Updated
March 3, 2006
GENERAL & COMPREHENSIVE SITES ON ART & ART HISTORY
ART BY PERIOD
Prehistoric, Ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Impressionism, 19th and 20th centuries
INFO ON SPECIFIC ARTISTS
(in alphabetical order, not by period)
ART
EDUCATION
WHAT
IS ART?
WHY STUDY VISUAL CULTURE?
WHAT IS ART?
THE ELEMENTS OF ART
WORDS OF ART: AN ON-LINE GLOSSARY OF THEORY AND CRITICISM FOR THE VISUAL ARTS
Art History: A Preliminary Handbook: A Beginner's Guide
ArtLex - dictionary of visual art
Painting Glossary
Glossary of Basic Color Terms
Color Theory
Color Matters - The Brain
Color Symbolism Chart
Color Symbolism: Using Color for Meaning
Color Psychology
Color
Color Wheel and Color Complements
Understanding Color
c o l o r . m a t t e r s ... w e l c o m e !
Art Info, Quizzes, activities
Colors - Value: Tints and Shades - Complementary Colors - Analogous Colors - Neutral Colors - Warm Colors - Cool Colors - Perspective - Focal Point
Master Paintings - color theory, schemes, forms of art
Image Analysis -- perspective and pictures
analysis of images - introduction by Ross Woodrow, Art Theory
Exploring Linear Perspective
Eyes on Art
Welcome to the art history paper writing pages!
Analysis of visual images - University of Newcastle, Australia
The Alphabet of Art
Alphabetical Listing of Lesson Plans & Curriculum Ideas (Getty artsednet)
Art Education Internet Resources for K12
The Incredible Art Department
NON-WESTERN ART
ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Asian Art - African Art - The Native Arts of the Americas & Oceania - INDUS VALLEY - India - FOR MORE, Check out the Contents page.
DIA: Galleries - African, Oceanic, and New World Cultures
African Art
The Art of Africa
Clickable Map of Art on the African Continent
AFRICA: THE ART OF A CONTINENT
Africa - Art
ArtLex on African Art
African Art and the Web Museum
BLACK ART — ANCESTRAL LEGACY: The African Impulse in African-American Art
Brief History of Traditional African BeadCraft
The Art of the African Mask
National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian
Ethnic Art: African. Mexican and Caribbean Perspectives
Met Timeline | Special Topics Index: Asian Art
Asia-art.net for Asian art promotion
ArtLex on Chinese art
Jade: Chinese Stone of Heaven
Chinese Architecture
China the Beautiful - Chinese Art and Literature
Classical Chinese Paintings
Chinese Paintings Gallery
Appreciation of Chinese Calligraphy
China the Beautiful - Portraits of Emperors
Art of Chinese Brush Painting
Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles
China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 AD
ArtLex on Japanese Art
Joseph Wu's Origami Page
Tammy Yee's Origami Page - easy paper folding crafts for children.
Origami: A Brief History of the Ancient Art of Paperfolding
Selection of Chinese, Japanese & Indonesian Art, Craft & Silk Clothing
WebMuseum: Japanese Art and Architecture
The Virtual Museum of Traditional Japanese Arts
Japanese Art and Western influence
ArtLex on Hindu Art
ANU - Tibetan Art
Art & Sculpture - Indian Heritage
Architecture - Indian Heritage
Exploring the Mandala
Kamat's Potpourri: Timeline of Indian Art
Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era Resources - MMA, Indian Carpet Hunt
INDIAN HERITAGE: IMAGES of FINE ART & SCULPTURE from INDIA
The Enduring Image,Treasures from the British Museum, Celebrating 50 years of Indian Independence
Forgotten Wonders: Taj Mahal
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica - Mesoweb Encyclopedia - Mesoweb Resources
History of Meso-American Architecture
Latin American Art Directory: South American, Central American, Mexican
TOTEM POLES
NATIVE AMERICAN ART
NativeTech: Native American Technology and Art
Milwaukee Public Museum -- Masks
IPL: Pueblo Pottery Exhibit
McGees Indian Art Gallery: Hopi kachinas, jewelry, pottery, baskets, Navajo jew
OCEANIC ART
Mysterious Places - The Story of Easter Island
Kei Hea Tera - Links to other Maori Pages - Arts and Crafts
Islamic Art Introduction
ArtLex on Islamic Art
Islamic Arts and Architecture Organization (IAAO)
Art of Arabic Calligraphy
Islamic Art, Music, And Architecture Around The World
Arab Gateway: art and architecture
Center for Jewish Art
ETHNOGRAPHICA AFRICAN ART & ORIENTAL CARPETS
Art Links - Non-European Art
For more, visit my, Native Americans, Non-Western Cultures and Meso and Latin America pages.
AMERICAN ART
New Britain Museum of American Art: 1740 - Present TIMELINE
Designs for Democracy: 200 Years of Drawings from the National Archives
Exhibit: A New Deal for the Arts
NARA - Online Exhibits - Main Page
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
Styles in American Architecture - more in the section on architecture above.
