Art
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For Starters
- Intute: Arts & Humanities
Searchable catalogue of over 2500 Internet resources covering a broad range of topics including fine art, design, architecture, applied arts, media arts, art theory, museum studies, conservation, and professional practices. It's also browsable by subject, historical period, resource type, and location and geographic form. The sites have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians in Great Britain. - The Artchive
The core of this most excellent art site is a collection of more than 2,200 of the best scans of works of over 200 artists. If you have a good monitor you'll get a sense of the potential for digitized images. In addition: Galleries contains scanner and curator Mark Harden's online exhibitions (not to be missed!);Juxtapositions is a collection of art exhibit reviews with the images linked; Theory and Criticism has some of the best in art criticism, hyperlinked to the art being discussed; reviews of art CD-ROMS; and a collection of links to major art resources. - Artcyclopedia
Subtitled The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet, this site serves as a comprehensive index to the online exhibits of thousands of artists. Search by artist's name or browse the A to Z listing. Entries include links to museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. The focus is primarily painting and sculpture, but a smattering of other media (e.g., architecture, decorative arts) is represented. Claims to be a work in progress, and an impressive one it is. - Artslynx: International Arts Resources
The amazingly wide scope of this comprehensive arts site includes links to information on organizations and collections; arts advocacy, education, funding, and administration; healing and disabilities; history; and more. Areas covered are visual arts, performing arts, and writing. This searchable site is useful for a range of users, from serious researchers to those looking for show tickets. - ArtSource
Created by a former art librarian, this site contains annotated links to art and architecture sites. Categories include electronic exhibitions, image collections, online art journals, art schools and university art/architecture programs, libraries, museums, and organizations. - AskART.com
Over 23,000 North American artists - painters, sculptors, and illustrators - are listed in this searchable resource. Included are digital images of the artists' work as well as auction data, brief biographies, book references, and periodical citations. There is information on approximately 300 dealers and galleries, and over 1000 museums are listed. Search by the last name (required) and first name (optional) of an artist to see a basic profile page. The site publishers welcome input, including biographical data, from knowledgeable viewers. Specialized lists include Hudson River School, California Artists, Early Taos, and other categories.
Sub-topics
Art Education | Book Arts | Ceramics | Drawing | Illustration | Metals and Jewelry | Painting | Photography | Printmaking | Sculpture | Visual Communication | Images
- ArtsEdge
"Linking the arts and education through technology." "The mission of ARTSEDGE is to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K12 curriculum." Developed by the Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts. - ArtsEdNet
"ArtsEdNet, an online service developed by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, supports the needs of the K-12 arts education community. It focuses on helping arts educators, general classroom teachers using the arts in their curriculum, museum educators, and university faculty involved in the arts."
- Books Arts Web
A Web site "which features links to a large selection of book arts related sites on the web, including galleries with images." Maintained by Peter D. Verheyen, Conservation Librarian, Syracuse University Library. - Center for Book Arts
"The Center for Book Arts is dedicated to the preservation of the traditional crafts of bookmaking, as well as contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object."
- Ceramics Web
"The CeramicsWeb is an experimental web site for ceramics. It includes a such things as database of glazes and materials, links to other ceramics web sites, health and safety information, and a variety of educational materials related to ceramics." - Ceramics Today
A non-profit forum for international ceramic art on the Web. An interesting Web site from Australia which includes sections on virtual ceramics, museums, societies, technical issues, health & safety and more. - InterGlaze
An interactive glaze analysis program by Gary Wang. - American Ceramic Society
A professional organization dealing primarily with technical ceramics and materials science, but also of interest to those in fine arts ceramics.
- Drawing: perspective, shading, and composition
Covers linear perspective, atmospheric perspective, shading (value), and compositional models. Prepared by Ralph Larmann, University of Evansville. - the figure-drawing LAB
"This site is devoted to better understanding of the elements that make up the human figure and how to better portray them. It is intended as a resource for artists and art students who work with the human form. This site focuses on accepted conventions of figure drawing that have been used to model the figure since the time of the Ancient Greeks." Prepared by Ralph Larmann, University of Evansville.
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
"The American Institute of Graphic Arts is the oldest and largest national organization committed to the promotion of excellence in graphic design... The purpose of the AIGA is to advance excellence in graphic design as a discipline, profession, and cultural force."
