Art History Resources
General Resource Sites
Yahoo: Art History
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The hierarchical directory of websites on the internet!! The coverage of art is comprehensive and the organization logical. Finding information is easy and efficient. An excellent place to start your search for art history information.
Gateway to Art History
A most remarkable web site! A very exhaustive listing of art history related websites. The global world of art is classified and indexed into five logical subdivisions in accordance with the organization of Gardner's Art through the Ages, a standard survey text of art published by Harcourt and Brace:
Part I. The Ancient World
Part II. The Middle Ages
Part III The World Beyond Europe
Part IV The Renaissance and the Baroque and Rococo
Part V The Modern World and Postmodern World
Additional information of interest to specialists in the field is to be found in the section titled Research Resources in Art History. In this last section one will find hypertext links to web sites dealing with such diverse subjects as, image resources, lists of artists, visual resources and projects, online periodicals, and other resources of interest to art historians.
This outstanding site is the evolving contribution of Chris Witcombe at Sweet Briar College.
Art History Resources
This site provides a navigational index to speed the viewer to the subject of their choice. The coverage is from prehistoric through contemporary periods of Western Art as well as sections on African, Asian, and Islamic Arts. This resource is a subsection of World Wide Arts Resources a web site taking a comprehensive, wide spectrum approach to the listing of "all" visual and performing arts and contains a remarkable number of links. It is maintained by Markus Kruse of World Wide Arts Resources.
Art History Resources on The Internet
This is a subsection of the CTI Centre for History, Archaeology & Art History resource center website. It provides specific links to:
Art History Gateways
Image Libraries
Themed Exhibits and Collections
Focused Exhibits
Online Catalogues
Organisations
Teaching and Student Projects
The Computer Teaching Initiative Centre for History, Archaeology & Art history is a subject based resource site which also includes announcements and other information on conferences and workshops, and other internet information and services. This site is maintained by Jim Everett, a CTICH Coordinator at the University of Glasgow.
Voice of the Shuttle: Art and Art History Page
This web page of art resources is broad in scope and includes sections on:
General Resources
Museuns, Institutes, and Centres
Galleries and Exhibitions
Auctions
Artists and Works by Chronology
Art Theory and Politics
Cartography
Design
Architectural Historical Preservation
Art and Technology
Image, Slide, and Clip-art Resources
Image Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues
Journals and Zines
Art Studio Department and Programs
Art History Departments and Programs
Conferences, Calls for Papers, and Deadlines
Course Syllabi and Teaching Resources
This site is maintained by Alan Liu at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
The History of Art Virtual Library
Another comprehensive source The History of Art Virtual Library covers the following categories:
What's New
Indexes and Large Collections of Art History Resources
Interdisciplinary Collections
Libraries
Research Tools
Directories
University Departments
Online Teaching Resources
Conferences etc.
Art History Organisations
Specialised Fields: Art Imaging Projects
Other Specialised Connections
Online Publications
Discussion Lists
Specialist Suppliers
This source is presently maintained by Trish Cashen at the History of Art Department of Birkbeck College, University of London.
Art on the Web
Another Blockbuster site! While having some items of local interest, Jeffery Howe of the Fine Arts Department of Boston College covers the whole universe of art related topics available on the web (1200+ as of 27 June 1998). An alphabetically arranged index of hotlinks to the subjects covered at this site is conviently located at the top of the home page. Be sure to check out the list of Art Journals Online - forty some are listed!
The PartheNet
A shorter and well organized site covering the major European art historical periods with some information on Asian, Islamic, and Nineteenth Century American art. The PartheNet is the creation of Kathryn L. Conners at Mount Holyoke College.
The Mother of All Art History Links Pages
Access to a tremendous amount of art relate information resides at this site including a listing of art history departments, image collections, online exhibits, sacred/religious sites and textural and linguistic resources.
Table of Contents:
A Sampling of Art History Departments
Research Resources
Image Collections and Online Art
a Sampling of Online Exhibits
Sites of the Sacred: Religion on the Web
Museums
Textual and Linguistic Resources
This site was the creation of Andrew Midkiff and it is presently maintained at the University of Michigan.
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