TIMELINE: Art in America
Websites on American Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum - Online Exhibitions - Featured Artists - Search for Artists - Have a Question About American Art? Find an Answer
Smithsonian: Art and Design
Archives of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
NGA - American Painting
NGA - American Portraits of the Late 1700s and Early 1800s
America's First Great Portrait Artist - John Singleton Copley
Masters of Color and Light: Homer, Sargent, & the American Watercolors
WCMA - Moving Pictures - American Art & Early Film, 1880-1910
NMAA: Posters American Style - Patriotic Persuasion - Advice to Americans - Designed to Sell - American Events - Posters American Style: Image Index
Powers of Persuasion
Art in America - Introduction
Art in the U.S. Capitol
The Arts & Crafts Society
Founders Of The Arts & Crafts Movement
American History and Art from New England
HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
Hudson River School of Painting
The Hudson River School: American Art, 1820-1870
Index of Hudson River School Painters
Niagara Falls in Art
Art Nouveau Society of the Americas
Rebels: Painters and Poets of the 1950s from the Nat'l Portrait Gallery
WWW Pop Art: Index - The Great American Pop Art Store: Multiples of the Sixties - Pop Art - ArtLex on Pop Art
The Art of Persuasion - Home - The Index of American Design
Art for Trade's Sake: The Fusion of Commerce and Culture, 1927-1934
Negotiating the American Identity in the National Portrait Gallery
Cultural Objects
Women Artists of the American West
The Architecture of Thomas Jefferson
PBS: A Century of Quilts
America Quilts: Quilts in the Classroom
Quilt History Directory - Online Museum Exhibit Links
SEVEN SOUTHERN QUILTERS
Welcome to Labor Arts
Black Panther Party Political Art - African-American History Through the Arts
ARTNOIR' SHOWCASE AFRICAN/AMERICAN ART HISTORY 101
BLACK ART — ANCESTRAL LEGACY: The African Impulse in African-American Art
Chicano Art Resource Guide
For more on specific time periods in American art, check out my Table of Contents page.
For info on specific artists, please check my Artists page.
PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART
TIMELINE: Photography
Definitions of photographic terminology
A History of Photography, by Robert Leggat
American Museum of Photography (SM) -- View Great Photographs Online
The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY - FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Corbis--stock photography and pictures
Encyclopaedia of USA History: Photography
PEOPLE'S LIVES: A PHOTOGRAPHIC CELEBRATION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
George Eastman House - Museum of Photography & Film
George Eastman House America Seen Series
History of Photography & The Camera - Edwin Herbert Land, George Eastman
The American Experience | George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography
George Eastman House: Photographers
Kodak: History of Kodak: Storing and Sharing Images
Masters of Photography
Women in Photography Archive - Gallery
Fixing Shadows: Still Photography
The Daguerreian Society and the Daguerreotype - Resources
The Daguerreian Society: The Gold Rush Images
Mathew Brady NY Studio
MATTHEW BRADY PORTRAITS - TABLE OF CONTENTS
Panoramic Photographs from the National Archives
MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian
The Photographic World of William Coupon
The Photographs Division
JACOB RIIS REFORMER- PHOTOGRAPHER: A GALLERY
Ted's Photographics - Photographers during : 1930's to 1940's
Documenting the 1930s
Photographing the Representative American: Margaret Bourke-White in the Depression
Age of Lost Innocence: Photographs of Childhood Realities and Adult Fears During the Great Depression
American Photography: Presidential Image Making
LIFE Online: Photographs & Cover Collection from '36 to '72
100 Photographs that Changed the World by LIFE - The Digital Journalist
"FLASH! The Associated Press Covers the World"
The AP Looks Back: 150 Years of Capturing the Moment
Welcome to the Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc. - Photography
Documentary Photography
Early Documentary Photography
Photography As A Research Method
Photography as Factor in Social Development Author
Walker Evans Project - Walker Evans Images - Walker Evans (1903–1975)
The Sub Club - subminiature photography
One hundred Years of Film Sizes.
Stereoviews.info - Antique Stereoview Information and Resources
Smithsonian Photographers Shoot Fireworks
Vintage Photographs: Quality Reproductions of 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Alfred Stieglitz - New Perspectives
Portrait of Black Chicago
American Photography: Photography and War
American Photography: A Century of Images
Looking Back on the American Century
Picturing the Century
Art and Photography: The 1980s - 1990s–Present
E A R T H F R O M A B O V E
Journal E : Real Stories From Planet Earth
Photo Critique
Welcome to ---*** F o t o F o r u m ***---
TAKEgreatPICTURES.com - Home Page
Arch 569: Photography and Digital Media
Anima - Magic Latern animations - The Magic Lantern Society - Home Page
WCMA - Moving Pictures - American Art & Early Film, 1880-1910
The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography
Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive
For more on photography as a chronicle of historical events, please check out specific time periods/topics on my Table of Contents page.
Yep, that's me in a portrait by the American artist John Singer
Sargent!
Did you know? When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.
GRAFFITI
Art
Crimes: The Writing on the Wall
TAPESTRIES
Archive of Tapestries Homepage
ART
GLASS
Glass Encyclopedia
History of Glass
The History of Glass, Mirrors, Eye Glasses, Spectacles and Contact Lenses
History of Glass and Glassmaking
A Brief History of Stained Glass
History of Stained Glass
Michelli's History of Stained Glass, Introduction and Techniques
Cleveland Museum of Art - Make a Stained Glass Window
Chihuly
Tiffany Studios Research Center
Doge of Venice: Murano
Glass Museum On Line from Angela Bowey
A little bit of craziness!!! Is this art???? Some people say yes!
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