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Art History Resources on the Web
Hundreds of useful links. Search for a specific art period, research resources - including image and journal sites - and museums and galleries by country.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ ARTHLinks.html
Artchive
Select 'The Artchive' to discover extensive links to art movements and artists with selcted images.
http://www.artchive.com
Artcyclopedia
An excellent starting point if you are looking for a particular artist or work of art. Search by name of artist, by words in the title of a work of art or by gallery. Browse by name, medium, subject and nationality.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com
Artfacts.net
Use to find out where a comtemporary or emerging artist has exhibited and to locate galleries world-wide. Very brief biographical information about the artist is given too.
http://www.artfacts.net
Artists' Paper Register
A register of publicly accessible papers relating to artists, designers and craftspeople in UK and Ireland.
http://www.apr.ac.uk/ artists/ home.htm
Artlibraries.net
A virtual catalogue of art history resources, artlibraries.net allows you to search across the collections of major art libraries in Europe, USA and Canada for books, exhibition catalogues and articles.
http://artlibraries.net/ index_en.php
Getty Provenance Indexes
Nearly 1,000,000 records containing material from auction catalogues and archival inventories of western European works of art dating from the late 16th century to the early 20th century.
http://www.getty.edu/ research/ conducting_research/ provenance_index/
Mother of All Art and Art History Links
Extensive site with links to: art history and fine art departments in the USA and other countries, research resources, image collections and online art and art museums and galleries.
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ mother
National Art Library at the V & A
Based at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the National Art Library is the UK's national art reference library. You can visit in person or contact the library by e-mail, fax or phone. Search their catalogue online and click "Finding Information" for helpful sources and links. "Finding information about artists" has a useful list of major art sources and auction sales records held at the library.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/ nal/ index.html
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: History of Art
This is a very comprehensive site. It includes links to art collections, images and information about artists, plus lists and links to libraries, university history of art departments, conferences, organisations, publications and online teaching resources.
http://www.chart.ac.uk/ vlib
VADS: the online resource for the visual arts
This extensive collection of over 100 000 visual arts images from VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service) is a wonderful resource bringing together very diverse collections. These range from the National Inventory of Continental European Paintings and the Design Council Archives and Slide Collection, to the Central St Martins Museum and Study Collection. Fully searchable, you can find images of embroidery, hats, houses, furniture, posters and Victorian items for example.
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/
Web Gallery of Art
Database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100 to 1850). Excellent images at various magnifications.
http://www.wga.hu
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