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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.