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[hidetoc]This subject guide is designed to help you identify resources in the fields of art, art history and period furnishings.
GENERAL SITES
- Access to Images From the Victoria and Albert Museum; includes furniture, ceramics, textiles, photographs and many other objects
- Art History Resources on the Web By Chris Witcombe, Sweet Briar College
- Art Images for College Teaching Maintained by the Minneapolis College of Art & Design
- Artchive
- ArtCyclopedia The Fine Art Search Engine
- Artist's Biographies Biographies and images of major artists
- Art on the Net Collective of artists sharing works on the web
- ArtServeIncludes 165,000 images of art and architecture from Australian National University
- ArtSource Links to art and architecture
- Bridgeman Art Library Archive from Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus) includes over 17,000 images
- Camio
Library Over 78,000 works of digitized art
- Cultural Policy & the Arts: National Data Archive Statistics and links
- History of Art Virtual Library
- ImageBase From the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Labor Arts Art related to labor and trade unions
- Librarians' Internet Index: Arts and Humanities Valuable links to sites, with abstracts
- Mother of All Art and Art History Links Pages From the University of Michigan School of Art & Design
- National Endowment for the Arts
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Oxford Art Online
- Photographic Libraries Links to photography, media, graphics, clip-art and more
- Resources for Aegean Art and Archaeology
- Resources for Roman Art and Archaeology
- Timeline of Art History From the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Timelines of Art History: The World (BC/BCE)
- Visual Arts Searchable slide collection of African and Asian artists, and Design collections from the Arts and Humanities Data Service
- Web Gallery of Art Over 11,000 reproductions of European Paintings and sculptures from years 1150-1850, with comments, artist's biographies and guided tours
- World Art Treasures From the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
- World Images From the California State University IMAGE Project
- World Wide Arts Resources Gateway to the contemporary arts on the Internet, from virtual museum tours to events, publications
- Yahoo!: Arts
GALLERY AND MUSEUM SITES
- American Art at the Phillips Collection Provides a view of 150 years of American art as represented in The Phillips Collection including an interactive timeline, the collection is based in Washington, D.C.
- American Museum of Photography
- Art Institute of Chicago
- CODART: Dutch and Flemish Art in Museums
- Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum Located on the Minneapolis Campus of the University of Minnesota
- The Getty Museum and research databases
- International Center of Photography New York
- Le Louvre
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY)
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Musee Interactive, international directory to museums' collections
- Museum of Arts & Design Formerly the American Craft Museum; collects, displays, and interprets objects in ceramic, glass, fiber, metal and wood
- Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture: MoDA Part of Middlesex University
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Includes a searchable database of 15,000 objects from Egyptian sculptures to European paintings
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York
- Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) San Diego
- Museum of Web Art (MOWA)
- Museums Around the World Directory
- Museums of the World: museum.com
- National Gallery of Art: Index of American Design USA
- National Gallery of Art - the Collection USA
- National Portrait Gallery London
- St. Louis Art Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Smithsonian Institution Including Archives of American Art, National Museum of American Art, National Museum of African Art, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Art
- Whitney Museum of American Art
ART SUPPLY SITES
- ArtSuppliesOnline.com Penco Artists' Supply Warehouse, Minneapolis
- ASW Express Art supply warehouse
- CarvingSupplies.com Woodworking supplies
- Dick Blick Art Materials
- Discount Art Supplies
- Garret Wade Woodworking supplies
- Internet Pottery Suppliers
- Reuel's Art & Frame
- Trident Art Online
- Tucker's Pottery Supplies Inc.
