Art History

Internet-based art museum experience, includes specialized exhibitions with emphasis on background information not normally available to the public.

Virtual art gallery displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on displaying works of art by artists who have been forgotten or neglected in recent years.

Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.

Quick reference for all periods in the art history, images and links.

Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.

Online community and resource guide for the artists and art periods of the past.

Offers images and historical context for artists and art movements ranging from Gothic and Renaissance to Impressionism and Pop.

This newsletter lists grants, fellowships, internships, conferences, publication and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history and closely related areas.

The Internet stepping stone for all those interested in Old Master prints and drawings: publications, events, links to the world's main print rooms, and the periodical Delineavit et Sculpsit.

The Art Cellar Exchange's alterego, Arty, looks back at some of the most significant art work produced in modern history and their impact on life today and in the coming millennium.

An art archive with thousands of images that are accessed through an alphabetical list of artist's names and art styles. Covers every style of art from ancient and African to impressionist and modern.

Explores the history of art with information about artists, styles, and periods. Includes resources and reference materials about art history, searchable database, and forums.

Exploring the aural aura of masterworks as found in the sounds in the immediate locations of highly regarded paintings, sculptures, and other artworks.

The Art Browser divides categories of resources by time period and their movements.

Examples illustrating the development of Christian art, from the Christian Traveler's Guides.

Based on the Jacques-Edouard Berger collection of images of art objects and essays devoted to the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe.

From PBS - Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and art commentator, takes viewers on a tour through six of America's greatest art museums.

Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX Centuries from private collections.

Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with discussions and comments on the art of collecting and other curious observations. Antique masks, patination techniques, insect infestation, techniques of collecting.

Discussing the theory of hypertext and its medieval application in Byzantine manuscripts, using examples from the Theodore Psalter, a manuscript created in 1066.

Dances of Death in Lübeck, Tallinn, Berlin and Denmark. Pictures, books and primary sources. Several books are reproduced.

A site exploring the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa, including history, parodies, homages and comments from site visitors.

Broad gallery that includes biographies and images for hundreds of well-known American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists.

Collects and disseminates information related to the history of collecting and the provenance of individual works of art.

Information and photographs of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. There are biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.

Orazio Centaro's site. Includes a long alphabetical listing of artists and includes links to images that reside on both the OCAIW site and other artist sites on the Web.

A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period.

Offers an introduction to visual art history. Famous artist's galleries and biographies, movements, major museums.

Exhibtion of miniature portraits from XVIII - XX century, information about artists and sitters.

As a term, Art history (also history of art) encompasses several methods of studying the visual arts; in common usage referring to works of art and architecture. ...[2010/02/22]

This article is an overview of the history of art worldwide. ... The history of art refers to the history of the visual arts of painting, sculpture and architecture. ...[2010/03/02]

Learn about art history by browsing selected sites for famous masterpieces, famous artists, stolen antiquities, architectural monuments, art movements, ...[2010/02/28]

Gallery of over 5000 images, sorted by artist and theme.[2009/12/01]

The College of Visual Arts and Design is a collection of collaborative disciplines ... The Department of Art Education and Art History prepares more art teachers each year than ...[2010/03/10]

offers Architectural History and Art Historical Studies tracks. ... Master of Arts degree offers Architectural History, Art Historical Studies, and Museum ...[2010/02/10]

art history. While it's partly a joke that "art history is for artists ... The visual arts in the United States from their beginning in Colonial times ...[2010/02/17]

art history Historical study of the visual arts for the purpose of identifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding art objects[2010/03/07]

Craig Eliason, Associate Professor in the Art History Department, presented a talk February 24th at the ... in the winter 2009 issue of African Arts (volume 42.4, 62-79) ...[2010/03/10]

Free multimedia web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional and static art history textbook.[2010/03/13]