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Art and Architecture Web Sites

AAA Clip Art.com
Sites for clip art

Allaboutart.com
Pictures of art works by artists, subjects, or titles

AllPosters.com
A poster and print store

AltaVista: Image Search
Pictures and audio

Ancient Art
Links to ancient art sites

Andrea Fisher: Fine Pottery
Artists and their Southwest Indian pottery

Architecture.com
Architects, buildings, architectural types, etc.

Archives of American Art
American visual arts from the 18th century through the 1950’s

Art and Culture
Biographical information on artists and links to sites

Art Cyclopedia
Art movements and great works of art

Art Cyclopedia: Art Museums Worldwide
Museums around the world

Art History Resources on the Web
A comprehensive site of resources for art

Art History Theme Page
Links for art history

Art Images for College Teaching
Images for all eras

ArtLex-Art Dictionary
Art terms, quotations, illustrations, etc.

Artnet Links: Online Art References
Auctions, studios, galleries, shows, etc.

Arts in Therapy Network
A site for those interested in art therapy

Art Teacher on the Net
Ideas for parents, teachers, senior citizens, Sunday school teachers, and others

Art Therapy on the Web
Art therapy links

Asianart.com
Exhibitions, galleries, articles, etc.

Ask Art
American artists, art topics, art for sale, etc.

Best Web Museums and Tours, The
Tours of the Sistine Chapel, Smithsonian, and other places

Clay Art Web Guide
Websites for ceramics

Clip Art Searcher
Search for clip art in Google, HotBot, and other websites

Coloring.com
Pictures that children can color

Costume Institute, The
Art history and costumes

d’ART
Prices for different types of art

Digital Archive of American Architecture, A
Examples of architecture from the 17th Century to the present

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
An art site compiled by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library

Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
Thumbnails of some drawings

Glass Notes: A Reference for the Glass Artist
Links to sites

Google: Image Search
Pictures on the net

History of Costume, The
Costume from antiquity to the end of the 19th century

Image Base
Images from the Virginia Tech University Libraries Digital Library and Archives

Impressionism
Impressionist artists and their works

Kansas Arts Commission
Resource links, programs, etc.

Links to Ceramics Sites on the Web
Links to information and resources

Louvre, The
Collections, activities, and information

Lycos
Audio and pictures

Making Friends.com
Creative art activities for children

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The
The largest art museum in the U.S. with samples of art work

Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Timeline of Art History
Search by date or geographic region

Michelangelo Buonarroti
Biographical information as well as resources

Microsoft Office Online
Clip art and media

Mother of All Art and Art History Links
Academic, museum, commercial, and studio sites

Museums around the World
Museums and their collections

NYPL Digital Gallery
Hundreds of thousands of images for various subjects

NYPL Picture Collection Online, The
Images from books, magazines, newspapers, etc.

National Gallery of Art—The Collection
Paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, etc.

National Museum of Women in the Arts
Women artists and their accomplishments

OAIster
Digital resources (images, audio, video, etc.)

On-line Visual Literacy Project, The
Visual literacy

Oxford Art Online
Styles and movements; materials and techniques; biographies

Paintings Direct.com
Find and buy paintings

Photo.net
Photos and other information on photography

Pics 4 Learning
Images grouped by subject

Picsearch
Pictures on the net

Picture History
Images and footages that illustrate American history

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Photographs from the Library of Congress

Sculptor.org
Sculpture and sculptors

SIRIS: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
Smithsonian art museum databases, photographic collections, etc.

the-artists.org
Modern and contemporary artists

Union List of Artist Names
Worldwide artists from antiquity to the present

Union List of Periodicals

VADS: The Visual Arts Data Service
Images for fine art, media, design, etc

Visual Arts Center
Art information and images throughout history

Web Clip Art
Clip art

Web Gallery of Art
European paintings and sculpture from 1150 to 1800

WebMuseum, Paris
Biographies of artists as well as examples of their work

Webshots
Photographs arranged by subject

Women Artists in History
Women artists through the ages

World Images
Images for non-profit educational institutions

World Wide Art Resources
Artists, research, portfolios, etc.

Yahoo! Art Masters
Biographies and other information about artists

Yahoo! Arts
Links to different art topics

list created by Judy Salm [08/23/06 (updated 03/19/09)]