- Wet Paint St. Paul, MN
- Yahoo!: Arts and Crafts Supplies
ART EDUCATORS
- @rt Junction Activities and creative project ideas
- Art Education page for K-12 From the Internet School Library Media Center
- Art Teacher on the Net
- ArtsEdNet (Getty Education Institute for the Arts) Includes lessons, curriculum ideas, an image finder, an online discussion group, museum/exhibit links, and information on support for the arts
- ArtsEdge Kennedy Center's curricular information for teachers and students
- Arts Education Partnership
- Busy Teacher's WebSite K-12: Art
- Eyes on Art
- Incredible @rt Department Includes lessons, art career info, directory of art schools, news items, cartoons
- Kinder Art Over 100 free art lesson plans including drawing, painting, multicultural art and coloring pages
- National Art Education Association
- Yahoo!: Arts Education
DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS
- General
- American Art
- Architecture
- Ceramics
- Comic Art
- Decorative Arts
- Design
- Drawing
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Symbols
General
- Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
- ArtCyclopedia
- ArtLex Art dictionary (does not include artists)
- Cameo Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online
- Oxford Art Online formerly
Grove Dictuonary of Art
- 14 art dictionaries and encyclopedias are available from Credo
Reference (formerly XreferPlus)
- Union List of Artist Names Online From the Getty Museum, a searchable database of artists' names and their variations to help clarify the way an artist's name is spelled or represented, middle names, prefixes, hyphens and all and also contains references to the resources cited for each artist
- Visual Dictionary Online From Merriam-Webster, access to over 6,000 images
- Words of Art
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Dictionary of Art REF N31 .D5 (see the online version above under Grove)
- Encyclopedia of World Art REF N31 .E533
- Art in the Modern Era REF N6490 .D415
- Atlas of World Art REF G1046.E1 O9
- Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists REF N40 .B535
- Bulfinch Guide to Art History REF N380 .B78
- Contemporary Artists REF N6490 .C6567
- Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art REF N6370 .Z57
- International Dictionary of Art and Artists REF N40 .I55
- Oxford Dictionary of Art REF N33 .O93
American Art
- American Masters from Bingham to Eakins National Gallery of Art
- Archives of American Art Bureau of the Smithsonian Institution
- Art Inventories Catalog Database descibing American paintings (pre 1914) and sulptures (colonial to contemporary)
- Exploring Themes in American Art From the National Gallery of Art
- Panoramas: The North American Landscape in Art
- Posters American Style
- Women Artists of the American West
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Encyclopedia of American Art Before 1914 REF N6507 .E53
- Encyclopedia of American Folk Art REF NK805 .E6
- St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists REF N6538.H58 S7
- Who Was Who in American Art REF N6505 .W56x
Architecture
- American Bungalow
- American Landscape and Architectural Design 1850-1920 From Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Architecture and Building Excellent set lof links to some of the best architecture sites on the Internet. From University of Nevada at LV
- Architecture Through the Ages
- Cities and Buildings Database From the University of Washington, provides a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world
- Digital Archive of American Architecture From Boston College
- Digital Archive of Architecture From Boston College
- Digital Imaging Project Art historical images of architecture and sculpture from prehistoric to postmodern. From Mary Ann Sullivan, Blufton University
- Glass Steel and Stone: The Art of Architecture Searchable site which has descriptions, photographs, and three-dimensional models of buildings, bridges, skyscrapers, and other architectural constructions
- Great Buildings Collection
- Historic House Architecture Emphasis on Late-Victorian and Craftsman Style Bungalows
- International Archive of Women in Architecture Biographical information and images
- Kidder Smith Slide Archives on American Architecture From MIT Libraries
- National Building Museum
- New Urban Guild Design and construction of traditional urbanism and architecture
- Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses A Walker Art Center Exhibit
- SPIRO, Architecture Visual Resources Library From U. C. Berkeley
- Victorian Architecture from About.com
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Abrams Guide to American House Styles REF NA7205 .M6793
- Contemporary Architects REF NA680 .C625
- Dictionary of Architecture REF NA31 .C86
- Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture REF NA680 .E495
- International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture REF NA40 .I48
Ceramics
- Ceramics Web Includes searchable databases, GlazeBase, ClayArt Glazes, Material Analyzes Database and Interglaze; also links to other ceramic sites, health and safety information, educational materials, and journals
- Chinese Ceramics From the Pacific Asia Museum
- Critical Ceramics Articles and discussions on ceramic art
- National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
- PaperClay Art Information on paper clay, from the basics to how to get advanced info and even ready-made paper clay
- PotWeb: Ceramics Online From the British Ashmolean Museum
Comic Art
- Comic Art & Graffix Gallery Vintage movie posters, comic books and comic art
- Comic Art Collection From Michigan State University Libraries
- Comic Book Resources
- Comics Research.org
- Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga
- Sequential Tart A web zine about the comics industry
Decorative Arts
- Arts and Crafts Society
- Crafts links From the Librarians' Internet Index. Choose the Arts and Humanities category to see subsets
- Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture From the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Index of American Design National Gallery of Art
- FM4 Dedicated to furniture, inducing sections on designers, history and articles
- Yahoo!: Furniture Design
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Dictionary of Furniture REF NK2205 .D5
- Elements of Design REF NK750 .E48
- Elements of Style REF NA2850 .E44
- Encyclopedia of Furniture REF NK2205 .Y38
- Grove Encyclopedia of the Decorative Arts REF NK28 .G76
- Materials and Techniques in the Decorative Arts REF NK30 .M38
- Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts REF NK1165 .085x
- Style Sourcebook REF NK1705 .M56
Design
- Art, Design and Visual Thinking Interactive Textbook by Charlotte Jirousek
- Feng Shui Directory of Consultants and Schools
- University Library Subject Guide: Design and Designers
- University
Library Subject Guide: Graphics and Printing
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Contemporary Designers REF NK1390 .C66x
- Design Encyclopedia REF NK1370 .B93
- Encyclopedia of Interior Design REF NK1165 .E48
- Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Design SInce 1900 REF NK1390 .J85
- Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of 20th Century Design and Designers REF NK1165 .J84
Drawing
- Drawing From Wikipedia
- Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
- Figure-Drawing Lab From the University of Evansville
- Guide to the Landscape Prints and Drawings Online Archive of California. Select from the Contents listed on the left.
