Art Sites

Artcyclopedia: 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.

WWW Pop Art
This text-only site features brief biographies of about 50 artists of the Pop Art movement. Includes the stars (e.g., Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Christo, Claes Oldenburg, Keith Haring, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, George Segal, Wayne Thiebaud)
as well as some lesser known figures (e.g., Mel Ramos, Allan D'Arcangelo, Öyvind Fahlström).

Digital Archive of Art
A collection of images of paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries and sculpture from the ancient Greek period, the Renaissance, and the 19th and 20th centuries. Artists represented include Michelangelo, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Gauguin, Seraut, Van Gogh, Rodin, Daumier, Munch, Arp, Duchamp, Ernst, and many others.

World Art Treasures WWW Server
The principal purpose of World Art Treasures is to promulgate the discovery and love of art. Thanks to the 100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, all of them devoted to art, and including the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe, its purpose is to offer a different approach to art through INTERNET via the World Wide Web. First program: Art from Egypt, China, Japan, India, Myanmar/Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. Second program: Pilgrimage to ABYDOS ( Egypt ) Third program: Roman Portraits from Egypt Fourth program: Sandro Botticelli Fifth program: A Shared Vision Sixth program: The enchanted gardens of the Renaissance Seventh program: Johannes Vermeer

Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921
The American Memory Project has released 21 short, animated films, and 2 fragments from 1900-1921 (available in RealMedia, MPEG, and QuickTime formats). The bibliographic records are browsable by title, subject, or date as well as searchable by keyword. "The films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings." Be sure to read the Notes on the Origins of American Animation. The essay explains the history of each film in the collection, plus a general history of early animation. While they are entertaining and amusing, remember that "...these films also reveal the social attitudes of early twentieth-century America." From the Library of Congress.

Yahoo: Art History
Links, links, and links.....

Art History Network Home Page
"...a one stop resource for Art History, Archaeology and Architecture resources on the web."

Art History Resources on the Web

The Louvre
...home of the Mona Lisa.

WebMuseum, Paris: La Renaissance
The term Renaissance, adopted from the French equivalent of the Italian word rinascita, meaning literally "rebirth," describes the radical and comprehensive changes that took place in European culture during the 15th and 16th centuries, bringing about the demise of the Middle Ages and embodying for the first time the values of the modern world. This site provides an indepth study of the Renaissance organized geographically into the following areas: The Renaissance in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, and France. Includes links to artists and many examples of their works.

Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci A collection of twenty-eight of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings along with related links to biographical information, art resources, and the Leonardo Web Ring.

National Museum of American Art
Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture Organization This searchable site provides historical and cultural information on Arabic calligraphy, architecture, coins, Oriental rugs, and highlights of the history of "early Arab-Islamic as well as Islamic dynasties and ruling parties." There are also an international listing of museums with Islamic and Arabic exhibits, a FAQ, and a listing of related TV programs.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - The Arts
Many fascinating and useful sites made available by Federal Agencies - includes: art, art history, music and architecture.

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