- ABANA: Artist - Blacksmiths' Association of North America
A non-profit art and education organization focused on contemporary and traditional art metalwork. Includes sections for Resources and Links leading to information about suppliers, books, metal finishing, metal machining, etc. - Society of American Silversmiths
A professional association devoted to the preservation and promotion of contemporary silversmithing - specifically in the areas of holloware, flatware, and sculpture. This Web site includes interesting links to information on silver care, restoration/conservation, a glossary, technical "shop talk", and photograph and slide labeling.
- Painting: Color Theory, Materials, and Techniques
An interesting Web page prepared by Ralph Larmann at the University of Evansville. This is a section of his Art Studio Chalkboard which also includes a section on drawing. - Watercolor Online
Includes information on competitions, workshops, articles and tutorials, product manufacturers, organizations, and more.
- PhotoForum
"The PhotoForum is an educational network and databank established to serve ... as a communications link for photo educators, and interested others, dedicated to discussion of photography and imaging including aesthetics, processes, history, digital imaging, instructional strategies, criticism, equipment and techniques, especially, but not exclusively, as these apply in an educational setting." Of particular interest are the WWW PHOTO LINKS List and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). - Digitaltruth Photo
Includes a massive b/w development chart, photo links, a data page, and links to shareware and freeware. - Voice of the Shuttle: Photography Page
One of the premiere sites for humanities research on the Internet. "Woven" by Alan Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Printmaking
"Information about printmaking, the print program at Bradley University, printmaking organizations, and links to other print pages." - Printmaking Links
Links to sites that deal with printmaking and related topics of interest to the printmaker. From Middle Tennessee State University.
- Sculptor.Org
"A comprehensive resource for sculptors," including a wide range of interesting and eclectic topics. Created by Richard Collins, a sculptor.
- Communication Arts: the Essential Creative Resource
"The World Wide Web site for Communication Arts, the world's largest magazine on creativity for graphic designers, art directors, copywriters, photographers, illustrators and multimedia designers. This site is much more than just a reuse of existing content from the magazine, it's an extensive online resource for creative professionals to enhance their work and careers and a catalyst for bringing community to visual communicators around the world." This site includes exhibits online, creative community information, creative resources, business and career information, tools and technology, production resources, and more.
- AMICO: Art Museum Image Consortium
A huge catalog of thumbnail images of over 100,000 digitized works of art, text, and multimedia provided by a consortium of over 35 art museums around the world. Search by creator, creation date, and other key access points. Includes art forms from different cultures ranging from prehistoric to contemporary time periods. Provides extensive rights information for each image, reproduction request forms, links to publications, and institutional membership agreements. - Finding Images on the Web
Includes information on image copyright, downloading, search engines, image search engines, and image archives/collections. Maintained at the Boston University Libraries. - ImageBase
Searchable database of the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Currently more than 12,000 artists are represented with over 82,000 images and objects. This is one of the more important Internet projects involving images. This databases contains not only the images, but descriptions of the works and links to other Web resources. - TimePix
This site lives up to its claim to be "one of the most extraordinary collections of pictures in the world." Time, Inc. is putting online hundreds of thousands of photographs from its collection of more than 20 million photos taken since the 1930s for its publications, including Time, Life, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Time-Life Books. In addition, they've added more than a million historical images (prints, illustrations, and photographs) from the London Mansell Collection. An excellent search engine and help files. Registration (free) required.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Back to the topAssociations & Organizations
- American Council for the Arts
- College Art Association (CAA)
- National Art Education Association
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA)
Other Resource Guides
- Open Studio: the Arts Online
"To define and encourage public space in the new digital environment, and in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Benton Foundation is creating a joint effort to establish public points of access to the Internet at arts and cultural institutions throughout the country. ..Open Studio: The Arts Online creates a laboratory for the exploration of the tools and techniques that will serve arts and cultural organizations as they prepare for the networked environment of the next century." - Art Deco Architecture
This site chronicles the development of the 20th century Art Deco movement in architecture. It provides history, architects, example buildings, societies, and related links. - Art Internet Resources at INFOMINE
This site makes it easy to access all types of Internet resources of scholarly and educational use. - Librarian's Index to the Internet: ART
The Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 5,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness.
Created by John Orsborn on 14 Jul 99. Last update: 24 Apr 08 mas.
