Art
Internet Sites
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Yahoo "Pick of the Year" and a Mining Company "Best of the Net" selection
this site is a treat for the photographic eye. Site contains works
from 1939 to WWI. This site offers outstanding examples of photography
in an artistic layout , fulfilling its claim as a "A Museum with
out Walls.for an Art without Boundaries." |
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The
Archives, which was founded in 1954, has been part of the Smithsonian
Institution since 1970 and is the largest source in the world of
primary source documentation about American visual arts from the
18th century to the 1950s and beyond. It includes catalogues and
papers of artists, dealers, critics, art historians, curators, administrators,
museums and related organizations. |
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This
site is divided into 9 categories: search engines, newsgroups, mailing
lists, library catalogues and bookstores, article indexes, universities
(Art History departments on the web), Collections, other resources,
and citing sources. This site has many useful links, including a
link to a virtual tour of museums around the world. |
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This
is a very easy to use art dictionary. It includes definitions of
over 3,300 terms and includes some illustrations, links to related
Web sites, and cross references. |
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This
site provides a virtual introduction to the largest art museum in
the US. The user can view 3,500 pieces of art in the online art
collection. Current art exhibits may be viewed and one can shop
online at the museum shop. A feature called "My Met Gallery," allows
the user to design his/her own personal gallery by building a set
of links to favorite entries from the works available to view. |
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This
site provides information and views of current exhibits, a selection
of works from the museums many collections, educational resources,
information about the museum and online shopping from the museum
store. |
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The
National Gallery has one of the finest collections in the world
illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture and graphic
arts from the Middle Ages to the Present. The collection of over
100,000 objects can be searched by artist, subject, provenance and
accession number. It is also possible to do selected tours by subject
area. |
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Over
4000 viewable objects can be searched by artist or subject area.
There is also a Search Inventory feature. The calendar includes
traveling exhibits. The reference desk feature called "Ask Joan
of Art," allows the user to view frequently asked questions and
to also ask specific questions. There is also a link to the periodical
American Art. |
