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Art Research Starting Points


Visual Arts Information Resources, Selected and Evaluated — Intute Opens in new window

Artists and Art Works


Brief Biographies and Images for Noted Painters from the Last 500 Years — Web Museum Artist Biographies Opens in new window
 

Index of Every Artist on Museum Sites, Image Archives, etc. including Biographies — Artcyclopedia Opens in new window
 

Info on 18,000 Women Visual Artists of All Time Periods and Nationalities — Clara Opens in new window
 

Names of and Info on Over 100,000 Artists Worldwide from Antiquity to Present — Union List of Artist Names Opens in new window
 


Art History


Art History Resources on the Web, from Ancient to Modern Opens in new window
 

Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art 1700s-1950s Opens in new window
  • Includes digital collections of letters, diaries, sketches, photographs, exhibition catalogs and other documents.

Timeline of Art History Worldwide from Prehistory to the Present Opens in new window
  • Over 6,000 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
  • Timelines accompanied by world and regional maps
  • Thematic essays covering movements, periods, media, artists...

Art History Books, Reviews, Dissertations, Bibliographies Opens in new window
 

Scholarly Book Lists on Art History — Stanford University Library Opens in new window
 


Art, Architecture and Decorative Arts Thesaurus Opens in new window
 

Artlex Visual Arts Dictionary of Over 3,000 Terms : links to illustrations and websites Opens in new window
 

Short Versions of 'Grove Dictionary of Art' Articles : biographies, techniques, movements, etc. — Artnet Opens in new window
 


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