Painting
- Impressionism
- WebMuseum Famous Artworks Exhibition With artist index and themes index
- Yahoo!: Painting: Masters
Sculpture
- Digital Imaging Project Art historical images of architecture and sculpture from prehistoric to postmodern by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College
- Sculptor.Org A comprehensive resource for sculptors
- 1200 Years of Italian Sculpture
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Encyclopedia of Sculpture REF NB198 .E53
Symbols
- Symbols.com Encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms
- Symbols in Christian Art and Architecture
- Dictionary of Symbolism
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- 1000 Symbols REF AZ108 .S54x
- Dictionary of Symbolism REF AZ108 .B5313
- Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography REF N7560 .E63x
DIRECTORIES
- Americans for the Arts Organization
- Architects USA Directory of over 20,000 U.S. architectural firms
- Art Museum Network Directory of museums and galleries, calendar of exhibitions
- AskART"The American Artists Bluebook" including 42,000 American artists
- Digital Directory Directory of graphic artists, photographers, illustrators, etc.
- Imagesite Directory for the visual arts
- Fine Art Site Buying and selling fine art on the web
- Galleries & Museums Yellow Pages
- Internet Art Resources Searchable by gallery, artist, location, type of medium or combination of these areas; includes addresses, overview, and images
- Plexus Guide to Online Creativity and Discourse Publications, artists, galleries, directories
- Union Lists of Artist Names Online
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Who's Who In American Art REF N6536 .W5
- Almanac of Architecture & Design REF NA9 .A27
- Art and Craft Fairs Wisconsin REF TT6.U6 A77
- Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market REF N8600 .A76
- Artist's Resource REF N8600 .C484
- Feedback: the Video Databank Catalog of Video Art and Artist Interviews REF N6494.V53 F42
- National Directory of Arts Internships REF NX396.6 .N38
- Official Museum Directory REF AM10.A2 O4
- Opportunities in Commercial Art and Graphic Design Careers REF NC1001.6 .G68
- Self Taught, Outsider and Folk Art REF NK805 .S46
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
- Bibliography of the History of Art (use the Alpha List on the right side of the Indexes page for access)
- Cambridge Scientific: Design and Applied Arts Index
- EbscoHost
- Academic Search
- Masterfile Premiere
- Web of Science: Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- WilsonWeb
- Art Full Text
- Biographies Plus
- Humanities Full Text
- OmniFile
PERIODICALS
Periodicals available on the WWW. In addition, many full text periodicals are available via the Indexes listed above.- Architect Online
- Architectural Record
- Art Access Discusses Pacific Northwest Art Scene, artists, and galleries
- Art Knowledge News
- Art Newspaper
- ArtNews Online
- ArtScene California
- ArtsJournal Daily digest of Arts, Culture and Ideas
- Craftsman 1901-1916 Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture. Arts and Crafts Movement. Under Search within specific title, highlight Craftsman.
- Journal of Contemporary Art
- Kodak e-Magazine
- PAJ:
A Journal of Performance and Art From Project Muse
- Studio Potter
- Wet Canvas: Cyber Living for Artists
- Yahoo! Architecture Magazines
Selected Periodicals Available in the University Library
- African Arts
- American Artist
- American Craft
- Apollo
- Architectural Digest
- Architectural Record
- Architectural Review
- Architecture Minnesota
- Art Bulletin
- Art Education
- Art in America
- Art Journal
- Artnews
- ArtForum International
- Design Issues
- Flash Art (International Edition)
- Graphic Arts Monthly
- How
- Magazine Antiques
- Master Drawings
- Metalsmith
- Metropolis
- Novum
- Sculpture Review
- Studies in Art Education
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify books and audiovisuals owned by the University Library on art and art history resources.Try a keyword guided search on your topic, then select long view to further explore related subjects.BIBLIOGRAPHY
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 05/16/2008 and Last Revised: 3/14/2008
Contact Denise Madland for more information or help on this topic.