as posters. Each slide can be enlarged and contains additional information about that specific work
http://worldofescher.com/gallery
Yahoo Masters
This site contains many links to artists and art forms including drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and more
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists/Masters
