Art World History, Design & Gallery Links

• Carol Gerten's Virtual Art Museum - Top pick. Gallery which includes biographies and image gallery for hundreds of famous known American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists. Special featured gallerries for certian artist.
• Mark Harden's Artchive - Top pick. An art archive with image gallery with an alphabetical list of artist's names and art styles.
• Andrés Blaisten Foundation Museum - Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX Centuries from private collections. This Museum is only virtual format which is sponsored by the Andrés Blaisten Foundation.
• ARC International - The Art Renewal Center - Biographical information and gallery of images of paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.
• Artcyclopedia - Provide links to sites on the World Wide Web where artists' works can be viewed online.
• ArtLex Art Dictionary - Resource material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics and art education. Definitions of terms used in discussing art / visual culture, gallery, illustrations, quotations and links to other resources.
• Art Historians' Guide to the Movies - Craig Eliason's pages of appearances of and references to famous works of art or architecture in the movies Citations are arranged in approximate chronological order of the artworks, not the movie, and viewers may submit sightings.
• Art History with Michelli - The Art Browser provides links to resourses, and art history articles. Categories are arranged by time period and their movements.
• World Wide Art Resources - Art History Index. Site for contemporary art, art news, art history, artist gallery portfolios and a marketplace.
• Artists and Ancestors - Miniature portraits from XVIII and XX century presented on a blog with information on both artists and sitters.
• ArtMuseum.net - Multimedia art museum experience with specialized exhibitions. Emphasis is placed on background information not normally available and has areas for pioneers, an in depth look and concepts in art.
• Audio Recordings of Great Works of Art - Interesting concept which explores the aura of masterworks as found in the sounds in the immediate locations of paintings, sculptures and other works of art.
• Christian Art and Artists from Late Medieval to Modern - Examples illustrating the development of Christian art presented in a timeline. Presented by Christian Traveler's Guides.
• Delineavit et Sculpsit - Dutch & Flemish Old Master prints and drawings , events, and a periodical.
• The Getty Provenance Index - Collects and disseminates information related to the history of collecting and the provenance of individual works of art. Compiled with the collaborative participation of institutions and individuals in Europe and the United States, the databases contain indexed transcriptions of material from auction catalogs and archival inventories of western European works of art that cover the period from the late 16th century to the early 20th century.
• Know Your Art - Database for the study of the history of art from Utah University. Images and data about works of architecture, sculpture, and painting from prehistory to the 20th century.
• Mask Monger Mexican Masks - Top pick. Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with history, gallery and commentary. Facts on antique masks, patination techniques, insect infestation and collecting.
• Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World - A site exploring the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa including history, a gallery of parodies, homages and comments from site visitors.
• New Deal Art During the Great Depression - Information and gallery of photographs of extant WPA/New Deal art, legacy of the thousands of workers who labored at their craft for little money but great pride which we have to inspire us today. Presented with a focus on Illinois, Ohio, and California. Biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, other information.
• Resources in Art History for Graduate Students - Newsletter of grants, fellowships, internships, conferences, publication and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history and related fields.
• Sister Wendy's American Collection - From PBS - Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and art critic tours through six of America's greatest museums: Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, Forth Worth's Kimbell Art Museum, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. For a tottal of six one hour episode, each focuses on oa single museum, showcasing its treasures from around the world.
• University of Texas - Byzantine Medieval Hypertexts - Discussing the theory of hypertext and its medieval application in Byzantine manuscripts, using examples from the Theodore Psalter, a manuscript from 1066 in the Stoudious monastery near Constantinople.
• WebMuseum: Famous Paintings - Oganized by period, Web Museum offers historical context for artists and art movements and gallery of works ranging from Gothic, Renaissance to Impressionism and Pop.
• World Art Treasures - Based on the Jacques-Edouard Berger collection, this site presents gallery images of art objects and essays. Primarily covers to the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe.