Fine Arts - Selected Resources
Reference
- Artflex Art Dictionary
open web dictionary of visual arts terminology - Encyclopedia of World Art
illustrated comprehensive encyclopedia of artists and genres, ODY Reference Area - Grove Dictionary of Art
full text of the Grove Dictionary, artists, time periods, schools; has image galleries
Image Galleries
- ArtSTOR
collections of images from galleries worldwide, images can be saved and sections of images can be magnified - British Museum Digital Collections
160,000 images of items in the British Museum’s collection - Congressional Serial Set
documents in these pages are rich with drawing, painting, and photographs covering all aspects of American life, 1789 – 1969
Museums on the Web
The world’s major museums have web sites. While there is no standard for content, many provide image galleries to their significant holdings and collections, and many of these institutions are doing very interesting things with multi-media applications.
- British Museum
http://www.britishmuseum.org/default.aspx - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/ - Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en - MCA, Chicago
http://www.mcachicago.org/ - Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/ - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/ - Museum of Modern Art, New York
http://www.moma.org/?gclid=CPX_z4f1sJQCFQZZHgodRT39tQ - National Gallery of Art, Washington
http://www.nga.gov/ - National Gallery of Canada
http://www.gallery.ca/ - National Portrait Gallery, Washington
http://www.npg.si.edu/ - Rijksmuseum
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/index.jsp - Vatican Museums
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html - Whitney Museum of American Art
http://www.whitney.org/





