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Art

Government Resources

National Gallery of Art

Provides a Web tour of the National Gallery in Washington D.C. 

National Endowment for the Arts

Provides information on grants for artists.

American Memory

Provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA)

These citation databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007.

Internet Resources

This content is available free on the internet. Before using or citing any information from this list, please check with your professor.

Archives of American Art

Smithsonian site "dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America.

Art Institute Chicago

Art on the Web

1,200+ links on art and architecture

Artcyclopedia

The Fine Art Search Engine. Provides "references to sites on the World Wide Web where artists' works can be viewed online."

Art History Resources

Links to art webpages by subject.

Artstor Public Collections

Includes approximately 1 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials, as well as hundreds of thousands of open access images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum of Modern Art